‘Sensitive’ dress code required for mourning Queen, public officers told
Deputy Governor David Archer Jr has called on public officers to be dressed in muted tones as they go through a National Mourning Period in Honour of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
“During the period of National Mourning, all public officers are encouraged to dress sensitively (eg. muted/dark colours),” a notice issued by the Office of the Deputy Governor stated yesterday.
The Deputy Governor further advised that public officers in uniform should wear black mourning bands just above the elbow on their left arm.
According to the notice, the national mourning period began on the day of Her Late Majesty The Queen’s death and will last a total of 11 days, culminating at 8 am on the day after the state funeral on Monday, September 19, 2022.
The notice further advised that further information will follow regarding the transition from Queen Elizabeth II to King Charles III and the implications on the Public Service.
Public Holiday to mark Queen’s State Funeral
In the meantime, the government has announced that there will be a public holiday on Monday, September 19 in observance of the State Funeral of Her Late Majesty.
King Charles III approved a bank holiday across the United Kingdom (UK) for the occasion and Overseas Territories have been invited to observe the holiday in Her Late Majesty’s honour as well.
The government, as a result, said in a statement that it approved the National Day of Mourning in the territory to allow individuals, businesses and other organisations to pay their respects to Her Late Majesty and to commemorate her reign while marking the final day of the period of national mourning.
The BVI will also hold a minute’s silence on Sunday, September 18 at 3 pm alongside the UK and other Overseas Territories and a Commemoration Service for Her Late Majesty The Queen will be held at St George’s Episcopal Church on Friday, September 16 at 10 am. That service is open for all to attend.
The government said the public holiday is a one-off event and will operate in the same way as other public holidays in the territory.
The statement further noted that there is no statutory entitlement to time off and said employers may include public holidays as part of a worker’s leave entitlement.
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I understand that some didn’t like the Queen, but to be so disrespectful and show so much hate after her death shows how far humans have fallen. People act like it was the Queen who started slavery and those who do really need a history lesson. I made a promise to never go on the yellow site again cause I am sick of the hate that is poured out there.
Archer need to go sit down with this nonsense in 2022
Exactly…like when black ppl plan to stop enslaving themselves buddy??!!
Then you DON’T understand…so move on. Turn your phone and computer off of you don’t want to see the hate. LMAO
What is wrong with the BVI? Are we this colonized that we can’t see what is going on? This is so disheartening. When Ralph O’Neal who did more for this country than the queen or any of her governors died we had no such instructions. But we must act as if our family died for a queen whose ancestors presided over the murdering, raping and enslavement of our fore parents. Tell me if something isn’t wrong with this. Pure none sense and David Archer should know better
LMAO Boy, please.
Just got off the yellow site I see no hate its a good site to be honest just the facts
Excuse me? Her Empire and her father and her profited they indeed help create the Atlantic Slave Trade are you dumb? If this a white person I’m responding to then I understand your post. But if this a Black person then go find a cliff.
A person that so happened to be born Black like David is not someone I want to know. His brain don’t function right and he will do absolutely anything and I mean anything to appease the pales. Perfect Deputy looks like the people but not the people.
But you ok with being told to wear your school, work/department shirts/uniforms, proper attire to go into a government building, wear your colours at a local funeral, wave purple ribbons when someone here pass?
But not for the DG request of proper attire ?
Go sit down you hypocrite.
You know that slavery was abolished in 1807 right? 1807. So exactly how did The Queen and her father profit? and you know it was the Dutch who were the first slavers in 16th century? And the Africans sold their own people to the Europeans?
We are well aware of the 1800s abolition act of king George 3rd, at least on paper. And yes, we’re also aware of Dutch and African complicity.
It was nevertheless the queen/British empire who knowingly reaped/accepted the benefits & compensation for the atrocities of slavery in that they were paid/rewarded for the deprivation & loss of their free and FORCED labor pool.
Did you want to make another point???
The historically ignorant will continue to embarrass the Black Race worldwide.
Fix government inefficiencies so ppl do not loss their jobs. Don’t worry on what ppl are wearing.
thanks for bringing those hidden secrets to the front , the historian seem to CONVIENTLY leave out those parts in his , history lessons ( AND YOU CAN SEE HOrW QUICKLY HE RESPONDED TO YOUR COMMENTS ) /, in response to madea / and am still waiting for him to respond to ( who created this ( island people & I born ya ) what year , why and what is the purpose ) and all black people in the Caribbean
are of African ancestors/ but he turn ghost
Cannot figure out for the life of me what @madea is trying to say.
The Slave Trade was abolished in 1807. Slavery within the Caribbean “officially” ended in 1834, but for all practical purposes ended in 1838.
What @madea is saying is that slave owners got paid, or received compensation for loosing free slave labor – Loss of a livelihood.
Not a penny was or is being paid in reparations to former slaves nor their decendents for the hell they were made to endure.
Exactly!! He needs to fix the human resource problems in Government instead of sitting on his high horse and thinking that he is better than us!
Don’t tell people what to wear!