Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Honourable Vincent Wheatley has said that the Social Security Board is working to address the more than  7000 claims that have been submitted by residents who are unemployed or underemployed due to COVID-19.

The business community is notified that all work permit renewals to be submitted to the Department of Labour and Workforce Development are to be accompanied by the  good standing certifications from the Social Security Board, Inland Revenue Department and National Health Insurance.

A team of medical professionals from the Republic of Cuba will arrive in the Virgin Islands on Friday; this is an update from Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie.

All owners and managers of restaurants are invited to a virtual meeting on Thursday, July 23 at 3:30 p.m. with officials from the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the Environmental Health Division.

A team of health and medical professionals is pictured equipped and boarding a vessel headed over to

Mr. Speaker, in fulfillment of our commitment to keep the community informed and updated on COVID-19 developments, as reported, the Government of the Virgin Islands was officially informed on Saturday, 18 July that an airline passenger who travelled from the Territory to St. Vincent and the Grenadines through St. Lucia on Wednesday, 15 July was swabbed on arrival in St. Vincent and subsequently reported as positive for COVID-19.

Mister Speaker, thank you for permitting me to address this Honourable House to give an update on my statement made in the last sitting as it pertains to Work Permits.

 Mister Speaker, I am pleased to provide the following update relative to the unemployment / underemployment benefits.