CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Chief Executive Officer, Colette Delaney, today announced that the bank’s board of Directors has approved the appointment of three senior executives in the bank. The bank has appointed Mr. Carl Lewis to the position of Chief Financial Officer, to replace Mr. Doug Williamson, who is returning to Canada to take up a key … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM Following a meeting with American Airlines in Dallas, Texas on Friday, V.I. Dept. of Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte announced that the nation’s largest carrier will expand its service to the territory to meet increased demand for summertime travel, D.O.T. has announced. According to the department, beginning on June 3, 2021, passengers in Dallas … Continued
LoOP The government of Bermuda has imposed tougher restrictions, including the closure of schools, churches and gyms for two weeks after dozens of more new COVID-19 cases pushed Bermuda’s total beyond the 1000 mark. According to Premier David Burt “We are in a dangerous place.” He made the comment late Saturday following reports of 81 … Continued
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa Etienne said Tuesday that by early next month, all Caribbean countries will have received their first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX Facility.In fact, some of them could get theirs by the end of this week. However, the PAHO Director warned that COVID-19 is surging dangerously … Continued
The International News Queen Elizabeth would no longer be the head of state in Barbados where the government intends to remove her. The process of Queen Elizabeth’s removal would be complete in November of this year when the nation marks the 55th anniversary of independence from Britain. The decision was taken last year when a … Continued
Virgin Islands born mix engineer Leslie Brathwaite a native of St. Thomas USVI, on Sunday evening took home a Grammy for his work on the critically acclaimed ‘Queen B’s’, Beyoncé’s Black Parade which won Best R&B Performance. Leslie Brathwaite is one of the recording industry’s top mixing engineers whose credits include Pharrell Williams, Outkast, Björk, … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory has advised the public that committee meetings and official activities on the legislative calendar through the rest of the week have been postponed due to Covid-19 exposure on Monday. “Out of an abundance of caution, Legislature buildings in the Thomas-St. John and St. Croix districts are being cleaned and … Continued
Travel demand for the U.S. Virgin Islands remains strong, said the V.I. Dept. of Tourism Thursday, citing recent data in Condé Nast Traveler, a luxury and lifestyle media outlet. The data, from travel search site Kayak, reveal St. Thomas as the No. 1 destination where flight searches are recovering the fastest, according to D.O.T. “As … Continued
Ten countries across the region will get a major boost to their Covid-19 vaccination programmes as a result of a USD$500, 000 donations from regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean. The donation to national vaccination programmes is being made by the bank through its charitable arm the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation, and will support the purchase of … Continued
Senator Samuel Carrión, a longtime advocate for peace, is urging the Governor to move forward with implementation of the new Office of Gun Violence Prevention, established under Act 8423 in January. “What local law enforcement has been doing is clearly not working,” Senator Carrión said. “This means it is time to try a different approach. … Continued
