For Rent Barbados Accommodation: Arjan Apartments- Quality air- conditioned rooms. Airport & embassy transfers, available. Group Specials. Tel: (246) 438-6112 or (246) 231-0595 or email: arjan@caribsurf.com. For Visa form assistance …
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (March 29, 2018)
What’s happening? Does your business or organisation have an event coming up? Is so, you can now add it to the calendar on the Beacon’s new website. Just go to …
‘Gia’ Malone surpasses qualifying Carifta mark
Xiomara “Gia” Malone of Fast Lane Track Club clocked a time of 15.11 seconds in the 100-metre hurdles to surpass Carifta Games qualifying standard of 15.25 seconds at the Brian …
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BVISR ready to set sail
The 47th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival hosted by Nanny Cay will be the first major international event held since Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Virgin Islands last …
Sea Argo wins first match, ever
On Sunday, Sea Argo and the Islanders took their first three points of the season, while the Sugar Boys cemented their spot as the top team in the BVI Football …
Classifieds (March 22, 2018)
For rent Barbados Accommodation: Arjan Apartments- Quality air- conditioned rooms. Airport & embassy transfers, available. Group Specials. Tel: (246) 438-6112 or (246) 231-0595 or email: arjan@caribsurf.com. For Visa form assistance …
Notices (March 22, 2018)
THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004 SUMMIT PROTECTION LIMITED (in VOLUNTARY liquidation) (BBC NO. 1804603) NOTICE OF LIQUIDATOR’S APPOINTMENT NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204, subsection (1)(b) of …
EDITORIAL — Possibilities endless in Road Town
At a time when Road Town is steadily rebuilding, the bustling farmers market held Saturday in the Sir Olva Georges Plaza showcased the capital city’s boundless potential. The eveant, which …
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (March 22, 2018)
Loan guarantee A Beaconite would like to voice agreement with Premier Dr. Orlando Smith’s reasoning for accepting the United Kingdom’s loan guarantee and the conditions that come along with it. …
11 residents become British citizens
Eleven people were registered as British citizens during a March 13 ceremony at Government House. At the event, the residents — who previously had been naturalised as British overseas territories …
Notices (March 15, 2018)
Bundtee Portfolio Limited In Voluntary Liquidation Company No. 1908831 NOTICE is hereby given that in accordance with section 204 (b) of the BVI Business Company Act: the aforementioned Company is …
Classifieds (March 15, 2018)
For rent Barbados Accommodation: Arjan Apartments- Quality air- conditioned rooms. Airport & embassy transfers, available. Group Specials. Tel: (246) 438-6112 or (246) 231-0595 or email: arjan@caribsurf.com. For Visa form assistance …
EDITORIAL — Billboard pundits should go public and present their own recovery ideas
The anonymous billboard recently erected in Road Town to criticise the government’s recovery effort was ill advised and lacking in the kind of political maturity that is urgently needed after …
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (March 15, 2018)
Website launch The Beacon is proud to announce the launch of its new website at bvibeacon.com. The interactive site boasts features including photo galleries and other multimedia, and it allows …
Classifieds (March 8, 2018)
FOR RENT Barbados Accommodation: Arjan Apartments- Quality air- conditioned rooms. Airport & embassy transfers, available. Group Specials. Tel: (246) 438-6112 or (246) 231-0595 or email: arjan@caribsurf.com. For Visa form assistance …
EDITORIAL — Post-Irma, long-promised laws are more urgent than ever
Last week’s Speech from the Throne laid out many laudable goals for the coming legislative session. Unfortunately, however, promises made by the government in past Throne speeches often have not …
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (March 8, 2018)
Kudos to the DMV A Beaconite who visited the Department of Motor Vehicles last week to get his jeep inspected and renew his registration was in and out in less …
Business Briefs (March 1, 2018)
Insurance tribunal gets new chair Less than five weeks after announcing that Eric Ball would chair the territory’s new insurance tribunal, government stated Friday that Jack Husbands has been appointed …
New DG sworn in during closed ceremony
Promising dramatic improvements to the public service, David Archer was sworn in as deputy governor during a Thursday ceremony at Government House that was closed to the media and public. …
BVIEC: 90%, not 98%, of power back on Tortola
About a week after claiming that 98 percent of power had been restored on Tortola, BVI Electricity Corporation General Manager Leroy Abraham revised that estimate down to 90 percent. Nevertheless, …
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