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Mandatory industry meeting for bar & club owners

-meeting scheduled for March 18 @5PM
The Department of Labour and Workforce Development issued a bulletin today, March 12, 2026, informing bar and club owners of the meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 5:00 PM. Photo: Internet Source
All bar and club owners are being invited to a mandatory industry meeting on March 18, 2026. Photo: Government of the Virgin Islands
All bar and club owners are being invited to a mandatory industry meeting on March 18, 2026. Photo: Government of the Virgin Islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All bar and club owners are being invited to a mandatory industry meeting next week.

The Department of Labour and Workforce Development issued a bulletin today, March 12, 2026, informing bar and club owners of the meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 5:00 PM. 

The meeting will take place on the 3rd floor of Cutlass Tower, above Simply Delicious in Road Town.

The Department of Labour and Workforce Development’s mission is to promote good Labour/Management practices at workplaces to ensure stable and harmonious labour relations between employers and employees, and to protect the rights, wages, working conditions, safety, health and welfare of workers through enforcement of the British Virgin Islands Labour Laws.

17 Responses to “Mandatory industry meeting for bar & club owners ”

  • Funny (12/03/2026, 16:59) Like (21) Dislike (1) Reply
    and bar owners in Jost, Anegada and VG how will they get there and more importantly how will they get back home again>?
  • cay (12/03/2026, 17:19) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    What they up to now?
  • WTF (12/03/2026, 17:20) Like (14) Dislike (8) Reply
    With what legal authority do they mandate people to leave their businesses and come to this meeting? Especially during happy hour!
    • Well (13/03/2026, 06:00) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
      Well if you are a owner of a bar and csnt be missing for a few hours yoi in trouble
    • The Agenda. (13/03/2026, 06:19) Like (26) Dislike (2) Reply
      Hope Smoking drugs and the encouragement of establishment to have customers used or smoke drugs at their business, For those of us who doesn't smoke, hate the smell and the smoke it's uncomfortable. Here the Issue, You start going by a nice Bar or club, clean and decent, in a matter of two months, the thugs come around start smoking the place.. Sometimes the Bar or club owners will ask them to stop, they refused....I used to go to this Bar / Club almost every afternoon to have a drink and chill, Then the drugs smokers came and took over...Don't go there..These drug smokers don't even spend money, just messing people business. What can be done about that?
  • ronnie (12/03/2026, 19:01) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    You must be joking ! Even if they all turned up they would never fit in that building. Who's idea was this ?
  • alfred (12/03/2026, 19:05) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    6 days notice and at 5:oo in the afternoon. What are you thinking ?
  • resident (12/03/2026, 19:06) Like (17) Dislike (0) Reply
    if its madatory then its not an invite it is a summons
  • Really (12/03/2026, 19:39) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    I hope they put an end to all these restaurant owners who's taking all the service charge from the waitresses. These restaurants owners lie on their tax form and they steal the service charge. This needs to stop. Restaurants owners getting rich on expensive food and service charge. So places charge 18% and give the workers less than 1% , how is this right
  • BuzzBvi (12/03/2026, 21:40) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    This has the smell of the new Premiers Special Advisor.

    Stupidness.
  • Smoking lounge (12/03/2026, 22:22) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    Please talk to these bar owners and workers
    They are selling alcoholic beverages to students and minors.. especially in pier park.. since when pier park became a smokers hub? I wonder how that looks when cruises are in??

    Anti crime summit to wuk I guess
    • @Smoking Lounge (13/03/2026, 17:10) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      The BVI should implement non-driver identification cards for individuals under the age of 18. These cards should be clearly marked “Under-18” and designed differently from regular IDs to help prevent minors from purchasing restricted items like alcohol or entering businesses that prohibit underage individuals. Clearer rules and stronger identification measures are needed to address the growing concerns around underage access and behavior as it’s getting worse.
  • Consequences? (13/03/2026, 20:11) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Nobody coming to this and there will be zero consequences for not attending
  • Control the Noise (14/03/2026, 14:59) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    What needs to be addressed is the amount of noise disturbance in these establishments cause in residential areas. Some of them are noisy from morning until midnight and beyond. The police do very little to help as many of the bars are repeat offenders.

    I suggest that which ever agency in government is responsible for issuing licenses and amending laws considering making such establishments soundproof their buildings. Claiming that you are a restaurant it operating as a night club should not be allowed. Force them to contain their noise.
  • Show Some Caring (15/03/2026, 14:49) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    The Spanish bars are the worst. They are extremely noisy. The people that own them and those that work in them only care about themselves. The noise pollution needs to be addressed promptly. If our policy makers were affected by the noise they would certainly be willing to address the concern. The lack of concern for the ordinary citizen’s concerns is the reason why the current batch can’t get my vote.


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