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Шаблон:Year in BVI Events from the year 2017 in the British Virgin Islands.
Incumbents
- Governor:
- until 8 August: John Duncan
- 8 August - 12 August: Robert Mathavious (acting)
- 12 August - 22 August: Rosalie Adams (acting)
- starting 22 August: Augustus Jaspert
- Premier: Orlando Smith
Events
January
- 9 January 2017 - Bishop John Cline resigns from the BVI Health Services Authority after criticising the Government.[1]
- 11 January 2017 - Social Security Board signs a contract to build 43 homes as part of a social housing project, the Territory's first.[2]
- 23 January 2017
- Former US President Barack Obama visits the British Virgin Islands.[3]
- BVI Finance appoints a new board of director from the private sector, transitioning from a publicly run body.[4][5]
February
- 6 February 2017 - Andrew Fahie replaces Julian Fraser as leader of the opposition Virgin Islands Party.[6]
- 8 February 2017 - Earl ‘Bob’ Hodge and Robert ‘Tico’ Harrigan are remanded into custody in relation to a long-standing extradition request from the United States.[7]
March
- 3 March 2017 - Minister of Health, Ronnie Skelton, calls for the decriminalisation of marijuana.[8]
April
- 1 April 2017 - retirement age is increased from 60 to 65.[9]
- 25 April 2017 - UNICEF publishes a controversial report on the state of the British Virgin Islands.[10][11]
May
- 3 May 2017 - new British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation power plant comes online.[12]
- 8 May 2017 - the Territory records its fifth murder, the highest total since 2008 and second highest ever.[13]
July
- 1 July 2017 - registers of beneficial ownership are introduced for British Virgin Islands companies.[14]
- 18 July 2017 - BVI Airways announced it was laying off all staff as it had exhausted its funds, despite having received a $7 million Government subsidy.[15] This followed tit-for-tat accusations between the Government and the airline.[16][17]
August
- 8 August 2017 - Emancipation Festival celebrations are cancelled after flooding damage caused by torrential rains, the first cancellation due to weather in decades.[18]
- 17 August 2017 - contrary to expectations, the Financial Services Commission announces an increase in incorporation rates since the introduction of beneficial ownership registration.[19]
- 22 August 2017 - Augustus "Gus" Jaspert is sworn in as the new Governor of the Virgin Islands.[20]
September
- 6 September 2017 - Hurricane Irma strikes the British Virgin Islands directly causing widespread damage and 4 deaths.[21][22][23]
- 7 September 2017 - Governor declares state of emergency under the Constitution of the British Virgin Islands, the first time this has ever happened.[24]
- 20 September 2017 - Hurricane Maria strikes the British Virgin Islands obliquely, causing modest damage. Damage caused by the Hurricane to nearby Puerto Rico affects recovery efforts following Hurricane Irma.[25]
- 27 September 2017 - A number of high-risk inmates are transferred from Tortola to Bordelais Correctional Facility in St Lucia because of the damaged state of the Balsam Ghut prison.[26]
November
- 14 November 2017 - At the third attempt the US government secures a ruling to extradite Earl 'Bob' Hodge and Roberto 'Tico' Harrigan to the US to face drugs charges. The initial extradition request was made in 2012.[27]
- 22 November 2017 - a double homicide brings the country's tally of murders for the year to 10, the highest total ever in a single calendar year.[28]
December
- 19 December 2017 - The Social Security board acquires a 33% shareholding in National Bank of the Virgin Islands.[29] The bank was formerly wholly owned by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Deaths
- 20 December - Omar Hodge, politician.
Footnotes
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