The finalists for the first Gen-Y Factor Competition have been working with their coaches, practicing their songs and are aiming to put on their best performances for the June 25 show.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, is confident in the strength of the Territory’s financial services industry and has reiterated the Government’s commitment to it.

The Ministry of Education and Culture will be administering the next SAT Examination tomorrow, Saturday, May 7, at the Elmore Stoutt High School – Block E at 8:00 a.m.  

Fifty-two persons received their certificates of naturalisation and are now British Overseas Territories Citizens.

The Government of the Virgin Islands through the Facilities Management Unit has installed a temporary 250 ton Chiller Unit at the Central Administration Complex.

A new Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) has been established in North Sound, Virgin Gorda. 

Further to a recent press release on the problems of British Virgin Islanders entering the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on their Territory passports, the Office of the Governor and Civil Registry and Passport Office would like to confirm that the USVI and BVI visa waiver programme remains in place, as mandated. 

Young entrepreneurs in the Territory will acquire skills on utilising social media to improve their businesses from a three day workshop next week.

The Archives and Records Management Unit of the Deputy Governor’s Office will be observing Records May Day, on Monday May 2.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) was unanimously elected as one of the Vice Chairs of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee (CDCC), a permanent subsidiary body for of the United Nations’ (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).