Toriah Pryce is the winner of the 2020 Gen Y Factor Glee Edition: Battle of the Schools. Ms. Pryce who is a student of the Bregado Flax Educational Centre took the prizes for both segments: Groovy and Power along with five thousand dollars.

My people of the Virgin Islands, Good Day and God’s Blessings to all of you. Today is August 1, 2020, another day in this history of the emancipation in the Virgin Islands.

Residents and visitors to the Territory will celebrate the 2020 Emancipation Festival celebration virtually and physically from July 31 to August 5.

Under the theme, “The March Toward Greater Autonomy: Shaping Collective Pride”, Territory Day focused on self-governance and its history here in the Virgin Islands.

People of the Virgin Islands, Good Day and God’s Blessings to all of you.

Today is an important day in the life and legacy of Virgin Islanders and the Virgin Islands.

It is Territory Day!

Virgin Islands Day!

The observance of Territory Day is usually marked with us putting on a display of our culture and talents, followed by a ceremonial gathering that includes speeches, poems, historical readings and other forms of reflections.

The public is encouraged to wear the Territorial fabric on Wednesday, July 1 in celebration of Territory Day.

Good day and God’s blessings to the people of the Virgin Islands.  The year 2020 has been a year of many firsts.  COVID-19 has forced us to do things in a very creative way; I welcome you to our first Virtual Celebration of Territory Day.

The Department of Culture will be host a Virtual Ceremony for Territory Day on Monday June 29 at 10:00 a.m. on the Government’s Facebook page @BVIGovernment.

This year’s annual Territory Day celebrations will focus on the importance of being a Virgin Islander in a year when the Territory will go through a constitutional review.

I thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to make a statement on Festival and Fairs.