The British Virgin Islands’ response to COVID-19 has been presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a model for the Eastern Caribbean at the UN development agency’s official presentation of its joint reports with ISGlobal entitled, ‘COVID-19 Policy Reports for Recovery in the Eastern Caribbean: Analysis, Scenarios and Considerations for Opening to Tourism,’ launched at a

Since the British Virgin Islands reopened for tourism on December 1, 2020, the Government of the Virgin Islands has paid the cost of Gold Seal certified ground and marine transportation for all arrivals,  to their Gold Seal approved accommodations on Day 0 as well as round trip transfers between their accommodations and the designated testing

The Government of the Virgin Islands is engaging stakeholders in a series of public consultations on a National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) for the British Virgin Islands. Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie officially launched the public consultations on March 12 in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin

OPENING OF MEETING AND OPENING REMARKS BY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE THE HONOURABLE ANDREW A. FAHIE AT THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF ECLAC IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (VIRTUAL) ON MONDAY, MARCH 15 2021 His Excellency, Christian Guillermet-Fernández, Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs

STATEMENT BY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE HONOURABLE ANDREW A. FAHIE ON SAFE RESUMPTION OF THE MARINE INDUSTRY 19th March, 2021 Good day and GOD’s Blessings to all. My people, I came to you on 10th November, 2020 and spoke on the Phase III Reopening of the borders of the Virgin Islands. I advised at

CLOSING REMARKS BY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE THE HONOURABLE ANDREW A. FAHIE AT THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF ECLAC IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (VIRTUAL) ON MONDAY, MARCH 15 2021   Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I will make brief closing remarks. We have

INTERVENTION AT PANEL ON BUILDING FORWARD BETTER IN THE CARIBBEAN POST-COVID-19: ‘CRITICAL ISSUES TO KEEP THE 2030 AGENDA IN SIGHT’ BY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE THE HONOURABLE ANDREW A. FAHIE AT THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE FORUM OF THE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ON TUESDAY, MARCH 16 2021 His Excellency, Christian

The BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA), reopening of the cruise port has been announced with government approval for June, 2021 for cruise vessels with fully vaccinated passengers and crew. One of BVIPA’s first expected passenger cruise calls to the Territory will be the Celebrity  Milliennium  of Royal Caribbean Group’s Celebrity Cruises starting June, 2021 homeporting out of St. Maarten.