The 2016 Budget was passed at the Seventh Sitting of the First Session of the House of Assembly to the tune of $330,846,500.

BVI Financial Institutions (BVIFIs) are notified that the BVI Financial Account Reporting System (BVIFARS) will be ready to accept UK CDOT or UK FATCA filings by Monday, May 2. 

Fifteen singers will be advancing to the semi-finals in the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Gen-Y Factor Talent Showcase and Competition.

Scientists have collected samples and recorded data for the Coastal and Watershed Stabilisation project in Cane Garden Bay and Brewers Bay. 

The Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Drama Society will perform a live performance of the original play production “The Unveiling of Sayretta,” on April 22 and 23.

Persons in the community are being urged to see persons with autism and other disabilities as being different and not any less than human beings.

Registration for the new fitness challenge promoting physical activity and improving eating habits has been extended to April 15.

Boaters and other seafarers are being reminded that anchoring in or too close by coral reefs is illegal and persons caught doing so will be fined.

Several residents from Cane Garden and Brewers Bay are now trained in a number of basic life support and rescue techniques.

The ‘Territorial Pledge’ competition is on, and the Government of the Virgin Islands will be launching a promotional video in support of this important initiative.