Residents of the East End/Long Look Community have been fully briefed on the Smart Communities initiative to be implemented throughout the Territory.

The proposed trade mission to visit Africa in November by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE and a team from BVI Finance has been postponed until early next year.

A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) survey will be carried out in the Territory from September 26.

Mrs. Sherri Ortiz-Fahie has been confirmed to the post of Interim Director of the BVI House Asia (Hong Kong Office), effective October 1.

Small businesses on Jost van Dyke are benefitting from Business Continuity Management (BCM) training to help them develop business continuity plans for their operations.

Minister for Communication and Works, Mark Vanterpool has said the 1.5 million dollars donated by the United Kingdom Government along with funds from the Government of the Virgin Islands has made it possible for the recovery of reservoirs throughout the Territory.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is inviting consultants to provide expressions of interest for consultancy services for project management support.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has submitted its response to the UK Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s Inquiry into the future of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Overseas Territories (OTs).

Local Climate Change Officer and Author of The Irma Diaries, Ms. Angela Burnett is in Europe using her book as a platform to make presentations on climate change.

Residents of the Virgin Islands will be voting in a Mock Election next Wednesday, September 26.