BVI London Office Director and United Kingdom (UK) Representative Mr. Benito Wheatley was unanimously elected Chairman of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) on behalf of the Government of the Virgin Islands on January 25.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is informing the public that the annual Farmers’ Week celebrations are postponed until 2017.

The selection of the winners of the 2015 Business of the Year, Most Innovative Business of the Year and the People’s Choice Award will take place later this month.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) will join other Caribbean countries and territories in a simulation exercise to test its tsunami response plans on March 17.

Full-time music teacher at the Elmore Stoutt High School and part-time music teacher at the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and Harrigan’s Music School, Brent Hoyte has been announced as the face of the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports (DYAS).

A multi-agency select committee has been set up to assist employees of Rosewood Little Dix Bay following the hotel’s pending renovations and interim closure on May 1.

Residents of the Virgin Islands are urged to learn as much as they could about the ZIKA virus and measures that can be taken to reduce its transmission.

Owners and managers of public establishments and the general public are reminded that smoking in public places is unlawful as legislated by the Tobacco Products Control Act 2006 and regulated by the Tobacco Products Control Regulations, 2007.

The National Health Insurance (NHI) Office has begun the reimbursement of benefit claims as a function of the system.

The Territory is participating in a regional study on diversification of the Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs).