Topic: Climate Change, House of Assembly, United Kingdom Overseas Territory, Youth Parliament | Posted By: DSmith
Friday, 4 November 2022 - 7:07am
On the invitation of the United Kingdom Speaker in the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle, young persons from across the Overseas Territories were invited to attend a special segment of the UK Youth Parliament sitting on November 4th, 2022.
Topic: House of Assembly, Land Policy, Land Registration | Posted By: lstevens
Friday, 28 October 2022 - 4:09pm
Madame Speaker, I am pleased to share recent advancements in ensuring greater awareness of the availability of lands for first-time land and property owners, as well as those who are seeking to increase their stake in the economic and social development of our beautiful islands.
Topic: House of Assembly, Waste Management | Posted By: kfrett
Thursday, 27 October 2022 - 10:05am
As most of us should be aware, the Waste Water Treatment Plant at Burt Point suffered substantial damage during the passage of Hurricane Irma in 2017 and was eventually inoperable at a later point thereafter.
Topic: House of Assembly, Regional Affairs | Posted By: lstevens
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 - 5:05pm
Madam Speaker, I wish to report to this Honourable House on two recent initiatives aimed at improving trade and commerce within the region, and which I was fortunate to be a part of, representing the Virgin Islands.
Topic: House of Assembly, Regional Affairs | Posted By: lstevens
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 - 4:47pm
Madame Speaker, 21 October is a significant day in the Virgin Islands.
On that day, 50 years ago in 1972, the first observance of BVI/USVI (British Virgin Islands/United States Virgin Islands) Friendship Day was held here, specifically on Tortola.
Madam Speaker, last Friday, 21 October, 2022, the Virgin Islands witnessed yet another senseless, reckless and outright despicable act of gun violence, which resulted in the loss of two lives and injuries to two other persons in Fat Hog’s Bay. The deceased are Kawa Cornwall, aged 38, of Long Bush, and Kadeem E. Frett, 28, of Long Look. The incident took place shortly after 8:30 pm in a very busy and crowded area in Fat Hog’s Bay.
I would like to update this Honourable House on national and political developments in the United Kingdom (UK) that we here the Virgin Islands must pay close attention to as a British Overseas Territory (BOT).
Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands, Mrs. Corine George-Massicote is leading a three-member delegation to the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Halifax, Canada.