As the Minister for Education, I am deeply saddened by the news of the recent fire in Guyana that claimed the lives of 19 students.

Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley will be joining other Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the 44th Regular Meeting this week.

Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley, Premier and Minister for Finance of the Virgin Islands (VI) and Mrs. Wheatley led a delegation to attend the inauguration of Governor, Albert Bryan Jr. and Lieutenant Governor Tregenza A. Roach, Esq. of the United States of the Virgin Islands (USVI), in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas on Monday, 2^nd January, 2023.

Madame Speaker, on 18^th March 2022, the OECS Assembly, during its sixth sitting, approved the establishment of a Regional Conservation Caucus in the Eastern Caribbean, which will be commonly known as the Conservation Caucus.  The Conservation Caucus is intended to be a vehicle for advocacy, engagement, and action on international commitments and agreements and will hence:

Madam Speaker, I wish to report to this Honourable House on two recent initiatives aimed at improving trade and commerce within the region, and which I was fortunate to be a part of, representing the Virgin Islands.

Madame Speaker, 21 October is a significant day in the Virgin Islands.

On that day, 50 years ago in 1972, the first observance of BVI/USVI (British Virgin Islands/United States Virgin Islands) Friendship Day was held here, specifically on Tortola.

Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley is currently away from the Territory attending the 72^nd Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority in Montserrat from 19-20 October.  

The 50^th anniversary of the British Virgin Islands/United States Virgin Islands Friendship Day celebrations will be held on Saturday, October 22 at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park at 10:00 a.m. under the theme “Our Golden Jubilee: A Resilient Bond of Friendship.” 

The 50th anniversary of the first observance of the British Virgin Islands/United States Virgin Islands Friendship Day celebrations will be held on Saturday, October 22.

Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley will lead a delegation to the United States Virgin Islands  tomorrow September 22 for the Ninth Meeting of the Inter-Virgin Islands Council (IVIC).