My fellow BVIslanders and Residents:

As we begin the last month of the year, it is essential that I update you on the state our Territory, our economy and our public finances.

This is a time of challenge not just here in the BVI, but all around the world.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, is pictured with  Minister Counselor and Head of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office of Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom......

Panelists at the 2016 Business BVI Annual Conference highlighted the BVI as the premier opportunity for Asia, and China in particular.

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) was unanimously elected as one of the Vice Chairs of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee (CDCC), a permanent subsidiary body for of the United Nations’ (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).  

The public is invited to a lecture addressing estate planning, palliative care and issues surrounding care for persons who are terminally ill to be held on March 16.

The Territory is on the path to economic growth following the delivery of the 2016 Budget Address by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE yesterday.

The Territory is participating in a regional study on diversification of the Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs).

Hamilton, Bermuda - July 24: We, the elected Leaders and or Representatives of the Overseas Territories, met on 23^rd - 24^th July 2015, to discuss issues of mutual interest and the forthcoming Joint Ministerial Council Meeting (JMC), with UK Ministers to be held in December 2015 in London.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, will discuss the role of the Caribbean in the economic development of the Americas when he addresses the International Economic Forum of the Americas Toronto Global Forum in Toronto, Canada on Thursday, July 9.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, is away from the Territory attending the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados.