In 2013 the government adopted a comprehensive strategy to overhaul the territory’s waste management system from the ground up. Most of its plans were not accomplished, but now leaders are hosting public consultations on a new draft strategy that includes many of the same goals...
May 12, 2021
May 10, 2021
Residents urged to take better care of animals
In one day two weeks ago, a group of three pit bulls destroyed a Chalwell Estate resident’s outdoor furniture while trying to enter his home, and a pack of four dogs killed a Long Look man’s chickens, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton warned on Monday. ...
May 8, 2021
Beacon can’t get Skelton-Cline’s ‘public’ contracts
The United Kingdom commission of inquiry has asked government consultant Claude Skelton-Cline to turn over all documents related to his contracts with the government, he said on an April 27 broadcast of his talk show “Honestly Speaking.” In protesting the request, Mr. SkeltonCline insisted that...
May 7, 2021
Irma survivors still living in VG centre
Construction is under way at some of the territory’s hurricane-damaged community centres, with an eye toward reviving activities that can take place as the world recovers from the pandemic, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said on April 29 in the House of Assembly....
May 7, 2021
Fahie calls seaport opening a ‘success’
The recent seaport reopening has come with some “teething pains,” but it has been an overall success, Premier Andrew Fahie said on April 29 in the House of Assembly. Between the April 15 reopening and on April 29, 279 visitors and residents came to the...
May 7, 2021
HOA members review their retirement plan
Following reported complaints from retired legislators about an “anomaly” with how their retirement funds are tabulated, the House of Assembly is considering changing a law to address the issue. Premier Andrew Fahie brought the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Services) Amendment Act 2021 to the HOA for...
May 7, 2021
Walking to victory at the Humane Society’s 21st Dog Show
In a small open-air pen on the grassy lawn at Captain Mulligan’s at Nanny Cay, dog owners walked in circles with their fluffy friends on a leash. A girl gently redirected her dog, who apparently had turned around to meet a competitor, and another woman...
May 6, 2021
Farmers week culminates in fair
“Look! Look! I’ve never seen it before!” exclaimed a girl as she excitedly pointed to a peacock. It was one of many animals at the Saturday fair in Paraquita Bay that wrapped up Farmers and Fishers Week with displays including a petting zoo with tortoises,...
May 6, 2021
Derelict vehicle removal programme is ongoing
At the same time that Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone was providing an update on derelict vehicle removal efforts in the House of Assembly last month, he noted the return of a barge that recently carried approximately 2,000 tonnes of scrap metal to...
May 6, 2021
Despite vaccinating over 10,000 people, known cases of Covid-19 spiked this week
Days after the Virgin Islands crossed a major vaccination threshold in the fight to regain normality in the coronavirus era, the Covid-19 caseload spiked Monday to its highest level in about eight months. Between last Thursday and Monday, the number of known active cases rose...
May 5, 2021
2020 tourism industry revenue dipped nearly $280m
Although the dramatic pandemic-related slowdown in the tourism industry is evident from the Virgin Islands’ uncrowded beaches and vacant hotel rooms, statistics Premier Andrew Fahie presented to the House of Assembly last week revealed just how much the 2020 border closure has cost the territory....
