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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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
$$ 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.
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”.
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!