Premier Fahie shares VI’s COVID-19 struggles @ Caribbean Finance Ministers Meeting
According to a press release from the Department of Information and Public Relations, Premier Fahie’s remarks were part of a prepared statement made at a virtual meeting of Caribbean Finance Ministers on the impact of COVID-19 hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on April 28, 2020.
Impact of COVID-19
Among other things, the Premier updated the gathering on the health and social impact of COVID-19 on the Virgin Islands and the initial response by the Government. He also stressed the importance of grants, soft loans and concessional financing for the countries affected by the global pandemic that are also preparing for the coming hurricane season.
The Premier thanked ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Isabel Adriana Bárcena Ibarra and the agency’s Caribbean Sub-regional Headquarters in Port of Spain, Trinidad for their continued support to the Virgin Islands and other Associate Member Countries (AMCs) of ECLAC in their pursuit of sustainable development.
Awareness & support
In an interview with the Department of Information and Public Relations, Premier Fahie said the meeting was an important opportunity for Caribbean Leaders to make the international community aware of the economic, fiscal, social and health challenges the region is facing as a result of COVID-19 and the support they need to get through this crisis and recover from it.
Premier Fahie said, “In the BVI we understand all too well the difficulties of trying to recover from a catastrophic event without the needed financial resources, as we have had to do since 2017 after hurricanes Irma and Maria. I encourage our region’s international partners to be as supportive as possible as we face this new global challenge together.”
The Premier was accompanied by Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Mr Glenroy A. Forbes, Deputy Secretary in the Premier’s Office, Mrs Eliva Smith-Maduro and Special Envoy of the Premier, Mr E. Benito Wheatley.
The Virgin Islands is a Vice Chair of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee (CDCC) which serves as ECLAC’s permanent subsidiary body for the Caribbean.
Among the Prime Ministers and Premiers attending were the Honourable Gaston A. Browne, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Corporate Governance of Antigua and Barbuda; the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs, Investment, Planning, Resilience, Sustainable Development, Telecommunications and Broadcasting of Dominica; the Honourable K. Peter Turnquest, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Bahamas; the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie, Premier and Minister of Finance of the British Virgin Islands; and the Honourable Easton Taylor Farrell, Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finance, Economic Development, Trade, Tourism and Culture of Montserrat.
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18 Responses to “Premier Fahie shares VI’s COVID-19 struggles @ Caribbean Finance Ministers Meeting”
What you really doing ?! A leader suppose to be fearless big man, we only have a few positive cases
Masked humans = mindless cattle. Turn off your TV, it's the only place this virus exists
He mixing himself to much with them is***** people for real I agree
We have less than 5 positive COrOnAvIrUs, stop exaggerating for your mask and vaccine agenda
It dawned on me that COVID19 could be [Certificate Of Vaccine #19.]. Just my considered opinion.