Ministry of agriculture british virgin islands

British Virgin Islands. Thursday, Feb 18, Advertise with media. Advertise with VINO.

Christopher Columbus named the Virgin Islands after Saint Ursula and her eleven thousand martyred virgins. Tortola is the largest and most densely populated of the British Virgin Islands and is separated from Saint Thomas by a narrow and easily traversed sea channel. This physical proximity contributed to a long history of social and economic interaction and interdependence between the BVI and the USVI, and British Virgin Islanders reflect this history in their occasional use of the term "Virgin Islanders" to refer to themselves. Nevertheless, British Virgin Islanders express a strong sense of their distinctiveness, pointing to the more serene and rural nature of their island life, their economic well-being, and their independent and friendly character as key differences between the BVI and the USVI. Location and Geography. Comprising thirty-six islands with a total landmass of 59 square miles square kilometers , the BVI lie 50 miles 80 kilometers east of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea.

Greetings from the V. Department of Agriculture! We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website www. Croix, St. Thomas and St.

The foreign secretary says he was "extremely concerned about the state of good governance" in the British territory. Claims of widespread corruption and fraud involving millions of pounds of public money are being investigated on the British Virgin Islands. The governor of the islands, a British territory, has ordered an independent inquiry into the allegations and is supported by both the prime minister and the foreign secretary.