Government officials on Tuesday announced the completion of the first phase of the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme, which helped repair 80 hurricane-damaged homes with about $670,000 in funding from the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Though the UK government’s support has concluded, the Virgin...
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019
Disability gets visibility during Awareness March
It wasn’t long ago that many Virgin Islands residents with disabilities would remain largely out of public view. On Friday, however, they and their supporters were among about 100 people who processed through Road Town during the Disability Awareness March and Fun Day. “Keep calm,...
April 18, 2019
Attorneys face off over D-4 seat
Attorneys faced off in High Court on Friday and Saturday over the validity of Mark Vanterpool’s short-lived attempt to resign from his position as Fourth District representative. The hearing is the latest chapter in the saga between Mr. Vanterpool and Speaker of the House Julian...
April 18, 2019
Incinerator repairs could hinge on US firm with troubled history
This article originally appeared in the Beacon's print edition on April 11. After the Pockwood Pond incinerator was badly damaged in a fire last November, government officials said repairs would require a new control panel from Consutech Systems LLC, a Virginia-based company that manufactured the...
April 16, 2019
VI students to get $6k scholarships to UVI
Under a new collaboration between H. Lavity Stoutt Community College and the University of the Virgin Islands, all students from here who attend UVI are eligible for a $6,000 per year tuition scholarship. A memorandum of understanding announced at a press conference on Monday also...
April 15, 2019
“Life in Paradise” book launch
Ethlyn Rhymer, author of Life in Paradise, presents a copy of the new book to her aunt during a book launch on April 3 at Maria’s by the Sea. “I feel like I just gave birth to a baby: I could sleep,” Ms. Rhymer said...
April 12, 2019
Banking to return to Virgin Gorda
Starting in August, for the first time in almost a year, Virgin Gorda residents will have access to full banking services, government announced last week. “Following a series of meetings with representatives from Banco Popular, your government was successful in negotiating a banking solution for...
April 16, 2019
VG Easter Festival to stay scaled down
This year’s 52nd Virgin Gorda Easter Festival will be scaled down again because of financial constraints and efforts to highlight local culture over international artists, officials said last week. At a press conference on Friday, organisers detailed the upcoming celebrations, which will start Saturday and...
April 11, 2019
BCQS to manage BFEC build
Premier Andrew Fahie signed an agreement last week for the construction management of the repairs to Virgin Gorda’s Bregado Flax Educational Centre. “We want to get kids out of that tent. Hopefully by January at the latest, there should be no kids in that tent,”...
April 7, 2019
14 battle it out in CPAC Poetry Slam
Coconut Lounge was packed on Saturday evening, but when poets took the microphone in their hands, the whole room fell silent. “So check yourself, respect yourself and let yourself be known as nothing less than a queen,” recited Christopher Varlack, a poet who took the...
