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Caribbean needs digital & balanced recovery from pandemic- VI tells UNESCO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has called for a digital and balanced recovery in the Caribbean from the COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual dialogue on work and life in the region, organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural and Organisation (UNESCO) and the University of the West Indies (UWI) on September 9, 2021.
Economic vision, post public register of beneficial ownership
Dickson Igwe
OK, a very savvy mind, who over the decades has been a major player in the Virgin Islands offshore finance industry, told this writer that he was not overly concerned about the UK government’s decision to impose a public register of beneficial ownership on offshore companies of overseas territories of Great Britain. He stated over lunch, that the industry had already factored in the decision into its working culture.
A vision for the Virgin Islands post Irma- Part 2
Dickson Igwe
OK. There can be no real economic recovery for the Virgin Islands without a clear vision, mission, and plan for a Post Irma future. And post Irma, in a highly competitive, predatory, scientifically driven, global economy, VISION and strategic economic planning alone, will rescue the Virgin Islands from permanent underdevelopment.
USVI @ crossroads, Gov Mapp says at State of Territory address
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — When he took to the podium at the Earl B. Ottley Legislative Hall on Monday January 30, 2017, it was expected that US Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Kenneth E. Mapp would relay to residents the true condition of the territory’s finances, while, as all politicians do, speaking on the apparent successes of his administration.
Jack’s small business test!
BY Dickson Igwe
The small business is the pulse and heart beat of the national and global economy. The health of the small business, including the sole proprietor, or one man business, is used as the benchmark for successful economies.