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Did the business community dictate the new minimum wage of $6.00 per hour?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While many see the newly recommended minimum wage of $6.00 per hour up a mere $2.00 since 1999 as being better than where it was before, it appears according to the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee Report made public on November 2, 2015 that this was decided almost singlehandedly by the business community.
VI residents spend more on housing & utilities than food- Minimum Wage Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While many residents continue to complain about the high cost of food in the Virgin Islands (VI), hence the need to travel to St Thomas, USVI to find cheaper food and goods, the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee Report revealed that money being spent on food is not where most residents income goes.
‘We must address high cost of living’- Dr Karl Dawson
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI – The only male At Large candidate on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) ticket Dr Karl Dawson has pledged that the party, if and when elected to office, will address as an urgent priority the high cost of living which has saddled the backs of the ordinary people over the last three and a half years.
‘Give us your vote for our integrity & record’ – Irene F. Penn-O’Neal
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – At Large candidate for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Irene F. Penn-O’Neal called on voters of the Sixth District to give the party’s candidates their votes as the party is one they could trust – having integrity and a record of development in the country, unlike the alternatives.
Minimum Wage Committee meets empty chairs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “It looks like the discussion tonight will be among the press and the committee,” said Chairman of the Minimum Wage Committee Mr Simon Potter, a statement that was well in order as a handful of persons turned up for the meeting to review minimum wages at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall last evening, March 18, 2015.
Premier Smith declines to name min. wage review C’tte head
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith has declined to name the person who is heading the committee that the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government has set up to lead the review of the minimum wage.
VI encouraged to buy more local produce
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of the strategies proposed to combat the rising cost of living and the Consumer Price Index in the Virgin Islands (VI) is for persons to buy more locally produced items.
Poor class silently rising among us- Shaina M. Smith
SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI- Addressing Virgin Gordians last night Saturday October 15, 2011 at Spanish Town in The Valley, member of the People’s Patriotic Alliance (PPA) and Territorial At Large candidate Shaina M. Smith said the high cost of living was forcing a poor class system to emerge in the Territory and outlined some ideas that the PPA has in respect to tackling the problem if elected.
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