The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Dominica’s gross domestic product (GDP) will get back to the percentage it was before the pandemic, equating to five per cent (5%) growth per year within 2022 to 2026. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a “heavy toll” on Dominica’s economy. The Washington-based financial institution has just completed a … Continued
In a recent Facebook post, local attorney and former Education Minister Myron V Walwyn shared his thoughts on the need for a Human Rights Commission to be established in the BVI on the heels of employees now at liberty to lose their jobs as a result of implemented vaccination policies by employers. Walwyn said, “I … Continued
In November the BVI Rotary Family Celebrated the Rotary Foundation to coincide with District Governor Louis Wever and his wife Amanda’s Official Visit to the Territory. The Grand Fundraiser took place in partnership with Rosewood Little Dix Bay where Mr. Ephraim Penn and Mr. Elwin Anderson Flax were bestowed with the prestigious Community Paul Harris … Continued
The British Virgin Islands Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association in partnership with the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College presents a ‘Business Stakeholders Meeting: Assessing the Workforce Needs of the Business Community’ on the 7th of December 2021, from 11am – 1 pm. This meeting will be held at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, HLSCC … Continued
As we emerge from Covid-19, it is clear that we are facing a “new normal” in which health and safety will be critical business factors, particularly for the travel and tourism industry. Meeting this challenge will require businesses, communities, and destinations to implement new processes and procedures that will make it easy and seamless for … Continued
Inflation is starting to look like that unexpected — and unwanted — houseguest who just won’t leave. For months, many economists had sounded a reassuring message that a spike in consumer prices, something that had been missing in action in the U.S. for a generation, wouldn’t stay long. It would prove “transitory,” in the soothing … Continued
MONEY MATTERS BVI (MMBVI), the financial literacy and financial education programme of the BVI Financial Services Commission (the Commission), has again sought to engage the adolescent segment of the BVI population through literary analysis, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Tortola. This is the second year that the two (2) have partnered to … Continued
Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline’s top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000. CEO Ed Bastian said that all employees who have been hospitalized for … Continued
Nearly 50 percent of member businesses who responded to a recent survey conducted by BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) have said that they support requiring employee vaccination. The BVICCHA revealed those statistics in a recent publication which also said that 63 percent of members support vaccination, over 90 percent of member respondents … Continued
Michael B Jordan has indicated that he will rename the J’ouvert rum. Jordan posted to his Instagram stories that he has heard the outcry and will rename the rum. “I just wanna say on behlaf od myself and our partners that our intention was never to offend or hurt a culture (we love, & respect) & hoped … Continued
