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69 small businesses receive grant from Rotary Club of Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some 69 small businesses have benefitted from a $100,000 grant programme initiated by the Rotary Club of Tortola to assist persons affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
$40M stimulus grant handed over to VIP Gov’t by SSB
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Just over a month after Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) had announced that Social Security Board (SSB) had agreed to assist his Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government with $40M as part of the $62.9M Phase 2 Economic Stimulus Plan, the money has been handed over.
From COVID-19 - Trials & Tribulations - Racial Inequality
Alred C. Frett
The COVID-19 War is on & the Virus Battle is far from won:
Even as COVID-19 remains a dreadful disease it supports the old saying that the bad wind that blows up the Rooster’s tail also exposes its fine underbelly… For months we have been witnessing a disconnect from reality, a crashing of economies, a fight for equality and a universal lack of leadership… Things have changed more in 6 months than we ever thought possible in 6 years.
SSB under the microscope @ HoA sitting today, June 11, 2020
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Ever since the Social Security Board (SSB) gave the Government of the Virgin Islands a $40 million grant for its economic stimulus plan, the SSB has been under scrutiny. That scrutiny is scheduled to continue when the House of Assembly (HoA) convenes today, June 11, 2020, at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola.
VI asks UK for grant to assist persons unemployed by COVID-19
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is requesting a grant from the United Kingdom (UK) to assist persons in the Territory who have been made unemployed as a result of the pandemic, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
USVI airports get over $2.5M in US Gov’t funding
WASHINGTON DC, USA – While the [British] Virgin Islands has to find its own funding for airport development, the US Virgin Islands (USVI) will be benefiting from over two million dollars ($2M) in funding for two of its airports.
Grant for small businesses is a 'jump start' - Karia J. Christopher
ROAD TOWN Tortola VI - "This grant is not seen as a replacement for the business sales. We don't expect that the funds enclosed in this envelope would be able to get you exactly where you have been," said Director of Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs Mrs Karia J. Christopher.
BVI Airways Agreement 'guarantees' money will be repaid- Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith yesterday, April 25, 2016 reiterated that the money being made available to BVI Airways is not a grant and that it will be repaid.
Govt's $7 million to BVI airways will end up being a grant - Hon Julian Fraser RA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser RA is again questioning the wisdom of the National Democratic Party's (NDP) 'investment' into BVI Airways, a foreign owned airline.
Haiti Gets $45 Million Tourism Development Grant From World Bank
By the Caribbean Journal staff
The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $45 million grant to develop tourism in Haiti.
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