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VI has lost its 'middle class'- Hon Penn
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Speaking on NDP Radio on ZBVI 780 AM on May 19, 2025, Opposition Member Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) opined that the Virgin Islands (VI) has lost its middle class.
$1.2M Entrepreneurial Zone opens in Huntums Ghut
HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI- The Entrepreneurial Zone in Huntums Ghut in the Fifth District was officially opened on Thursday, February 27, 2025, marking the end of an almost five-year journey.
14 received Unite BVI Kickstart Small Business Loan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Fourteen applicants who underwent training and successfully met requirements for the Unite BVI Kickstart Small Business Loan Programme 2024 were awarded contracts under cohort three of the programme.
VI entrepreneurs empowered @ Republic Banks MSME Conference
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Republic Bank brought together entrepreneurs and business owners from across the Virgin Islands (VI) on Saturday, November 16, 2024, for its second MSME Conference.
Applications open for Small Business Development Grant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Applications are now open for the Small Business Development Grant Programme, which was launched in August 2024.
Deputy Premier blasts AG's Chambers for delaying business grants programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade, Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL) has lashed out at the Attorney General's Chambers for the delay in approvals under the Mirco, Small and Medium Sized Grants Programme.
USVI receives 2nd direct stimulus payments from US Treasury
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has received its portion of the stimulus funds to be issued to US Virgin Islanders as part of the second coronavirus relief package signed into law by former President Donald J. Trump late December 2020, revealed Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett.
69 small businesses receive grant from Rotary Club of Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some 69 small businesses have benefitted from a $100,000 grant programme initiated by the Rotary Club of Tortola to assist persons affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Applications open for Unite BVI’s Kickstart Small Business Loans
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Applications for the Unite BVI Kickstart Small Business Loan Programme are now open to entrepreneurs planning to start a business, or to expand an already existing business that is going to have positive impact on the environment or our communities.
“Our people must come first” – Premier Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance and Tourism Honourable, Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has announced a plethora of initiatives aimed at fulfilling his campaign promises of providing 1000 jobs for persons and to raise the economic standing of the Territory.
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