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December 17, 2020

UK publishes draft order for public registers

The Virgin Islands government has “significant reservations” about a draft order in council on public registers of beneficial ownership, according to Premier Andrew Fahie. The draft, which was published on …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
November 21, 2020

CCT sues over telecom levy

CCT and BVI Cable TV are challenging the telecommunications levy that regulators recently decided to start collecting for the first time since the Telecommunications Act took effect in 2006. In …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
November 12, 2020

Reopening protocols tweaked

Despite considerable outcry from tourism stakeholders, government announced on Tuesday that it won’t budge on its four-day quarantine rule for anyone entering the territory when borders open to tourists on …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
October 29, 2020

VG admin building, Tortola roads to get work

Two Virgin Islands companies received contracts for Hurricane Irma recovery projects amounting to about $2.3 million on Tortola and Virgin Gorda on Friday as the Recovery and Development Agency continued …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
October 23, 2020

D-5 to get ‘economic zone’

A piece of Huntums Ghut land originally intended to house a community centre will fulfill its original purpose and become a zone for Fifth District entrepreneurs to realise their visions …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
October 18, 2020

RDA gets funding for police, court facilities

New funding has been provided to facilitate repairs to the Road Town Police Station and the Magistrates’ Court from damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes, and three “deeds of contribution” …

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by Dana Kampa
October 8, 2020

Premier calls for reparations from UK

Five years after the United Kingdom finished paying off a longstanding debt that funded reparations to slave owners for loss of income following the abolition of slavery in the early …

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by Dana Kampa
October 8, 2020

Draft reopening protocols complete but not public

With less than seven weeks until the Virgin Islands’ borders are set to reopen to non-residents for the first time since late March, government has launched a series of meetings …

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by Dana Kampa
September 25, 2020

Premier softens position on public registers

Premier Andrew Fahie appears to have softened his government’s stance on the United Kingdom’s push for the overseas territories to enact public registers of beneficial owner- ship by 2023. For …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
September 13, 2020

Remembering Irma in the Covid age

A recent uptick in cases of Covid-19 in the Virgin Islands meant that community members couldn’t host any sort of large gathering on Sunday to reflect on the past three …

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by Dana Kampa
August 3, 2020

Virtual service reflects on emancipation

Though the annual Emancipation Service could not be held in person due to Covid-19 precautions, viewers who tuned in to a virtual version of the event last week still got …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 29, 2020

Telecommunications commission eyes $23m in uncollected levies

The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission failed to collect nearly $23 million in levies due from licensed operators since 2007, and it now has been charged with getting those funds, Premier Andrew …

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by Dana Kampa
July 24, 2020

UK singles out VI over company registers

The United Kingdom government singled out the Virgin Islands last week as the sole holdout among the inhabited UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies that has not committed to introducing …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 22, 2020

$194k contract awarded for Great Mountain road

Government continued its recent series of infrastructure projects last Thursday, with Autland Heavy Equipment Company Limited awarded a contract for $194,065.08 from the Recovery and Development Agency for the first …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 22, 2020

Banks look beyond moratoriums

Last week, Republic Bank Managing Director Michelle Palmer-Keizer spoke to one of her customers, a small-business owner who had received a six-month moratorium on her bank loan. “She said, ‘I’m …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 22, 2020

Airport report withheld from public

A taxpayer-funded report from an Atlanta-based consultant engaged in December to assess the future of air transportation in the Virgin Islands is “before the [BVI Airports Authority] board and not …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 9, 2020

West End terminal plans progressing

Government intends to use a portion of the $65 million Caribbean Development Bank recovery loan to build the long-awaited West End ferry terminal, and it is now seeking a consulting …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 1, 2020

Cartoon (July 25, 2020)

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Cartoon (June 25, 2020)
June 29, 2020

Airport expansion in the works once again

During last year’s election campaign, now-Premier Andrew Fahie opposed the incumbents’ rush to extend the Beef Island runway following the government’s receipt of a $153 million bid from the China …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
June 17, 2020

Cartoon (June 11, 2020)

by BVI Beacon
April 24, 2020

HOA votes to levy 7% tax on sending money via money services

The Financing and Money Services Act 2020, which passed unanimously Friday in the House of Assembly, imposes a seven percent tax on funds sent outside the territory via money services …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 20, 2020

Cabinet okays ‘interim’ stimulus framework

The Cabinet has approved certain aspects of an economic stimulus programme designed to help the territory weather the coronavirus pandemic, and full details will be disclosed soon, Premier Andrew Fahie …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 13, 2020

Law helps financial services shift abroad in crisis

A law rushed through the House of Assembly last month and Gazetted last Thursday is designed to help the financial services industry continue to work remotely in exceptional circumstances, such …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
March 24, 2020

Quarantined: Business editor recounts journey back to VI

When I left the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, March 11 for a short trip to Austin, Texas, things seemed mostly like business as usual. A brief COVID-19 scare in the …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
March 20, 2020

Carolyn O’Neal Morton to head Premier’s Office

Carolyn O’Neal Morton, a former teacher and head of the Ministry of Education and Culture, has been appointed the new permanent secretary in the Premier’s Office, as Kedrick Malone’s six-month …

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by Joey Waldinger

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