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May 21st, 2025
$7.25 minimum wage to take effect July 1, 2025- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A new minimum wage of $7.25 will take effect in the Virgin Islands from July 1, 2025, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced.

December 22nd, 2024
Premier apologises for minimum wage debacle

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In his budget debate rebuttal to the Virgin Islands’ (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) on December 19, 2024, Premier and Minister for Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), issued a public apology to employers and employees impacted by the debacle resultant from delays in implementing a new minimum wage.

May 18th, 2020
Small parts of Economic Response Plan already in motion- Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Even as Government has announced it will be meeting this week to "firm up" the economic response plan that has already been approved in principle by Cabinet, “with some tedious details being worked out,” parts of the plan have already been revealed to the public and some are already visibly in motion.

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