Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Honourable Vincent Wheatley has issued a call for community and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to do their part to fight against the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD).

Officers from the Royal Virgin Islands Police, Her Majesty’s Prison, and BVI Fire and Rescue Services received awards for long service and good conduct at a private ceremony today at Government House.

The BVI National Commission for UNESCO has announced the winners of the 2020 World Poetry Day Competition in a virtual ceremony on Facebook.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has introduced an exclusion zone that would limit marine traffic as a result of COVID-19.

The BVI Electricity Corporation has announced that reduction in the recent months' electricity bills was as a result of the global decline in the cost of oil, and the corresponding by-products of same, such as gasoline and diesel fuel.

Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mr. Kelvin E. Hodge as the Chairman of the BVI Ports Authority Board for a period of three years effective May 13.

The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) and BVI Cable TV have reached an agreement on the sharing of the pole infrastructure to allow for both companies to serve the Virgin Islands community.

The Queen’s Birthday Parade and Celebration will not be held this year, in keeping with current best practices for social distancing due to COVID-19.

Chief Operations Officer at the BVI Health Services Authority’s Mrs. Cedorene Malone-Smith has said that more amendments have been made to their visitation policy which will allow for more visitors and longer visitation periods to warded patients.

An Act to establish the Virgin Islands Trade Commission was passed in the House of Assembly on June 9.