At 11 a.m. on Friday, Jonathan Hing was already ahead of the game. As around 50 of his fellow jobseekers wandered around, he had filled out an application from The …
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June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019
VI fires back after topping “tax haven” list
BVI Finance has clapped back after the Virgin Islands topped a list of the “most corrosive corporate tax havens” in the world published last week by the Tax Justice Network. …
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June 11, 2019
Swimmers and paddlers return to North Sound
It was the second year of the new course for Swim and SUP the Sound, and after an early morning downpour a total of 62 racers, including six stand-up paddleboarders, …
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June 6, 2019
Premier backs down on 15-year-belongership plan
The House of Assembly on Monday passed the controversial amendment to the Immigration and Passport Act that was meant to allow Premier Andrew Fahie to enact the “Clear Path to …
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June 4, 2019
Financial services had best year since 2015
The territory’s financial services industry managed to weather a number of threats from abroad and finished 2018 stronger than the previous two years, as indicated by recently published fourth-quarter 2018 …
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May 31, 2019
Making a will won’t kill you, says FSC panel
When Judy Varlack-Pickering’s husband died, he didn’t have a will. Still, she thought everything would work out smoothly “because he was my husband.” She soon received a rude shock. “When …
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May 30, 2019
Fahie: West End port to open to international ferries by August
Premier Andrew Fahie vowed on Friday to get the West End port facility open to international ferries by Aug. 1, describing the situation during a House of Assembly sitting as …
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May 30, 2019
Belongership “fast track” postponed
An amendment related to the controversial “fast-track” plan to residency and belongership being championed by Premier Andrew Fahie is scheduled for a hearing in the House of Assembly on Monday, …
May 27, 2019
Government still working on UK loan guarantee
As government continues struggling to access money from the $65.2 million Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Loan from the Caribbean Development Bank, leaders still have not been able to secure further recovery …
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May 24, 2019
Belongership debate heats up
After Hurricane Irma destroyed her apartment and ripped through the restaurant where she worked in September 2017, Raquel Richmond had a choice to make: go back to her native Jamaica …
May 22, 2019
42 naturalised in ceremony
Shaquille Walker, 26, excitedly described his plans after being officially named a British overseas territory citizen alongside 41 other people during a ceremony last Friday, May 10, at Government House. …
May 22, 2019
Vistra: VI retains importance in offshore world
As the financial services industry faces existential threats from multiple directions, a recent report found good news for the Virgin Islands: The territory is among a small number of offshore …
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May 16, 2019
Residency application period shortened
Applicants seeking to regularise their status in the Virgin Islands through the government’s new “fast-track programme” — whether via permanent-resident status, belongership or both — will have less time to …
May 15, 2019
Consumer protection to be introduced again
After years of promises, the territory might finally get consumer protection legislation. Last week Cabinet approved the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, paving the way for a first reading in the …
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May 15, 2019
Nearly 200 derelict vessels to be removed
Contractors including salvagers, marine surveyors, project managers, recyclers and others are putting on their thinking caps, trying to figure out the best way to dispose of some 200 derelict vessels …
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May 9, 2019
Government eases rules for residency, belongership
Non-belongers who have lived here continuously for 15 years will soon be able to apply for residency and belongership under a new policy that eases the previous 20-year requirement to …
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May 3, 2019
Draft Economic Substance Code “makes the job easier”
In gauging what did and didn’t go in to the hotly anticipated draft Economic Substance Code released last week by the International Tax Authority, some insiders say one need only …
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April 26, 2019
Four contractors to refit Elmore Stoutt High School
Four construction companies will each refurbish one floor of the L-shaped building at Elmore Stoutt High School — which has gone unused for nearly two years after being gutted by …
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April 26, 2019
Draft Economic Substance Code released
As financial services professionals meet behind closed doors, trying to make sense of the newly released draft Economic Substance Code, Simon Gray, head of business development and marketing at BVI …
April 24, 2019
Charterers choose quiet with new electric yacht
When the wind dies down, sailboat charterers in the Virgin Islands often have to switch to diesel power. When they do, the calming sounds of the sea can be drowned …
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April 18, 2019
Disability gets visibility during Awareness March
It wasn’t long ago that many Virgin Islands residents with disabilities would remain largely out of public view. On Friday, however, they and their supporters were among about 100 people …
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April 12, 2019
Banking to return to Virgin Gorda
Starting in August, for the first time in almost a year, Virgin Gorda residents will have access to full banking services, government announced last week. “Following a series of meetings …
April 5, 2019
Insurance premiums spiked after Irma
A soft insurance market in the Virgin Islands and a surge in payouts from reinsurers has led to rising insurance premiums in the territory, according to Kishma Baronville, general manager …
April 5, 2019
New plans unveiled for West End port
The new West End port of entry, various versions of which were proposed even before Hurricane Irma destroyed the existing structure, will be about 27,000 square feet under the latest …
March 18, 2019
Disciplinary tribunal now in place for lawyers
More than three years after the House of Assembly passed legislation to revamp the rules for attorneys in the Virgin Islands, the territory is finally getting a disciplinary tribunal to …
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