The BVI National Commission for UNESCO has announced the winners of the 2020 World Poetry Day Competition in a virtual ceremony on Facebook.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has introduced an exclusion zone that would limit marine traffic as a result of COVID-19.

The BVI Electricity Corporation has announced that reduction in the recent months' electricity bills was as a result of the global decline in the cost of oil, and the corresponding by-products of same, such as gasoline and diesel fuel.

Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mr. Kelvin E. Hodge as the Chairman of the BVI Ports Authority Board for a period of three years effective May 13.

The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) and BVI Cable TV have reached an agreement on the sharing of the pole infrastructure to allow for both companies to serve the Virgin Islands community.

The Queen’s Birthday Parade and Celebration will not be held this year, in keeping with current best practices for social distancing due to COVID-19.

Chief Operations Officer at the BVI Health Services Authority’s Mrs. Cedorene Malone-Smith has said that more amendments have been made to their visitation policy which will allow for more visitors and longer visitation periods to warded patients.

An Act to establish the Virgin Islands Trade Commission was passed in the House of Assembly on June 9.

The Government is partnering with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to assist Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the food services sector including restaurants, cafés and food vans.

Territorial readiness was the focus at yesterday’s virtual meeting of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC).