At this month’s BVI Finance Breakfast Forum, attendees will have the pleasure of engaging in various discussions on international arbitration and its benefits to the British Virgin Islands and the wider region.

Forty one public officers who have portrayed exceptional performance are the recipients of the 2016 Public Service Excellence Award.

World Teachers Day is being observed on Wednesday, October 5 under the theme, ‘Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status’.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is purposefully developing training opportunities that support succession planning across the entire public service. 

Teachers in the Virgin Islands are being celebrated this week, in observance of Teachers’ Week, from October 2 to 8. 

The British Virgin Islands continues to see positive growth in the tourism industry with initial tourism figures for January to July 2016 showing an overall increase of 27.3 percent  for all visitors, when compared to the same period in 2015.

This year’s Fire Safety Awareness Week aims to educate the public on unseen potential fire hazards.

The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports (DYAS) is partnering with Digicel to inspire young athletes in the Virgin Islands at its premiere event, ‘One Night Only’ on October 8.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is reporting 25 confirmed cases of Zika as of September 27.

Parole and Probation Officers receive training to enhance their social and cognitive skills to improve service delivery to clients through the ‘Thinking for a Change’ (T4C) programme in the British Virgin Islands.