AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoWater & Agriculture: BVI Premier Dr. Natalio Wheatley says the government is developing a new water policy to spell out assistance and subsidies for farmers, while the Recovery and Development Agency oversees plans to build reservoirs at the Paraquita Bay Agricultural Station, with work hoped to finish next year. Constitutional Talks: The UN Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24) has unanimously adopted a draft UN resolution backing Virgin Islands constitutional negotiations with the UK, including continued monitoring of the constitutional review process and support for an education programme on self-determination. Public Finance Probe: Wheatley has ordered multiple investigations into an unauthorised BVI government investment in Jamaica-based Delta Capital Partners, saying it violated the Public Finance Management Act and was made without his approval; the Financial Investigation Agency is leading a criminal probe and the Internal Audit Department is also investigating. Trade Mission to India: BVI Finance is preparing the territory’s inaugural Financial Services Trade Mission to India (Aug. 24–31), with visits to New Delhi, GIFT City, Mumbai and Bengaluru and hundreds of C-suite meetings expected.
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