Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE LLD said that shifting the ceremonial opening of the law year from September to January was as a result of challenges the court has experienced since 2017 due to the heightened hurricane activity within the region.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie, has continued on his commitment to hold Cabinet meetings on the Territory’s main islands and has announced that the Cabinet will meet on Anegada on January 15.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has stated that the future of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) is beyond imagination and that the Government of the Virgin Islands will continue to support the institution where it can.

Manager for the Department of Waste Management, Mr. Neville Allen has said that the Territory wide clean up undertaken in December saw the collection of tons of waste.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is said to be working diligently on plans to commence the 2020 Population and Housing Census in June of this year.  

Public service entities and their non-government organisation partners met today to identify how to combine their resources and expertise while working to restore the Territory’s mangroves.

Principal Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of Prosecutions, Mrs. Tiffany Scatliffe-Esprit has been appointed as Acting Director of Public Prosecutions with effect from December 14, 2019. 

The remaining ten percent of Public Officers of the Virgin Islands can expect to receive their 2016 increments by the end of February.

The data collected as part of the United Kingdom Government’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme has been handed over to the Government of the Virgin Islands.

The Premier and Minister of Finance of the British Virgin Islands Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has today said that the good tax cooperation between the British Virgin Islands and France has been overlooked in the French Government's decision to include the jurisdiction, among others newly added, to its list of non-cooperative states and territories in tax matters.