Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE is in Bermuda for a preparatory meeting ahead of the 2015 Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) being held later this year in the United Kingdom (UK).

The Government of the Virgin Islands continues to deliver on its commitment to improve the Territory’s infrastructure and is inviting tenders for the Rehabilitation of Roads and Slope Stabilisation works at Horsepath, Tortola.

The 40^th Regional Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and the Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) will be hosted in the Virgin Islands from July 25 to August 1 and includes a variety of parliamentary conferences including the 11^th Meeting of the Regional Youth Parliament.

Over 70 Parliamentarians from 14 countries will soon begin arriving in the Territory for the 40th Annual Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) from July 25 to August 1. 

Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. the Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering, represented the Territory at the recently  held UK Overseas Territories Ministers of the Environment Meeting in Gibraltar where he joined other attendees from July 13 to 18 to discuss matters including: EU support; environmental management; environmental governance, as well as leadership and meeting outcomes. 

The 2015 Conservation and Fisheries Environmental Summer Programme has begun and it is placing special emphasis on natural marine and terrestrial habitat education and appreciation.

The British Virgin Islands National Commission for The United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) is informing the public that the application deadline has been extended for the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation’s (ITCILO) Master in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, is appealing to the community to help keep the Virgin Islands safe by turning in illegal weapons during an amnesty instituted by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in July. 

Commissioner of Customs Mr. Wade Smith said the pieces of equipment detained in the operation by the department’s special units, appear to be in contravention of the Customs Management and Duties Act No. 6 of 2010.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, has stated that he is pleased to be part of the celebrations for an extraordinary son of the soil who paved the way for the prosperity that BVIslanders now enjoy.