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August 18th, 2017
Taxi drivers continue to feel ‘shafted’ over cancelled cruise ships

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - "What will be different on the 29th and 30th August than the 15th and 16th of August," a question several taxi drivers are seeking answer for as it relates to the Premier's recent decision to cancel two cruise ship calls to the territory.

August 13th, 2017
‘We are now being blocked from making money’- Taxi driver

ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI - Residents and those in the taxi and livery industry have expressed mixed reaction to Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith's (AL) decision to cancel two cruise ship calls previously scheduled for this week.

December 3rd, 2016
Taxi drivers & City Manager clash over Xmas on DeCastro Street

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The heart of Road Town was converted into a Christmas affair when the 18th edition of Christmas on DeCastro Street, a two-day shopping, socialising, and entertainment extravaganza, got underway on December 2, 2016.

August 29th, 2016
Increased fares; more police presence needed to curb ‘rushing’- Taxi Drivers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The issue of rushing back and forth to the beaches with tourists could be addressed if taxi fares are increased and there is greater law enforcement presence along the various tourist hot spots, two taxi operators have opined.

June 13th, 2016
BVI Forward Campaign targets taxi drivers for increased awareness

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- More than 60 taxi operators in the [British] Virgin Islands have benefitted from a number of information sessions presented by the Financial Services Implementation Unit as part of the ongoing BVI Forward campaign to build greater awareness about financial services.

January 10th, 2015
UPDATE: BVIPA reacts to pressure from taxi operators!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was just this week that our newsroom was flooded with calls from taxi professionals operating on Wickham's Cay I, close to the Cruise Ship Pier, about how they were being treated as a result of the Ports Development Project.

January 9th, 2014
Another Carnival Cruise cancellation!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Drivers in the taxi industry are once again counting their loss of revenue with yet another cancellation of a Carnival Cruise Line vessel which was scheduled to make a call here in the Virgin Islands (VI) today January 9, 2014.

December 18th, 2013
$$ for teachers' dinner could have paid ‘school bus’ drivers- Opposition

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Debate surrounding some $103,160.00 owed to taxi drivers of the Territory for transporting high school students touched on some nerves during the Third Sitting of the Third Session of the Second House of Assembly on December 17, 2013.

October 24th, 2013
UPDATE: Taxi drivers at boiling point hence meeting with Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Select members of the taxi associations across the Virgin Islands held a press briefing with members of the media this morning October 24, 2013 where it was said they are opting for a meeting with the Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith as they are now at “boiling point”.

February 16th, 2013
When KING CUSTOMER is treated like OLIVER TWIST

By Dickson Igwe

Now this eternal thinker was privileged to sit in on a high powered meeting the other day. He was one of only two males in a room filled with typically very beautiful and lovely Virgin Islanders: women at the highest professional level. LA CRÈME DE CRÈME!

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