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'Stimulate businesses instead'- Hon Turnbull says no cash handouts to citizens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Calling the opportunity a 'low hanging fruit' to boost the economy, Opposition Member, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) aka 'Mitch' says he is against a COVID-19 stimulus package plan where cash is put directly into the hands of citizens rather than businesses.
‘Nail it now!'- Hon Fraser says Gov't should look into landlord woes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior Opposition Member, Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has called on the Andrew A. Fahie (R1) government to seriously address landlord and tenant relations over rent due, as the Territory continues to experience the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opposition lays down 'COVID-19 Strategic Economic Recovery Plan'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8), on behalf of Opposition Members Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3), Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) and Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2), has released to the media a detailed economic recovery plan for the Territory, which it also plans to disseminate to the general public in the coming days.
Opposition slams 7% fee on money transfers
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Having its First, Second and Third Readings at the Friday, April 17, 2020, Seventh Sitting of the Second session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA), the 'Financing and Money Services (Amendment) Act, 2020' has now been passed amidst brutal Opposition criticism.
VI accounts reportedly affected in FirstBank 'security breach'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With reports that the FirstBank branch in neighbouring United States Virgin Islands (USVI) has been cancelling debit cards of account holders, following an external security breach, Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) understands that some accounts in the Virgin Islands (BVI) have also been affected.
Poor Governance and Jack the Investor
By Dickson C. Igwe
Investors place their nest egg where there is stability, safety, security, transparency, and predictability. Good governance is critical to Jack the Investor.
‘It must be the money’ - Hon Fahie on BVI Airways flight hiccups
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Leader of the opposition Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) is very positive that one of the main challenges the Territory’s flag carrier, BVI Airways, is experiencing and which is hampering their efforts at direct flights from Miami, USA to Beef Island, Virgin Islands is the want of more money, but from who remains the big question.
The declining Virgin Islands moral culture
Dickson Igwe
The callous murders of Kendoy Penn, Nickeria Smith, Alston Penn and Ashburn A. Dawson point to a community that has compromised its moral culture. The question is asked: has the Virgin Islands sold its soul to Mammon?
God is the axis of the VI
Lorna M. George
While a student at Tuskegee University in Alabama USA, one morning I was sitting at the table in the cafeteria with some young men from the other Caribbean islands having breakfast. A young Jamaican man beaming with pride declared that Jamaica is the axis of the Caribbean. Without missing a beat, I shouted back, “Jamaica may be the axis of the other Caribbean islands, but God is the axis to the [British] Virgin Islands.”
UPDATE: Get Long Look youth involved in activities of discipline- Brian B. Gomes
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – Getting youths involved in activities of discipline has been recommended as one of several ways to effect the change needed for youths of Long Look. According to a concerned person, Mr Brian B. Gomes, this can be started through the East End/Long Look Festival and Fairs Committee, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and the Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP).
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