While lauding the National Democratic Party (NDP) government for the work it has been doing to improve the business landscape of the British Virgin Islands, the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVI-CCHA) yesterday called for a working group […]
Category: Finance/Business
BUY LOCAL – How long have we been saying it?
Amid calls for consumers in the British Virgin Islands to buy local goods and services now more than ever due to international developments, business operators at the territory’s premier trade expo yesterday called for consumers to be granted certain incentives […]
Gov’t mulls up to 300% increase in cruise permit fees
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff The government has announced the new cruise permit fees it is proposing for local and foreign vessels day-tripping in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The biggest increase is by 300 percent for locals […]
OneMart pulls Robin Hood flour, related products
OneMart supermarket today announced that it is no longer selling Robin Hood flour and all products related to Robin Hood flour, in light of a recently issued food recall warning. “We were made aware of the issue as it developed […]
Trump frightening, but don’t panic – BVI TOLD
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff While assessing Donald Trump’s presidency of the United States, a university professor urged the British Virgin Islands (BVI) not to panic although it may face frightening repercussions, including possible blows to its main […]
Harrigan banks on Trump for tourism boost
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Chairman of the BVI Tourist Board Russel Harrigan said he is rooting for United States (US) President Donald Trump to grow the US economy because that would mean ‘great’ things for the BVI. […]
Brin leaving CCT for managerial post at BVI-IAC
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Long-serving marketer in the telecoms industry, Janette Brin, has been appointed Manager at the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI-IAC). The BVIslander has been the Marketing and Public Relations Manager at telecommunications […]
US moves to tax remittances sent to BVI
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Persons in the United States sending remittances to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) may soon have to fork out more funds to cover a proposed tax amounting to 2 percent of the remittance […]
What Fahie likes about Donald Trump
Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie has touted an aspect of the economic philosophy being expressed by United States President Donald Trump. President Trump has been pushing measures such as trade protectionism. He has proposed huge cross-border taxes for companies […]
Mysterious figure in public accounts: $589,916
At the end of two financial years, the Auditor General was still struggling to account for a mysterious monetary figure that she said appeared in the territory’s accounts in the year 2010, when the Virgin Islands Party was in government. […]