Representatives from the Virgin Islands private sector joined leaders including Deputy Premier Lorna Smith, Junior Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Karl Dawson, and BVI Finance CEO Elise Donovan in …
August 23, 2023
August 3, 2023
17-member delegation visits Guyana
Deputy Premier Lorna Smith is leading a 17-member delegation on a trade mission designed to strengthen ties between the Virgin Islands and Guyana. The mission’s “packed agenda” — which is …
May 11, 2023
New government not a ‘coalition’ in usual sense
After newly elected National Democratic Party representative Lorna Smith left the opposition and formed a government with the Virgin Islands Party, the term “coalition” was tossed around frequently. But in …
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January 25, 2019
Public registers requirement will wait until 2023
The Virgin Islands and other British overseas territories learned recently that they will not be required to implement fully functioning public registers of beneficial ownership until 2023 — a reprieve …
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January 25, 2019
BVI Finance-commissioned report touts benefits of offshore
International finance centres like the Virgin Islands facilitated $1.6 trillion of financing to developing countries between 2007 and 2014, according to a recent report by Dr. Judith Tyson, a research …
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