Deputy Premier and Minister for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Honourable Julian Fraser RA, has been appointed Acting Premier of the Virgin Islands until Friday, June 20.

The Honourable Corine N. George-Massicote, Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands, has been formally invited to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Caribbean Women’s Transformational Leadership Conference, taking place in Barbados on Wednesday, 18 June 2025. 

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is requesting proposals to carry out social assessments at a per cost rate per client.  

A significant step has been taken toward strengthening the Virgin Islands’ national security infrastructure with the signing of a contract for the Design and Construction Management of the Immigration Detention Centre on Thursday, 12 June, 2025.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is seeking one (1) qualified person to fill the position of Member of the Financial Services Complaints Tribunal (the “Tribunal”). 

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed the Virgin Islands under its “increased monitoring” process to refine its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) framework.

Orissa Thomas of the Elmore Stoutt High School is the 2025 Secondary School Spelling Bee Champion.

The Environmental Health Division is advising the public of an immediate recall of the product TEHINA PUREE DE SESAME BIO, following international reports of contamination with salmonella.

Two young Virgin Islands farmers recently participated in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Council of Ministers for Agriculture meeting held at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica during May 26 to May 30.

Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley said the Government has signed a contract with ENS Excavation and Trucking Services to remove 500 derelict vehicles from the temporary holding site in Havers on Tortola.