His Excellency the Governor Mr. Augustus Jaspert left the Territory today for the United Kingdom where he will be attending the Joint Ministerial Council Meeting (JMC).

Director of Disaster Management, Ms. Sharleen S. DaBreo is the Territory’s newest recipient of the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award from Her Majesty the Queen.

The newly appointed Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Marlon Penn reports for duty.

The Director of the Department of Disaster Management, Ms. Sharleen S. DaBreo will be honoured at an investiture ceremony at Government House. She will be awarded with the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Badge.

Marine inspectors from the Virgin Islands Shipping Registry (VISR) attended the Caribbean Ship Inspector Training (CASIT) course in Trinidad and Tobago from October 29 through November 16.

The Public Works Department is advising all drivers of Government issued vehicles that the gas pump will be closed by 12:00 noon today Thursday, November 22.

The public is advised that the collection of Government cheques that are normally collected at the Department of Trade in the Sebastian Building, will be distributed at the Treasury Department on the ground floor of the Central Administration Complex.

The Cappoon’s Bay Clinic has been renamed today, November 20, in honour of the late Theresa Smith Blyden...........

The Virgin Islands Nurses and Midwives Council is now accepting applications for licence renewals for 2019. Renewals will be conducted from November 21 to December 5 in the Nursing Office of the Peebles Hospital Annex on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The public is notified that the telephone and internet lines at the Civil Registry and Passport Office are still down.