In statement issued on December 12th 2020, Governor Jaspert gave updates on the Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Bill, 2020. This bill will decriminalise possession of small amounts of cannabis and erase some previous convictions. Governor Jaspert explained that the UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, would like to give further consideration to the bill to … Continued
In a press release, the Governor of the Virgin Islands Augutus J. U. Jaspert addressed the people of the Virgin Islands and gave updates on the Cannabis Licensing Bill. The Cannabis and Licensing Bill, 2020 was passed in the House of Assembly and handed over to the Governor’s Office for his assent in July, 2020 … Continued
GIS Employers, and online and print media are being reminded of the procedure to advertise job vacancies in the Virgin Islands. Deputy Labour Commissioner at the Department of Labour and Workforce Development, Mrs. Michelle McLean said in order to be deemed satisfactory by the department, job vacancy advertisements should list the following information: 1. The … Continued
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency, which is an executive agency of the UK Government, will provide $174,000 of funding to BVI’s Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) in order to support ongoing search and rescue operations in BVI. The announcement was made on Monday by the Governor during VISAR’s Annual General Meeting, which was … Continued
GIS Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone has confirmed that there are now two active cases of COVID-19 in the British Virgin Islands. This comes after the announcement made on December 7 of an imported case discovered while in quarantine aboard his yacht. The second newly imported case was also detected while … Continued
The UK government has said talks with the EU on reaching a post-Brexit trade deal have reached a “critical stage”. With time running out, the two sides are still arguing over fishing rights and business competition rules. Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen have been discussing the state of negotiations – … Continued
The V.I. Department of Health reported 18 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday night, which has increased the total number of active infections to 141. Positive results have been surging in the territory and the Dept. of Health has attributed the spike in part to Thanksgiving gatherings. There were 109 test results pending. Active caseload per island … Continued
The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) is pleased to announce that on December 4th, 2020 history was made in the British Virgin Islands when the Bregado Flax Educational Center in Virgin Gorda became the first entity in the Territory with renewable energy generation facility to be “grid-tied” to BVIEC’s electrical grid. The Bregado Flax Educational Center … Continued
Since the reopening of the Territory’s borders on December 1st, the BVI has since detected one COVID-19 case. This was announced by Minister of Health and Social Development, Hon. Carvin Malone during a live press conference held last evening. Upon arrival into the territory, the male tourist was quarantined on a vessel in a controlled … Continued
The world is over 250 Trillion Dollars in debt: public plus private. Is that vast debt sustainable? Is this debt a bubble about to burst? Now, there must be a limit to how much debt an economy can manage. There is an analogy: a family earning $100K per annum can simply not afford a … Continued
