Good morning everyone, It gives me great pleasure as the Acting Premier of the Virgin Islands to address this formal introduction of the BVI Innovative Business Lab and the first iteration of Innovation Week (i Week) in the Territory.

Various aspects of the Territory’s culture will be on display when the Association for the Promotion of Arts and Culture hosts a Festival of the Arts on November 2.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie is away from the Territory attending the 26^th Annual Florida Caribbean Cruise Association Conference and Trade Show in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development has issued a recall on all Ranitidine medication made by Apotex Corp, Sanoz Inc., Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline.

Deputy Governor of the Virgin Islands, Mr. David Archer, Jr. has said that there must be systems in place that serve as a blueprint for the Territory’s response following a disaster, to allow for work to continue when the functions of Government are significantly affected.

Buildings located in the Registration Section of Road Town will now have physical addresses with a street name, number and postal code to each building and property.

British Virgin Islands’ residents and homeowners are being reminded that the improper drainage of wastewater on to public streets, roadways and ghuts constitutes a violation of the Public Health Act.

Cultural and familial ties were at the centre of the 46^th annual USVI-BVI Friendship Day on October 18 on the island of St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.

Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities, Honourable Kye M. Rymer and a team of officials visited the area of a disrupted sewerage line at Pasea which caused a backup in traffic to Road Town earlier today.

Deputy Premier of the British Virgin Islands and Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley was in London last week to meet with international officials and various International Financial Centre (IFC) partners.