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‘Hotel industry, elderly being neglected!' – PEP PRO Lorie A. Rhymer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) Lorie A. Rhymer believes that the Territory has neglected the hotel industry along with its elderly, some of whom retire from the industry without any monies.
‘Protest if you have to!’ – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio commentator Douglas Wheatley urged Virgin Islanders not to take lightly their right to protest if they are dissatisfied with Government over any issue and that they should not be dissuaded from doing so for fear of bringing ruin to the Territory’s tourism and financial services sectors and he pointed to Hong Kong as an example.
'NDP Govt doing nothing to fix Financial Services' – Hon Julian Fraser, RA
SEA COWS’ BAY, Tortola, VI – “Our Government’s attitude towards this development with the Financial Services is exactly the same as with Tourism, which is to do nothing and hope for it to correct itself. It’s the old ostrich syndrome,” said Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser, RA (R3).
Fraser blasts handling of financial services sector
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser, RA is of the view that the present National Democratic Party (NDP) Government needs to do more to ensure that the Virgin Islands is compliant with all the requirements governing the financial services sector so that the Territory would not be deemed blacklisted.
Virgin Imports and the dependency on the US farmer
By Dickson Igwe
This story is part of a series of articles on the Virgin Islands economy. It is an attempt to look at the Virgin Islands economy through the lens of the global economy. The series is also a type of economics lesson 101 for both the writer and Joe Public.
Hon. Fraser highlights 'missteps, half-steps & failures' of NDP Govt!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Missteps, half-steps and failures are all characteristics Representative of the Third District, Honourable Julian Fraser, RA, said can be used to describe the ‘lackluster’ performance of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government throughout the past year, 2013.
VI signs historic MOUs with Chinese delegation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr. The Hon. D. Orlando Smith cited the visit of a Chinese delegation this past week as a historic occasion, noting that while the Territory has had visits from previous delegations, this is the first time that such a significant delegation has arrived to forge a closer relationship with the Virgin Islands (VI).
Chinese Delegation To Visit The BVI Next Week
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands will welcome a delegation from Qianhai Special Economic Zone as well as senior officials of the Municipality of Shenzhen in the province of Guangdong, China from January 9 to 12 2014.
Increasing pressure for transparency in Financial Services - Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There continues to be increasing pressure on the Virgin Islands (VI) and other International Finance Centres (IFCs) from a range of quarters according to the BVI International Financial Centre (BVIIFC) Annual report of 2012.
NDP signed only 3 TIEAs compared to VIP’s 22
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite their rhetoric and jet setting trips around the world, many Virgin Islanders and some in the Financial Services sector have said the ruling National Democratic Party government of Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith has done little or nothing to protect our vital Financial Services industry.
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