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Trade deal with DR will help lower price of goods in VI- Premier
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has reminded that he will soon be leading a trade mission to the Dominican Republic to secure a trade deal.
Trade Commission needs to be 'reinstituted'- Pastor Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI—Commentator and Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called upon Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) to reinstitute the Virgin Islands Trade Commission to address the cost of living in the territory.
‘Some businesses feel workers should just be glad they have a job’- Cromwell Smith
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Talk show host Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka believes that when considering what the minimum wage should be like, more value needs to be placed on the employer as he gets the feeling more of the emphasis is often given to the employer.
Debt is a transfer of wealth
Dickson C. Igwe
Debt is like oxygen. It is everywhere in the world of economics. Debt is currency used to pay for what we want and need. It pays for products that are essential to existence such as hospital care, a roof over the head, or a vehicle in a land with no adequate public transportation. Debt can follow us to the grave if we do not pay off debt at a certain age, leaving our survivors to pay the debt.
‘Slavery is slavery boss! I ain’t going nowhere jumping up’- L. Allen Wheatley
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Some 1,000 revellers are expected to storm the streets of Road Town for the August Monday Parade to celebrate Emancipation from slavery; however, don’t look for former Financial Secretary and D8 political candidate in the recently concluded 2023 general elections, Mr L. Allen Wheatley, to be a part of the procession.
VI is a ‘rich country but the richness’ is skewed- Karen C. Vanterpool
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Independent At Large candidate Karen C. Vanterpool launched her elections campaign in Valley, Virgin Gorda last night, April 8, 2023.
‘You can’t get more than 2 bags of groceries for close to $200’- Lorna G. Smith
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Freshly announced At Large candidate for the 2023 General Election in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Mrs Lorna G. Smith, OBE, has lamented the cost of living in the territory.
New taxi fares approved to align with increased cost of living - Hon Rymer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– New transportation fares for tourists and those moving from ports on the sister islands have been approved in the Virgin Islands (VI) after some 12 years, following a meeting with government officials and the transportation-for-hire industry.
Infrastructure, inflation & the cost of living
Dickson C. Igwe
Poor social and physical infrastructure is costly to residents and causes inflation to inflict greater woe on a society.
VI facing cost-of-living crisis over inflation- Shaina M. Smith-Archer
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI– BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVIVVHA) Chairperson, Ms Shaina M. Smith-Archer has raised as troubling "a cost-of-living crisis" in the Virgin Islands as a result of "imported inflation" that has trickled its way into commodity prices.
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