Mister Speaker, today my words may not be capable of communicating my immense pride and honour in announcing that the official opening and dedication ceremony for the Nurse Iris O'Neal Medical Centre that will take place at Five O’Clock this afternoon on the grounds of the facility in the Valley, Virgin Gorda.

Mister Speaker, I take this opportunity to inform this Honourable House of the Deposit Insurance Policy that your Government intends to implement in 2020. 

Mister Speaker, the Board of Directors of the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) has developed a vision to ensure that the air service delivery to the territory is both enhanced and increased, which ties into the overall vision of the Government of the Virgin Islands.

Mister Speaker, I will now focus on give an update on the state of our tourism industry. Our tourism industry continues to surge as evidenced by official reports from the Government’s Central Statistics Office which note increases of arrivals year over year since the hurricanes of 2017. 

Mister Speaker I will now turn to what we are doing as a Territory to build the BVI’s Energy Sector.

Mister Speaker, as I continue to keep this Honourable House informed on the matters that affect these beautiful British Virgin Islands, I wish now to update this Honourable House on Brexit through the lens of our economy.

Mister Speaker, my statement is titled. Thank you God.  Mister Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank God for keeping His guiding hands on this Government, the unconventional Government. In other words, we walk by faith and not by sight—this is what we mean by unconventional. God lead, we trust Him and follow!

Mister Speaker, I thank the Honourable Minister for Health and Social Development and his team for keeping the public informed about the status of the virus and how the Territory is mitigating the risks associated with its outbreak.

His Excellency the Governor Augustus Jaspert chaired the Meeting held on 5th February, 2020, which was held at the Premier's Conference Room, Ralph T. O'Neal Administration Building.

WAIPA and the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) joined forces in a co-funded project, to develop the skills of investment and trade professionals in LDCs. As published in the official release: https://waipa.org/announcements/waipa-launches-eif-co-funded-project-to-build-capacity-on-investment-promotion-in-ldcs/,