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The heart-breaking wildfire in Hawaii this month should serve as an urgent warning to the Virgin Islands. The two archipelagos, after all, are very similar in many important respects. Both …
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Virgin Islands Day replaced Territory Day and was first celebrated in July 2021. That year, businesses and individuals found ways to observe the new celebration of VI culture, but the …
The European Union Court of Justice issued a ruling this week that could throw a wrench in the United Kingdom’s longstanding plan to force the Virgin Islands and other overseas …
With more than $400 million of assets in the Virgin Islands frozen in the wake of sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, even many unsanctioned Russians are finding …
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Former Bermuda Premier Sir John Swan urged the Virgin Islands to “guard against selling off its dreams in the quest for quick capital” as he addressed the 30th anniversary dinner …
Airlift to the Virgin Islands may eventually get easier and more affordable with the addition of direct flights to the mainland United States if Deputy Premier Kye Rymer’s recent conversations …
This month, the Virgin Islands completed its vice chairmanship of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee, a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. …
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Celebrity finances are frequently in the news, for reasons from bankruptcy to tax trouble to messy divorces to squabbles over estates. Lawyer, businessman and author Martin Litwak, founding partner of …
The Virgin Islands braced for the effects of Tropical Storm Fiona from Friday, but the system barely brushed the territory, depositing some five inches of rain as its eye passed …
The Virgin Islands has transformed in the five years since it was devastated by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017. Scroll down to compare scenes photographed shortly after Irma to …
As the Virgin Islands continues to prepare for the Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation next year from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, more than 70 representatives from government agencies and …
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One of the Virgin Islands’ flagship resorts is still rebuilding five years after Hurricane Irma, but the owners have been tightlipped about its progress. Although Peter Island Resort and Spa …
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A bill aimed at making the Virgin Islands business climate more competitive by updating and streamlining the licensing process passed with amendments in the House of Assembly last Thursday as …
A federal court in New York has authorised the United States government to seize two private jets collectively worth $410 million that are allegedly owned by a Russian oligarch and …
Overnight tourist arrivals in the first two months of 2022 soared in comparison to the same period in 2021, with the 26,225 visitors representing the Virgin Islands’ slow climb to …
Cruise ship passengers’ enthusiasm for visiting the Virgin Islands hasn’t been dampened by the arrest of the territory’s former premier last month in Miami while he was on a trip …
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Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Virgin Islands has frozen more than $40 million in assets, according to the Governor’s Office, which serves as the competent authority for sanctions …
Money Matters BVI is currently celebrating Global Money Week 2022, an international observance focused on developing financial literacy skills in children and young adults. Here in the Virgin Islands, activities …
The Virgin Islands has been added to the European Union’s “grey list” along with nine other jurisdictions in the Caribbean and elsewhere, the EU Council announced after its meeting on …
Government is monitoring reports that the Virgin Islands will be added to the European Union’s grey list of “non-cooperative tax jurisdictions” along with Bermuda, Israel, Russia and others, Premier Andrew …
New tourism numbers are in for 2021: About 50,000 overnight guests arrived on Virgin Islands shores in all of 2020. The fall is dramatic when compared to previous years. Before …
There is a “communication gap” between the Virgin Islands Shipping Registry, Her Majesty’s Customs and the public, according to Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister Vincent Wheatley. During the Standing …
Government is finalising an “accessibility of the laws” scheme that will consolidate Virgin Islands legislation on a website on an ongoing basis, Attorney General Dawn Smith said during the closed-door …
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