âConservativeâ Covid-era budget passes
After discussing the financial challenges and uncertain future tied to the Covid-19 pandemic, the House of Assembly passed the $402 million 2021 budget on Tuesday. âAre we out of the …
Premier Andrew Fahie and opposition leader Marlon Penn, along with other members of the House of Assembly, discussed the 2021 budget this week. (Photo: PROVIDED)
After discussing the financial challenges and uncertain future tied to the Covid-19 pandemic, the House of Assembly passed the $402 million 2021 budget on Tuesday.
âAre we out of the woods financially? The answer is no,â Premier Andrew Fahie said Monday during the first day of the two-day budget debate. âDo we have challenges? The answer is yes. But I challenge anyone to show me a country that doesnât.â
TORTOLA â Itâs not every day one gets to enjoy the sea with British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and raise money for a good cause doing it.
But thatâs what businessman Allington âGumptionâ Creque and some of his friends did recently at the annual Gumption and Friends windsurfing fundraiser.
When the 30-mile roundtrip trek from Virgin Gorda to Anegada was over, the event had raised its $30,000 goal to benefit a school on each island.
The fundraiser began two years ago when Creque, the owner of Gumption Experience BVI that provides land and sea tours â the latter via glass bottom boat â first windsurfed from Virgin Gorda to Anegada. At the time he raised $10,100 for the Claudia Creque Educational Center on Anegada. This yearâs fundraiser will again benefit the education center on Anegada, and Valley Day School on Virgin Gorda.
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St. Thomas sailor paid $20,000 to avoid detention in the Virgin Islands
On Nov. 18, a day before four United States tourists were detained for sailing into Virgin Islands waters, St. Thomas sailor Kevin Gregory was similarly apprehended by VI authorities about …
Kevin Gregory, who has been sailing in the Virgin Islands for ten years, was detained on Nov. 18 while sailing about a mile from Jost Van Dyke, and he later paid $20,000 and signed an admission of guilt to avoid going to court. He said he was on the way to Francis Bay, St. John, and didn’t plan on stopping here. (Photo: PROVIDED)