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September 6, 2021

Businesses still at forefront of building back

When Hurricane Irma came for the Bitter End Yacht Club, it destroyed nearly 100 buildings across 64 acres. But that didn’t mean that all of the resort was lost, said …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
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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 5, 2020

Pinching pennies amid pandemic

In March, just as Covid-19 hit the Caribbean, Peter George, CEO of the Trinidad-based restaurant group Trent Limited, closed his portfolio of eateries before the government made him. “You could …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
June 16, 2020

EDITORIAL: Consumer Protection Act is a big win

Kudos to the government for working closely with the opposition to finally pass consumer protection legislation, which Virgin Islands leaders have been promising for more than three decades. The achievement …

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by BVI Beacon
May 14, 2020

Beaches and more businesses reopen

On Tuesday afternoon, Premier Andrew Fahie presided over his first coronavirus press conference since March 24, fielding questions from the media and reminding residents that “freedom” is in their “own …

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by Dana Kampa
April 30, 2020

Re-opening for business: After lockdown, economy chugging back to life

On Monday morning, for the first time in more than three weeks, patrons queued up in front of banks, farmers sold their wares on shaded sidewalks, and residents wandered supermarket …

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by Joey Waldinger
December 4, 2019

Business and government share dialogue in “solution forum”

A group of around 40 of what BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association Chairwoman Shaina Smith called the “unsung heroes” of the Virgin Islands economic recovery gathered on Tuesday …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
March 26, 2018

Microloans offered for small businesses

In August, therapist Kelvin Fahie had just opened his addiction-counselling practice, A Place Where Healing Begins, in Road Reef. Thanks to last year’s Kickstart BVI Small Business Loan Programme, he …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS

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