Newly appointed Complaints Commissioner Mrs. Sheila Brathwaite has affirmed that the office of the Complaints Commissioner is an ally for the public.

BVI Finance in collaboration with the BVI Investment Funds Association (IFA) hosted their first ever breakfast Funds Forum on June 23 at Maria’s by the Sea.

Premier Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE has lauded the recent international accreditation conferred upon the National Disaster Management Programme (NDMP) as “an outstanding achievement and one we must celebrate and be very proud of.”

The annual meeting of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) took on added significance this year with the signing of Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) with the British Virgin Islands Airports Authority (BVIAA) and the Insurance Association of the British Virgin Islands (IABVI).

Manager, for the Department of Waste Management, Mr. Greg Massicote said Jost Van Dyke has been identified as a vector hotspot for the past two years and with the heightened awareness about vector borne diseases and the emergence of the latest vector disease  ZIKA, efforts will be made to ensure that the area is cleaned before the rainy season begins.

Featured father in the Office of Gender Affairs fatherhood campaign, boat captain Mr. Kenric George, is encouraging fathers to spend quality time with children as Men’s Month celebration continues. 

The Social Development Department is inviting the public to the ‘Senior Summer Fun’ Camp from July 6 to 31, 2015.

The Ministry of Communications and Works, in collaboration with the Water and Sewerage Department, is working to ensure that the public water supply on Virgin Gorda is restored by the end of this week.

A Royal Netherlands Navy vessel, the HNLMS Van Amstel, will be berthed at the Cruise Ship Terminal for a short unofficial visit from June 25 to 28 2015.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has taken swift action to safeguard consumers in light of a recall on Niagara spring water due to possible contamination of the E. Coli bacteria.