Employees from the Ministry of Finance and the Development Planning Unit have been honing their skills in expenditure forecasting in an effort to help ready their departments to prepare a fiscal framework for the Virgin Islands.
A top official of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) said the quasi-government agency is embarking on a three-pronged approach toward developing the BVI’s tourism industry.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: LIAT, the region’s largest airline, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Ilean Ramsey as its new Director of Human Resources.
Road Town Tortola, VI: Amidst concerns expressed by local talk show hosts about Government’s recently signed water and wastewater contract with BiWater, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Dancia Penn OBE, QC, has thrown her full support behind the agreement.
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) said on Friday that high costs and a strained relationship were the reasons for terminating its contract with the Florida-based public relations and marketing firm Zimmerman Agency in mid-2008.
As Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE, presented the Appropriation Act 2010 in the House of Assembly on Friday, one thing was made abundantly clear – “We intend to become more efficient and effective in advancing the cause of our people!”
Government will buy water from Ocean Conversion’s Bar Bay Desalination Plant in East End a rate of $17.00 per 1,000 imperial gallons for an initial period of seven years, according to a contract signed on Thursday.
A Trinidad and Tobago company is exploring the possibility of entering into joint business ventures with the Government and private sector in the Virgin Islands.
STATEMENT BY GLENN HARRIGAN, PRESIDENT OF OCEAN CONVERSION (BVI) LIMITED ON THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE BAR BAY PLANT WITH GOVERNMENT EARLIER TODAY.
On Friday March 5, the territory will hear Government’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2010. On Budget Day, the Premier in his capacity as Minister for Finance will outline Government’s fiscal plans for the current year.
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