Visitors, owners, managers, operators, skippers and masters of all vessels are asked to adhere to the flag system while visiting beaches throughout the Territory.

Residents of the Virgin Islands are being urged to take all necessary measures to protect themselves and eliminate all breeding places for mosquitoes from around their homes.

Officers of the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Service contained a vehicle fire near the top of Joe’s Hill road on Tortola today.

Contractors and consultants in the Territory are to be classified and graded in the soon to be launched Contractors Registration and Classification System (CRCS).

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) was recently represented at a two-day European Union (EU) programme workshop in Brussels, to discuss the opportunities provided by these programmes.

Ms. Decima Smith was handed the keys to her new home completed under the Social Housing aspect of the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme.

Owners of vessels deemed to be derelict and abandoned in the Territory are asked to contact the Receiver of Wrecks and provide information on the removal of these vessels from their present locations.

A section of Long Bay, Beef Island is earmarked to become a Protected Area and Marine Park in accordance with the National Parks Act, 2006 s. 15(b).

Voters in the Virgin Islands will, for the first time, be able to use voter registration cards in the 2019 General Elections.

Officials from the BVI Health Services Authority have reported that the first baby of 2019 was born in the early morning hours of January 2 to Ms. Shianne Kuntz.