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The territory soon will join a regional insurance programme designed to dispense fast cash in the wake of natural disasters, according to Premier Dr. Orlando Smith. Until this point, the …
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Governor Gus Jaspert is scheduled to deliver his first Speech from the Throne on Thursday morning at the House of Assembly chambers. Former Governor John Duncan delivered the most recent …
The Virgin Islands officially launched a new financial services product designed to draw business from investment funds, according to BVI Finance Limited. Government activated the Limited Partnership Act, 2017, earlier …
A new report from the Caribbean Development Bank estimates the Virgin Islands’ gross domestic product shrunk by 2.7 percent in 2017 and predicts it will grow by three percent this …
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Dr. Phillips, of Jamaica, has been working as a general practitioner at B&F Medical Complex Ltd. for nearly 12 years.
The BVI Electricity Corporation has restored 80 percent of the territory’s electrical grid and hopes to have 95 percent back by the end of March, according BVIEC officials. Areas still …
Bernard Ellis, a resident of Virgin Gorda, has seen many changes in his life recently: He’s got a new job at the Workbench in the boatyard of the Virgin Gorda …
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The Department of Trade, Investment Promotion and Consumer Affairs dispensed $250,000 worth of grants to more than 140 businesses in the territory, according to Karia Christopher, the director of trade. …
The financial services industry recently reported that about 70 percent of its practitioners are back to work in the Virgin Islands following a miniature post-hurricane diaspora when many left the …
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Righting boats is tricky work. In the maze of tipped-over vessels that is the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour, standing up one yacht often involves completing progress on several more, whether …
Government issued a formal breach-of-contract notice to BVI Airways on Oct. 31, according to Premier Dr. Orlando Smith. The notice was sent exactly a year after the nonoperational company was …
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Witnesses will soon be able to give evidence in certain court proceedings via audio and video links, thanks to a law passed last week in the House of Assembly. Lawmakers …
Political strife within the National Democratic Party hit a fever pitch last week when Second District Representative Mitch Turnbull broke rank and publicly called for Premier Dr. Orlando Smith to …