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网页The BVI Beacon newspaper in Road Town, British Virgin Islands, publishes a weekly print edition as well as daily online news at bvibeacon.com. It focuses on local news, and also covers regional and international news of interest …
Online entry system to cut wait at ports - The BVI Beacon
网页2 小时之前 · by The BVI Beacon | September 26, 2024. Officials said a new online entry system will cut wait times at ports of entry by allowing travellers to submit their details before arrival. Above, passengers disembark from an American Eagle flight last year at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. (File Photo: DANA KAMPA)
Statutory board reforms continue - The BVI Beacon
网页8 小时之前 · The fifth bill — addressing the BVI Health Services Authority — was debated Tuesday before members entered a closed-door committee session. The bills are part of broader reforms in the works for statutory bodies, which the COI alleged had been operating with minimal accountability under heavy political interference.
COMMENTARY — Call made for better data in VI - The BVI Beacon
网页13 小时之前 · This commentary, which is the second in a series, seeks to discover why the most productive societies utilise data, especially statistical data, to drive prosperity. The Virgin Islands is a lively democracy. Political activity is never far from the surface. The territory is a live wire of street-corner talk, radio shows, and social media trolls.
Skelton: pay flub may cost $19 million - The BVI Beacon
网页9 小时之前 · Opposition Leader Ronnie Skelton warned this week that government’s accidental overspend on public service pay raises could cost $19 million instead of the $13 million previously estimated by Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. Mr. Skelton also told the Beacon that he opposes raising taxes to plug the gap, and he called on the premier to
Financial services reforms continue - The BVI Beacon
网页2024年9月19日 · The House of Assembly suspended its usual rules on Monday to introduce and pass two financial services bills designed to avoid international sanction by bringing the territory in line with global standards set by the Paris-headquartered Financial Action Task Force. Deputy Premier Lorna Smith introduced the proposed laws — the Financial Services Commission (Amendment) Bill,
Local News - The BVI Beacon
网页BVIEC customers warned to check credit cards. The BVI Electricity Corporation urged customers last Thursday to check their credit card accounts after a cyberattack that was first announced on Aug. 19, but the utility has not said …. …
As expected, cruise arrivals set record - The BVI Beacon
网页2024年1月30日 · As port officials had previously predicted, 2023 saw the arrival of a record number of cruise ship passengers in the territory, the BVI Ports Authority announced Monday. The number of manifested cruise passenger arrivals hit 720,392, surpassing the previous record of 699,105 in 2016, when the Cyril …
New law aims to free up millions from tourist levy
网页2024年2月23日 · For more than six years, the government has been collecting a $10 levy from most non-cruise ship visitors as required by the 2017 Environmental Protection and Tourism Improvement Fund Act. The law requires this pool of money — which should now exceed $10 million — to be used to combat climate change, protect …
COVID-19 - The BVI Beacon
网页2023年2月16日 · The Ministry of Health and Social Development reported three more Covid-19-related deaths last Thursday, bringing the territory’s total to 61. The ministry said the deceased were a 91-year-old woman and …. …
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