As Premier Andrew Fahie ushered the Integrity in Public Life Act through the House of Assembly in December, he insisted that no one had forced his government to bring forward …
March 9, 2022
January 28, 2022
Mangrove destruction leaves VI ever more vulnerable to climate change
When Donald De Castro was a boy in the 1940s, mangroves lined the shore and cays in front of his family’s small waterfront home in Road Town. “We used to …
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November 25, 2021
Promising a world first, company clears site for lobster farm by protected channel. Neighbours protest.
Lobsters are cannibals. Their larval development is long and complex, and they are voracious feeders. For decades, these three challenges have thwarted scientists and entrepreneurs seeking what has been called …
November 25, 2021
Landowners ‘dismayed’ over approval for lobster farm that was previously denied
British entrepreneur Giles Cadman received bad news in early 2020. That January, the Virgin Islands Planning Authority rejected his company’s proposal to build a nearly three-acre lobster farm beside the …
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November 25, 2021
How many lobsters? Company’s numbers, plans shift
In a series of 2017 Facebook videos, British entrepreneur Giles Cadman stands beside the ocean and describes his company’s plan to build a lobster farm next to the protected Beef …
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November 25, 2021
What is ‘Cadman Capital Group’?
British entrepreneur Giles Cadman told the Beacon that he is the “ultimate beneficial owner” of Caribbean Sustainable Fisheries, the Virgin Islands-based company behind the planned East End lobster farm. He …
October 14, 2021
With no solar grid in sight, Anegada students struggle to repay debts
After a reception celebrating the start of classes at the Power52 Caribbean Energy Institute on Jan. 18, Darrell Ruan Jr. and Kelwyn Lindsay Faulkner were excited to begin their journey …
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March 15, 2021
Maryland solar contractor brings with him ten years of legal troubles
Though Rob Wallace Jr.’s forthcoming projects in the Virgin Islands present a new opportunity for the Power52 brand, he brings with him more than a decade of legal and …
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March 15, 2021
With no sealed bids, tender process for Anegada solar was highly unusual
The ritual was familiar to any Virgin Islands journalist. Before awarding a major contract in past years, the BVI Electricity Corporation typically would call a press conference where BVIEC officials …
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March 15, 2021
The faces of Power52: Multiple entities, one brand
When the three Power52 founders talk publicly about their endeavours, they often refer to their organisation simply as “Power52.” But at least two separate entities have collaborated under the brand …
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March 15, 2021
BVIEC bypassed VI solar firms for US bidder accused of fraud, debt
After a United States company won a contract last June to build a major solar grid on Anegada, Virgin Islands leaders defended the choice even though it sidelined two local …
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April 13, 2018
Government’s pick to clean up VI? An unlicensed firm tied to $500k lawsuit
SPECIAL REPORT Last fall, government was faced with a seemingly insurmountable task: disposing of unprecedented mountains of garbage left over from Hurricane Irma. But officials did not launch a tender …
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