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33 businesses closed, 683 laid off & 72 terminated due to COVID-19 pandemic
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “We will continue, for as long as we can, to assist you, our brothers and sisters of the wider Caribbean, mainland US, Europe and other parts of the world, during this unprecedented, unpredictable time,” were the reassuring words of Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) as he outlined some of the steps Government is taking to address urgent issues of labour and immigration brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
'What start wrong can only end wrong'- Caller on BVI Airways fiasco
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – During the radio programme, ‘Speak Out BVI’ on ZBVI 780 AM on Tuesday July 18, 2017, callers took to the show and voiced their frustration on the controversy between BVI Airways and the government of the National Democratic Party (NDP).
BVI Airways lays off staff; Casts blame on NDP Gov’t
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The war is waging publicly between the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of Premier, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) and BVI Airways; a defunct airline that Government provided $7.2M of tax payers money in exchange for direct flights to the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island from Miami International Airport in the United States of America.
‘NDP plans to cut civil service after elections’ – Hon Julian Fraser, RA
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – “To the civil service of this territory, all the people, the engine that keeps this machine running….word on the street is that your Premier (Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith) has entered into an agreement with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), which is the British Government, to cut the service,” so declared aspiring Premier on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) slate Honourable Julian Fraser, RA.