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May 10, 2025

Celebrating the seniors

A sports day, a prom and a spelling bee are among the activities planned on Tortola and the sister islands during this Senior Citizens Month, which kicked off on Friday …

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May 8, 2025

22-year-old arrested after shooting

A Johns Hole man was arrested and charged following an early morning shooting outside a “popular nightclub” in the Free Bottom area, police said yesterday. Police did not name the …

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May 8, 2025

12 days later, cops report SCB robbery

Twelve days after an April 20 armed robbery at a Sea Cows Bay business, police acknowledged the incident in a four-sentence message that provided few details. “Preliminary reports indicate that …

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May 6, 2025

Virgin Islands chef featured at Miami festival

A Virgin Islands chef recently shared the flavours of the territory during a culinary event held last month in Miami. Kenneth Molyneaux was featured as part of the BVI Tourist …

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by The BVI Beacon
May 6, 2025

119 naturalised as BOT citizens

A total of 119 people were naturalised as British overseas territories citizens during two recent ceremonies at Government House. Speakers at the events, which were held on March 25 and …

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by The BVI Beacon
May 1, 2025

Masked men nabbed near bank

Two masked men were arrested in the “early morning hours” last Thursday after police responded to a report that they were in the vicinity of a “popular local bank,” police …

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May 1, 2025

Cops tout cherry-picked stats

On Wednesday of last week, police released a statement touting a first-quarter drop in reports of sexual offences, serious assaults and burglaries. But the next day, they released another statement …

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April 28, 2025

Project maps three reefs in 3D

As part of efforts to monitor and protect the territory’s coral reefs, a new project aims to model some of them in three dimensions. The initiative launched in January at …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 24, 2025

Library Week goes digital

School visits, book displays and radio spots are among the activities ongoing through tomorrow in observance of Library Week 2025. This year, the focus is digital. “Today’s library patrons are …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 24, 2025

In first, VI to host lineworker ‘rodeo’

Workers from 33 utilities across the Caribbean will showcase their skills and commitment to safety over the weekend as the Virgin Islands hosts the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation’s annual …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 22, 2025

Green VI says no to plastic litter

The Virgin Islands’ end of a three-year project to fight plastic pollution across the Caribbean kicked off last week with litter sampling at Long Bay, Beef Island. The local effort …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 22, 2025

Cops to crack down on loud trucks, bikes

Drivers of noisy vehicles should prepare for a crackdown, police warned this week. For the rest of this year, the police force will be targeting loud scooters and heavy-duty trucks …

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April 22, 2025

VI repped at regional disaster meeting

Climate change, geopolitics and cross-border collaboration were on the agenda when Disaster Management Director Jasen Penn met with his counterparts from around the region last week in the Turks and …

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April 22, 2025

VI kicks off Puerto Rico push

A Virgin Islands delegation took the territory’s famous full moon parties abroad on April 12 by hosting an event at Vivo Beach Club in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Organised by the …

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April 22, 2025

VI, Cayman trade education ideas

A Virgin Islands delegation recently visited the Cayman Islands to talk education. Led by Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sharie de Castro, the April 1-4 visit included high-level discussions, …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 17, 2025

Jamaican drowns off Carrot Bay

A Jamaican senior drowned after reportedly being swept to sea last week while fishing in a dangerous area in Carrot Bay, police said. The body of Ranceford George Burnett, a …

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April 15, 2025

17 named storms forecasted

After forecasters predicted above-average storm activity this year, the Department of Disaster Management is urging residents to prepare early for the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Citing warm sea-surface temperatures as …

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April 14, 2025

Special education school ‘81% complete’

The construction of the new Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre is 81 percent complete and expected to be finished in the second quarter of the year, government announced last Thursday. …

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April 11, 2025

22 attend first film ‘academy’

Filming, directing, writing and acting were among the skills taught to 22 students at a five-day pilot programme designed to provide an introduction to film and digital media. The inaugural …

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April 7, 2025

VI hosts Caribbean postal leaders

Caribbean postal services must embrace digital technology such as artificial intelligence in order to find their place in a rapidly changing world, Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said during a regional …

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April 3, 2025

Inmate attacks, injures prison officer

An inmate with “known mental health challenges” attacked a prison officer on Sunday, Prison Superintendent Jay Kendall said the next day. “I wish to assure the public that our staff …

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April 3, 2025

Five charged amid robbery probe

While searching five properties linked to armed-robbery suspects on March 25, police seized a nine-millimetre semi-automatic Glock pistol and 41 rounds of assorted ammunition, they said. As a result of …

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by The BVI Beacon
March 27, 2025

Break-in attempts caught on camera, cops say

After homeowners used social media to circulate video footage of break-in attempts, police made an arrest in connection with a string of burglaries and attempted burglaries reported in Diamond Estate, …

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by The BVI Beacon
March 27, 2025

Man charged in East End burglaries

Following investigations into a series of break-ins in the East End area, police have arrested Kurt Rabsatt of Old Plantation and charged him with burglary, they said Saturday. Mr. Rabsatt …

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March 27, 2025

VG man dead after stabbing

A Virgin Gorda man is dead and another has been charged with manslaughter following a stabbing shortly after 8 a.m. last Thursday in Gun Creek, VG, police said. After the …

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