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ESHS student taken to hospital after scooter & pickup crash
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A student of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) was reportedly taken to Peebles Hospital following an accident between a motor scooter and a pickup truck infront CIBC First Caribbean International Bank
VI broke but still no access to $25M loan/line of credit!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP), the media, civil society and talk show hosts claiming that the National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration raided the Treasury in their quest to win the 2015 snap election, leaving the country broke, the status to access the recent $25 Million loan that was approved to keep the country afloat was brought to light.
Community pools together to aid KATS swim programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On a frenetic Saturday in the second week in May, the Kids And The Sea (KATS) Swim programme kicked off its 24th annual classes for all children in the Virgin Islands.
CIBC First Caribbean now charges non-customers $5 to cash cheques
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – CIBC First Caribbean International Bank has instituted a service charge of $5.00 for every cheque that they cash once that person does not have an account at that bank and the Government is said to be investigating this.
UPDATE: Layoffs looming at FirstBank Tortola branch!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands News Online has been reliably informed by sources close to FirstBank (BVI) that the institution on Tortola has circulated a memo to its employees informing them of a pending cut in the workforce.
CIBC First C/bean workers respond positively to breast cancer screening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Employees of CIBC First Caribbean International Bank responded positively to breast cancer screening and other activities hosted by the bank today, October 3, 2013 despite the air of discomfort over the pending layoffs.
More jobs to be lost as CIBC First Caribbean to downsize
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Less than a month after furor arose among staff of LIME BVI, yet another regional company with a branch in the Virgin Islands is reportedly looking to cut its workforce.