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September 28th, 2020
HoA resumes tomorrow in Committee discussing Nurses & Midwives Act

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The Fourteenth Sitting of the Second Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) of the House of Assembly (HoA) resumes tomorrow, Tuesday, September 29, 2020.

July 20th, 2020
HoA resumes 10:00am with discussion on 'Trade in Endangered Species' Act 2019

DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) resumes today, July 20, 2020, with discussions in Committee Stage on the “Trade In Endangered Species (Cites) Act, a bill first proposed in 2019.

June 4th, 2019
Opposition AWOL as Immigration & Passport (Amendment) Act, 2019 passed

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After receiving debates from only two Members of the House of Assembly, the Immigration & Passport (Amendment) Act, 2019, which received much opposition in the public domain, mostly from locals, was passed via vote during the Fourth Sitting of the First Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) yesterday, June 3, 2019.

October 10th, 2016
Plastic bag ban bill now law in USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp formally signed his proposal to reduce litter and protect marine life into law late Friday October 7, 2016, Government House announced Sunday afternoon October 9, 2016.

June 30th, 2016
New law requires all guns to be registered at USVI ports of entry

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— If US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp signs into law a bill sponsored by Senator Tregenza Roach, all guns coming into the territory must be registered at ports of entry including sea and land.

March 11th, 2016
Rules Comm. approves Bill making it difficult to run for USVI office

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Members of the USVI Committee on Rules and Judiciary on Thursday March 10, 2016 favourably forwarded a multitude of bills to the full Senate, among them bill no. 31-0278, that ups the difficulty in running for public office by increasing the number of signatures needed from the flat amount of 50 to 250 for governor, lieutenant governor and delegate to Congress, 200 for senators and 100 for other elected positions.

February 4th, 2016
Property purchase Bill for USVI Governors to reside becomes law

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Governor House in the US Virgin Islands announced on Wednesday February 3, 2016 that a measure instructing the West Indian Company (WICO), a government-owned but self-governed (semiautonomous) entity, to buy property next to Government House, that would serve as the official residence of the Governor of the US Virgin Islands, has been allowed to become law.

June 12th, 2014
Puerto Rico Governor Signs Bill on Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has signed a bill aiming to boost small and medium-sized enterprises on the island.

April 30th, 2013
Fifth District Rep; others against Disaster Management bill!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Fifth District Representative and Member of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Hon. Delores Christopher was among several Members of the House of Assembly to have come out in opposition of a bill designed to address disaster management in the Virgin Islands (VI).

October 12th, 2012
NGOs Bill criticized for being “too heavy”

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “This legislation, in total ignorance, can scare the living daylight out of anyone who has involvement in these organisations, the real non-profit organisations that are out there with no other intention but to do good,” were the thoughts of Third District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser, RA, towards the Bill entitled, “Non-Profit Organisations Act, 2012” which was read in the House of Assembly yesterday, October 11, 2012.

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