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Gov Rankin assents to Immigration & Passport (Validation) Act
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has assented to the Immigration and Passport (Validation) Act, 2023 and the Immigration and Passport (Amendment) Act, 2023, allowing the 688 residents, whose Belonger status are now valid, an opportunity to exercise their franchise on Advance Polling Day tomorrow, Thursday, April 20, 2023, and Polling Day on Monday, April 24, 2023.
Women complaining of being owed thousands of $$ in child support- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has lamented that suggestions put forward to amend the Child Maintenance Act have not been advanced by Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8).
Throne Speech: VI Gov’t looking to modernise police force
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI– The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is looking to amend the Police Act (CAP.165) to bring together an updated legislative basis for policing in the Territory, according to the Speech from the Throne delivered on January 24, 2023.
Throne Speech: Gov’t looking to restrict vaping, smoking under age 18
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands is looking to restrict the public use of e-cigarettes and smoking in the Virgin Islands as part of its legislative agenda for the start of the Fifth Session of the current Fourth House of Assembly (HoA).
Fourth HoA 'one of the most productive terms'; 101 pieces of legislation passed- Gov Rankin
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The Government of the Virgin Islands has laid out its legislative agenda for the start of the Fifth Session of the current Fourth House of Assembly (HoA), which is ‘likely’ to be the last, according to Governor John J. Rankin, CMG, in his deliverance of the 2023 Speech from the Throne.
Unity Gov’t to revisit Commercial Recreational Licensing Act
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was on Saturday, November 12, 2022, on the Government of the Virgin Islands Facebook page, that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) announced that his Unity Government was scrapping work permit and trade license requirements for charter boats entering the Virgin Islands (VI) via the US Virgin Islands (USVI).
Drag racing facility reopens on St Croix, USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHRISTIANSTED, ST Croix, USVI- The long-dormant motorsport of drag racing on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI), has left the mechanic shop five years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria damaged the St Croix Motorsports Complex in 2017, and Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr was the first to get behind the steering wheel of a car to participate in a race during a reopening ceremony Sunday, October 9, 2022.
New Merchant Shipping Act to be ‘localised’- Ishma Rhymer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands, acting through the Attorney General’s Chambers, is inviting qualified, professional, experienced, and resourceful candidates to submit Expressions of Interest to create a specialist panel to provide legislative drafting services for the comprehensive review of the maritime laws of the [British] Virgin Islands.
Gov Rankin concerned about recent amendments to Register of Interests Act
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has expressed concern that the recently amended Register of Interests Act may significantly restrict public access to the Register.
Consultation on amendments to AML/CFT Legislation
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI– The BVI Financial Services Commission (“the Commission”) welcomes the public’s feedback, opinions and comments on the proposed amendments to Anti-Money Laundering Regulations and Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Code of Practice.
