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Online entry system to cut wait at ports - The BVI Beacon
网页4 小时之前 · 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.
COMMENTARY — Call made for better data in VI - The BVI Beacon
网页15 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11 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
EDITORIAL: Support sports year-round - The BVI Beacon
网页2 天之前 · Residents across the Virgin Islands watched with rapt attention and plenty of territorial pride last month as four VI athletes competed at the Paris Olympics. But the government and the broader community must remember to support athletes and sports in general throughout the year, not just at competition time. …
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,
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 …
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网页Find out what's happening in the British Virgin Islands with The BVI Beacon, an online news source covering politics, crime, sports, culture and more. Read stories from August 2024, including the COI reform deadline, the West End port project, the marlin tournament and the Emancipation Festival.
Early arrival numbers up 42% - The BVI Beacon
网页Tourist arrivals during November and December totalled 40,950, up about 42 percent from 28,857 in the same period in 2021, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced Friday in apparent reference to non-cruise-ship visitors. However, they were still nearly 32 percent below the pre-pandemic numbers for those months in …
COVID-19 - The BVI Beacon
网页2023年2月16日 · As of Friday, three patients had been admitted to the hospital to be treated for Covid-19 out of the 13 people who have tested positive this year, according to Health …
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