UK Territories
NEW COVID SPIKE IN BERMUDA
Bermuda is grappling with another spike in COVID-9 cases mainly linked to travellers.
Bermuda is grappling with another spike in COVID-9 cases mainly linked to travellers.
The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands is threatening tough action against persons and businesses that don’t comply with the COVID-19 protocols.
A new General Service Tax(GST) for Anguilla has been deferred until next year. The new tax, a complete overall of the territory’s commercial tax regime, was due to be implemented this year after it was postponed from 2019.
People who inform the authorities in the British Virgin Islands confidentially about corruption are to be protected under a new whistleblower law now making its way through the House Of Assembly.
Members on both sides of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly are calling on the British government for more funding assistance and to speed-up finalising this year’s aid allocation so that the territory’s budget can be presented.
Vaccine hesitancy is also a concern for the new government in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The health authorities in the British Virgin Islands are urging resident to come forward to get their COVID-19 vaccine.
The Overseas Territories are featured in the British government’s post-Brexit ‘Global Britain’ outlook. The government says the integrated review is a comprehensive articulation of the UK’s national security and international policy.