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Recent studies of global broadband and mobile data pricing from United Kingdom-based telecommunications provider Cable.co.uk haven’t turned out well for the Virgin Islands, which has consistently shown to have some of the highest prices in the world for those services.

However, when it comes to electricity, the VI ranks near the middle of the pack regionally.

Just 11 out of 28 Caribbean countries have cheaper electricity than the VI, according to a study released last month from the company.

The Washington Post

TAKUNDA Rusike has long been familiar with rugby. She learned about the sport through her cousins and uncles who played in Zimbabwe, including one uncle who represented the national team.

It wasn’t until she was a junior in high school, though, that Rusike began to play herself, joining a club team after her field hockey coach suggested her physicality would be less proscribed in rugby.

A key advisor to Prime Minister Mia Mottley is touting greater use of disaster clauses in debt financing, particularly for developing countries in the Caribbean.

Professor Avinash Persaud, who recently shared his thoughts on the subject in a letter published in the Financial Times, said the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) which was incorporated into the Mottley administration’s 2018-2019 debt restructuring, was an important move.