Greetings to everyone in the Virgin Islands, region and the world.  I join in solidarity with the rest of the world to bring a message of support and protection for our children.  The month of April is Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month and Autism Awareness Month.

Good day and God’s blessing to All. On 4^th April 2022, His Excellency the Governor John J. Rankin CMG kindly informed me of his receipt of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report from Sir Gary Hickinbottom. I thanked the Governor for his update.

Yesterday, 4 April, I received the Commission of Inquiry Report from Commissioner Sir Gary Hickinbottom. I am extremely grateful to him and his team for their hard work over the last 15 months. I believe that they have carried out a valuable service for the people of the British Virgin Islands.

Discontinuance of Matters and Conduct of Witness

I think it necessary to update residents of the sewage issue in Pasea Estate, next to Delta Gas station

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will launch an appeal against the erroneous decisions of the Learned Trial Judge in the matter of R v Rodriguez, Harrigan and Bernard (murder of Trumayne Daway). 

His Excellency, the Governor John J. Rankin, CMG, chaired the Meeting held virtually on 23rd February, 2022.

There is a story sometimes told to describe heaven and hell. It is referred to as the parable of the long spoons. In this story, a man visits heaven and hell and learns a fundamental difference between a life of misery and one of joy.

Through our stakeholders’ meeting and other formal and informal meetings, the Government has listened to the cries of the employers, the employees, particularly work permit holders, along with the staff at the Department of Labour and Workforce Development and listeners may recall the meeting with stakeholders on the 10^th of February.

I welcome everyone to another One-on-One bi-weekly press conference, where your Government continues to provide regular updates on the work that we are doing to further strengthen the resilience of our islands and to improve the quality of life for all our citizens, as well as to facilitate questions from the media.