Senior representatives from the public and private sectors met on Wednesday, July 20 to test and update the 2013 BVI Cruise Ship Incident Plan.

The Virgin Islands now has a new service for processing passports for persons applying for British nationality.

Premier Dr. Hon. D. Orlando Smith, OBE has concluded meetings with Political Leaders of the Overseas Territories (OTs) at the annual Pre-Joint Ministerial Council Meetings in the Turks & Caicos Islands. The BVI Premier joined other leaders from Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands,  Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Turks  and Caicos Islands with whom he discussed  plans for the annual Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) and key areas for engagement with the UK;  including implications of the United Kingdom’s (UK) departure from the European Union (EU). 

The Truancy Unit of the Ministry of Education and Culture is encouraging students to be careful when riding on motor scooters and bicycles.

The British Virgin Islands now has its first accredited sex offender treatment programme.

The Honourable Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands, Mrs. Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe will be leading a contingent of delegates to the Bahamas to attend the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Regional Conference.

Cabinet has approved the implementation of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Visa Exemption Programme that will go into effect from Thursday, September 1.

More than 60 corporate service providers, lawyers and other financial services practitioners attended a ‘Meet the Regulator in Hong Kong’ seminar hosted by BVI House Asia.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE is away from the Territory attending the Pre-Joint Ministerial Council Meeting (JMC) in Turks and Caicos from Tuesday, July 19 until Thursday, July 21.

His Excellency the Acting Governor, Mr. Robert Mathavious, on the advice of the Public Service Commission, has approved the acting appointment of Mrs. Carolyn Stoutt Igwe as Permanent Secretary in the Deputy Governor’s Office.