Pictured is Waste Consultant Ms. Noni Georges who presented the 7R Waste Management Strategy during the meeting held on Jost Van Dyke on May 20. 

Residents of Belle Vue can once again enjoy playing basketball on their community court. The Government of the Virgin Islands through the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture declared the basketball court open on May 14 with a reopening ceremony. 

Pictured from left to right are Agency Red Consultant Mrs. Noni Georges, Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone and Waste Manager Mr. Neville Allen during the 7R Waste Management Strategy Public Consultation meeting on Virgin Gorda.

A highlight of ‘Farmers and Fishers Week 2021’ was the dedication of a brand new tractor for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities Honourable Rymer is pictured as he presented Director of the BVI Red Cross, Ms. Stacy Lloyd the Limited Edition Licence Plate in commemoration of the organisation’s Sixty-fifth (65^th) Anniversary on Monday, May 3. 

Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourabl

Ms. Lenia Smith of Anegada took home the prize for best fish soup in the highly anticipated Farmers and Fishers week 2021 Fish Soup Competition. 

The Fort Garden Centre and Plant Wise VI have contributed to the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries’ School Garden Initiative.

The Omar Wallace Hodge Fisherman’s Wharf and Park is now open to the public following an official ceremony to have it named in honour of the late legislator, Omar W. Hodge on April 26. The new amenity was said to be the brainchild of Mr. Hodge.

The BVI Services, Disability Service Division was gifted with a new electric stove courtesy of Mrs. Natalie Pickering.