The Ministry of Health in St. Lucia officially notified the Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA of the receipt of positive laboratory results for two suspected cases that were part of a wider investigation of six cases of prolonged, severe cough in small children requiring hospital admission.

The exercise jointly organised and executed by the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and the BVI Red Cross also had the participation of members of the visiting Royal Naval ship, RFA Lyme Bay.

Representatives from thirteen countries are in the BVI attending the 40^th Conference of the Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)

Mrs. Penn added that works also include furnishing all plant, labour, equipment, materials and performing all operations in connection with the rehabilitation of drains and roads in accordance with the tender and construction issue drawings and specifications.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE is encouraging Commonwealth parliamentarians to continue to unite to achieve regional success on a range of common issues affecting representative countries. 

Chairman of the Minimum Wage Advisory Committee, Mr. Simon Potter handed over the official document of the Territory’s Minimum Wage Report to Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. the Honourable Kedrick Pickering on Friday, July, 24, following the completion of its six month mandate.

The Ministry of Communication and Works is advising residents and visitors to the Virgin Islands to take the extra measures in ensuring their safety and the safety of others during this festival season.

    Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Mr. Kye Rymer said that the DMV has recognised the fact that times have changed and the department will be modernising the testing procedures for the cone and road tests. He said the DMV met with the various driving schools in the Territory earlier this year to ensure that the schools were aware of the new rules being implemented.

Hamilton, Bermuda - July 24: We, the elected Leaders and or Representatives of the Overseas Territories, met on 23^rd - 24^th July 2015, to discuss issues of mutual interest and the forthcoming Joint Ministerial Council Meeting (JMC), with UK Ministers to be held in December 2015 in London.

More than twenty female parliamentarians from the Commonwealth gathered in the Virgin Islands to discuss women’s issues, and strategies to promote greater female representation in the political sphere during the Eighth Conference of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians held on Saturday, July 25.