The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) concluded its commemoration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) with an awards ceremony at Marias by the Sea on July 1. 

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, is away from the Territory attending the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados.

The reservoirs on Virgin Gorda were filled with water on Wednesday, June 24, after 30,000 gallons was barged from Tortola to the sister island to provide some relief to residents who have been experiencing shortages.

The Government of the Virgin Islands, through the BVI International Tax Authority of the Ministry of Finance is informing the public that a template has been prepared for the Self Certification Forms required under the United States of America and United Kingdom FATCA Agreements. 

The Virgin Islands community reflected on the Territory’s journey from past to present when it observed the annual Territory Day Celebration on Monday, June 29.    

Assistant Commissioner for Enforcement, Mr. Clinton Romney said Her Majesty’s Customs’ K-9 Unit and Mobile Task Force Unit intercepted a quantity of plant matter that appeared to be marijuana.

Newly appointed Complaints Commissioner Mrs. Sheila Brathwaite has affirmed that the office of the Complaints Commissioner is an ally for the public.

BVI Finance in collaboration with the BVI Investment Funds Association (IFA) hosted their first ever breakfast Funds Forum on June 23 at Maria’s by the Sea.

Premier Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE has lauded the recent international accreditation conferred upon the National Disaster Management Programme (NDMP) as “an outstanding achievement and one we must celebrate and be very proud of.”

The annual meeting of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) took on added significance this year with the signing of Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) with the British Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA) and the Insurance Association of the British Virgin Islands (IABVI).