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Technical issues cause delays in work permit application process
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI-The Department of Labour and Workforce Development has reported a serious service interruption that is affecting the application process for work permits.
UPDATE: Gov't retracts notice on Indefinite Work Permit Exemptions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Ministry of Financial Services, Economic Development, and Digital Transformation has advised the public that the bulletin previously issued regarding the validity of Indefinite Work Permit Exemptions has been retracted.
VI not signing on to ‘free movement’ for nationals of CARICOM states- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands will not be signing on to the initiative of free movement for nationals of CARICOM member states, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has stated.
Losing our ambition, freedom, youth & country
Alred C. Frett
Turning Bad Conclusions into Good Solutions:
We are in the last days of the 1st Month in a New Year, and those who survived the past year may give thanks and praise to their leaders and Gods of mercy, while those who did not, may have a totally different opinion... It may be nice to be optimistic, but we live in a real World, and we should reason according to the evidence... Our failure to make it what it could be, means that others will make it what it shouldn’t be.
12000 work permits issued yearly in the VI- SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Acting Labour Commissioner, Department and Workforce Development Mr Mervin D. Hastings has said they issue on average twelve thousand work permits annually.
Do you truly believe that politicians really care?
Alred C. Frett
We’ll see that we cannot change the Past:
If the World was coming to an end, this could be the chosen Place and Time, for our Prophets amuse us, our Weathermen confuse us, our Winters look more like Summers, our Hurricanes are beginning where they usually end, and the Days are hotter than Hell while some Hearts may be Colder than Ice... Wars and Rumours of Wars are everywhere, with Jews fighting Muslims, and Christians fighting non-Christians.
Expats require work permits to work @ Festival booths- VI Gov’t reminds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the [British] Virgin Islands gears up to celebrate emancipation from slavery, expatriates are being reminded they need work permits to be employed at any of the booths in the Larina Loretta Jacobs-Lamothe Festiville.
When corruption breeds corruption
Alred C. Frett
A Mountain is not a Haystack:
Some think that it’s foolish to stand up against Injustice when this could be their Bread and Butter on the road to Riches... Fact is, when we only think of ourselves, we become the Problem rather than the Solution... I learnt a long time ago, that keeping your Eyes closed to Reality is like the Blind following the Blind... This happens whenever we are wide awake but fast asleep, and Dreams become Nightmares.
Categories of persons exempted from work permits to be expanded
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The categories of persons exempt from work permits are to be expanded.
Borrowed coat strings don’t last long
Alred C. Frett
Minimum Wage or Maximum Rip-off:
Some say Good things never seem to last, and some say, the good Lord giveth and the Good Lord taketh away... I do not have all the answers but I may have a few, and just as Day follows Night, Night follows Day, and, not all Days are bright, and not all Nights are dark... However, even with all the differences between our Ambition and Ability, the God of Nature and Laws of Balance still brings equality for one and all.
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