The Ministry of Health and Social Development is obtaining legal support to improve the administration of child justice legislation in the British Virgin Islands.

Residents of Virgin Gorda will have a safer road to use with the commencement of road improvements to Lee Road in the Valley.

The United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands will mark the 43^rd anniversary of USVI-BVI Friendship Day celebrations on Saturday, September 17.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. the Honourable Kedrick Pickering highlighted the British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) receipt of a ‘BEST’ grant to assist in the preservation of the Great Tobago National Park while attending the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, at the beginning of the month.

The public is encouraged to keep the beaches and coastlines of the Virgin Islands clean by supporting the 2016 International Coastal Clean-Up activities, sponsored this year by the Conservation and Fisheries Department and the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board.

The Robinson O’Neal Memorial Primary School (ROMPS) is now the 12^th school to have its own official flag hoisting ceremony.

The Territory has joined the world in promoting World Alzheimer's Month in an effort to raise awareness and challenge stigma associated with the disease.  

The United Kingdom’s (UK) Chevening Scholarship scheme is open for students wishing to pursue postgraduate studies in the UK in the academic year 2017-2018.

Owners of food establishments and persons working in the Territory’s food service industry are invited to participate in a three-day ServSafe Food Safety Manager Certification Training workshop.

The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports (DYAS) is creating a registry of all youth organisations in the Territory including any religious, service, sports, music, and dance groups that cater to youth ages 15 to 29.