2023 in the British Virgin Islands

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January

10 January - Former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock, is reportedly arrested and then released in relation to suspicions of human trafficking. Through a statement released on an affiliated news website, Willock strenuously denied the allegations, and referred to them as "unfounded". Willock had previously resigned as speaker under pressure from his party in May 2022.

April

24 April - 2023 British Virgin Islands general election: Citizens of the British Virgin Islands elect the 13 members of the House of Assembly. No party won an overall majority but the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) won the most seats. Discussions to form a coalition ensued.
25 April - In a surprise move, Lorna Smith (wife of longtime National Democratic Party leader, Orlando Smith) switched allegiance to the VIP allowing them to form a government. Lorna Smith was made Deputy Premier.
27 April - The new Cabinet was announced. For the first time it included a new Ministerial position for financial services.

July

1 July - an armed robbery takes place during broad daylight at the Tortola Pier Park, a key tourist location.

October

3-4 October - Tropical Storm Philippe brings widescale flooding to the Territory, despite passing nearly 90 nautical miles to the north.
9 October - Unknown assailants opened fire on a prison van, reportedly to try and free a prisoner. One guard was injured.

Footnotes

"Former Speaker arrested on suspicion of human trafficking". BVI News. 10 January 2023.
"FORMER SPEAKER ALLEGEDLY ARRESTED AND RELEASED ON SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING". 284 Media. 10 January 2023.
"'I was detained & questioned by 6 Caucasian UK officers'- Willock". Virgin Islands News Online. 11 January 2023.
"BVI Speaker asked to resign in wake of premier's drug arrest in US". Loop Caribbean News. 5 May 2022.
"British Virgin Islanders electing new government". Jamaica Observer. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
"No Majority Winner! Negotiations Underway To Form New BVI Government". BVI Platinum. 24 April 2023.
"Cornerstone! Lorna Smith joins VIP to help form new gov't". BVI News. 25 April 2023.
"Lorna Smith sworn in as Deputy Premier". BVI News. 25 April 2023.
"Financial Services introduced among ministerial assignments". BVI News. 1 May 2023.
"daring armed robbery reported at pier parks house of luxury". BVI News. 1 July 2023.
"TS Philippe brings floods, infrastructural damage". BVI News. 4 October 2023.
"Prison officer injured in shooting incident". BVI News. 9 October 2023.

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2023 in the Caribbean

West
Indies

Antilles

Greater
Antilles

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser
Antilles

Leeward
Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius

Saint Martin	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean

Leeward
Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire Curaçao

Windward
Islands

Lucayan
Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Serranilla Bank

Caribbean
continental
zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

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Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba Tigri Area Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

Disputed territories administered by Guyana. Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

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