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Gov’t hosting public meetings on Liquor License Bill

The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) will be hosting a series of public meetings on the liquor license bill to collect feedback from the public and have questions surrounding the bill answered. Photo: Internet Source
The meetings are being hosted by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), and Deputy Speaker, Hon Neville A. Smith (AL). Photo: GIS
The meetings are being hosted by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), and Deputy Speaker, Hon Neville A. Smith (AL). Photo: GIS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) will be hosting a series of public meetings on the liquor license bill to collect feedback from the public and have questions surrounding the bill answered.

The meetings are being hosted by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), and Deputy Speaker, Hon Neville A. Smith (AL).

Persons encouraged to attend include bar and night-club owners, restaurant owners, persons wishing to open bars are restaurants as well as any member of the public wishing to learn more about the bill.

The first meeting will be held at 6:00 pm at Tortola at the Elmore Stoutt High School on October 11, 2022, and then to Virgin Gorda at the Flax Administration Building from 6:00 pm on October 12, 2022.

The meeting will then be held at Fox’s Bar, Jost Van Dyke on October 13, 2022, at 12:00noon then to the Emile Dunlop Community Centre at on Anegada at 10:00 am.

Persons are also being encouraged to visit the HoA facebook page for a copy of the act ahead of the meetings. 

11 Responses to “Gov’t hosting public meetings on Liquor License Bill”

  • Just saying (08/10/2022, 15:53) Like (3) Dislike (14) Reply
    Free the drew free the weed free the rum
  • asura (08/10/2022, 16:24) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    hope it's not another bill to kill local people and let the big hotels off the chain
  • Dedr (08/10/2022, 19:09) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
    Can I come and talk about the locations of these bars and also the operating hours. Live next to one and it’s unfair that I can’t sleep most weekends and the landlord have the heart to suggest we go somewhere else. I own my home, where does he expect us to go. I hoping that sound proofing these businesses are a must to get a license.
    • jah (09/10/2022, 07:05) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
      You can't complain to your landlord because the bar next door making noise..
  • vex (08/10/2022, 20:14) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    The cost of liquor ???? is through the roof we need price control at these bars
  • NezRez (08/10/2022, 22:48) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    Liquor licenses should only be renewed once a year instead of every 6 months, which is actually every 5 months by the time they are ready to give you your new license. Not only that, we have to submit 3 notarized forms, one to the police dept, one to the magistrate court, and one to the inland revenue. By that time, we are exhausted from running around, it is time to renew again. Why can't they just have us submit everything in one place? We really are so far behind the rest of the world.
  • LMB (08/10/2022, 23:04) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    What darned public meeting needed? No darned bill is needed period. Acting like the same of alcohol is some major thing. It should not need no magistrates approval. Get a trade license for a bar, then trade inspects and you pay your fee. Simple. If my trade license approved in January then within a couple weeks I can open my business once everything is in place on my side. Not no one every year liquor license reviewed. Even monthly would be OK. But this nonsense about once or twice a year this one woman gets to sit and arbitrarily decides who gets a liquor license and who doesn't is ridiculous! If she had been affected by alcoholism, then her judgment nt would be biased. Stop this antiquated nonsense.
  • ah begging (08/10/2022, 23:31) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Put miss pea over deh board please
  • Youth vote (09/10/2022, 07:48) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    The liquor boss Kevin is my guy to run things
  • Teouble in the pipe line (09/10/2022, 15:56) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    The board need to cool out and ket the Bars and club operate, these night life keeping rape and violence down in the VVI. Closing the club eralier will be a major problem.
  • Really? (09/10/2022, 16:27) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    It does not matter WHAT the bill says. The same people who seeking licenses and the same people working on the bill will turn a deaf ear and blind eye when businesses start serving teens in the bars and clubs. They keep collecting money from them to renew their business license year in year out, even though they KNOW for a fact some of these businesses are breaking the law. So it doesn't matter what the bill says if there will be NO enforcement. And THAT is our biggest problem here!


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