The Commissioner of Customs, Mr. Wade N. Smith, is notifying all Charter boat owners, charter companies, and charter management companies of a 50% reduction of licensing fees outlined in the Commercial Recreational Vessel Licensing Act, 1992.
Topic: Trade and Business (including licenses) | Posted By: lstevens
Friday, 19 March 2021 - 5:09pm
The Government of the Virgin Islands is hosting a series of public meetings on two proposed Trade Legislation: Business Licencing Act, 2020 and Virgin Islands Investment Act, 2020.
The BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA), reopening of the cruise port has been announced with government approval for June, 2021 for cruise vessels with fully vaccinated passengers and crew.
Her Majesty’s Customs and BVI Ports Authority will host a public auction of unclaimed goods on Saturday, March 27 at the BVI Ports Authority headquarters in Port Purcell at 9:00 a.m.
Safety and security is vital for the continued success and peace of the Virgin Islands, which means that the Virgin Islands Community must join together to fight all criminal activity.
Topic: Sports and Recreation | Posted By: aphillip
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 - 2:00pm
Fourteen teams are competing in the 2021 Industrial Bowling League being hosted by the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and teams have been preforming well.
Topic: International Affairs (including the British Virgin Islands International Finance Centre) | Posted By: aphillip
Tuesday, 16 March 2021 - 1:23pm
Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has been hailed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC) and regional partners for the British Virgin Islands’ steadfast international leadership and for spearheading the first ever High-Level Meeting of the Associate Member Countries of ECLAC on sustainable development.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has updated the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on the rollout of the Government’s COVID-19 vaccination programme at the regional organisation’s Inaugural Meeting of the ACS Multi-Stakeholder Task Force on COVID-19 held virtually on March 8.
The Virgin Islands joined nearly 400,000 residents of the Caribbean and Latin America on March 11 to participate in Caribe Wave, the annual tsunami preparedness exercise.
