The Financial Secretary is notifying owners of premises at which intoxicating liquor is sold and who wish to have their businesses remain open on special occasions beyond midnight and sell liquor to note the following:

The Government of the Virgin Islands is inviting tenders from local companies for the Supply of Security Services for Safe Haven Transitional Centre located in Purcell Estate, Tortola.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is requesting proposals for the supply and delivery of petrol and diesel for the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Road Town Station and the Marine Base locations on Tortola.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is requesting proposals for the repair, rehabilitation, commissioning, management, operation and maintenance of the Waste Water Treatment Plant at Paraquita Bay, Tortola.

The Government of the Virgin Islands, acting through the Premier’s Office is inviting qualified, professional, experienced, and resourceful firms to submit proposals to provide consultancy services for the Virgin Islands Gaming and Betting Control Commission.

The public is notified that the Ministry of Finance will be temporarily closed tomorrow Tuesday, March 1.

The Government of the Virgin Islands remains committed to protecting the public, public money and property and is moving to establish the Virgin Islands Office of the Contractor General. 

The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College will be offering a Financial Technology (FinTech) programme for persons interested in becoming professionals in the field.

It is important that I begin this Budget Address from the words of Abba, our Father as found in Luke 12:8, “And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God.”

I consider it a sacred duty for a Premier to keep citizens informed of what their elected Government is doing, and hence I have been holding to this promise.