I have the following comments on the proposed ferry terminal at West End.
April 27, 2011
April 27, 2011
Gov’t under fire for contracts, plans
Ten contractors to fix a sports field! I ask you!
April 27, 2011
VI celebrates Earth Day on the beach
Beachgoers had even more to watch than usual on Saturday at Cane Garden Bay.
April 27, 2011
Branson defends his lemur plan
It’s interesting how on occasions when you set about to do something for all the right reasons it can backfire on you.
April 27, 2011
Editorial (April 28, 2011)
Fresh voices welcome in upcoming elections We were encouraged to learn that many of the territory’s young people have registered to vote in recent months.
April 27, 2011
Reporter’s Notebook (April 28, 2011)
Holiday schedule The Beacon office will be closed on Friday for the holiday honouring the royal wedding. Next week’s advertising and editorial deadlines will remain the same. Beaconites hope residents …
April 27, 2011
Cars, trucks and scooters compete on VG
Dozens of cars and scooters glistened in the sun
April 27, 2011
Airplane lands safely in VG despite landing gear trouble
A small plane veered off the runway of the Virgin Gorda Airport shortly after it landed on Saturday due to trouble with its landing gear, officials said.
April 27, 2011
Immigration officer removed from duty
An immigration officer has been removed from duty in connection with the 13 Brazilians expelled from the territory in February, said Sandra Ward, the deputy permanent secretary in the Premier’s …
April 27, 2011
Dateline: Paradise (April 28, 2011)
Gov’t hotlines So the Water and Sewerage Department is planning to launch a 24-hour customer hotline.
April 27, 2011
What’s Happening (April 28, 2011)
Today Royal Wedding: The Tortola Toastmasters and Governor Boyd McCleary
April 27, 2011
Business Briefs (April 28, 2011)
Virgin Islands The BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association held a networking event
April 27, 2011
‘Puerto Rican navy’ boosts tourism
It’s the kind of foreign invasion tourism officials welcome: hundreds
April 27, 2011
Rebuilding the past
Crumbling old bricks overgrown with bush can be seen so commonly around the Virgin Islands that at times,
April 27, 2011
Pregnancy delays lemurs’ arrival
Sir Richard Branson’s plans to import two dozen ring-tailed lemurs to Mosquito Island
April 27, 2011
Ombudsman: Electricity programme unfair
If you’ve never heard of government’s 20-year-old programme to help fund new connections to the territory’s electricity grid, you’re not alone.
April 27, 2011
‘King Henry’ takes calypso crown
Ask Reuben Henry about what it means to persevere, and he might well tell you his story.
April 27, 2011
Tourney reels in fish, tourist dollars
Over two days 15 boats pulled in more than a tonne of fish from the waters off Virgin Gorda.
April 27, 2011
Pusser’s sues over ‘painkiller’ trademark
The owners of a New York City bar are defendants in a lawsuit
April 27, 2011
Off-duty cop collides with pedestrian
An off-duty police officer driving near the Road Town Police Station Sunday night collided with a pedestrian crossing the street, police said.
April 27, 2011
Beacon burglarised again
The BVI Beacon’s office was burglarised for the second time this year last Thursday,
April 27, 2011
Man gets 30 days for cruelty to child
Sherwin Fahie, 31, of Long Trench, accused of beating a child in his care with a knotted rope, pleaded guilty to cruelty to a child in Magistrates’ Court yesterday and …
April 27, 2011
RT resident robbed at gunpoint Sunday
A Road Town resident reported being robbed at gunpoint by two masked men as he was entering his apartment near the intersection of Main Street and Chalwell Street early Sunday …
April 27, 2011
Boat crashes, burns on Beef Island
An inflatable dinghy wrecked and caught fire near Beef Island Saturday night, sending three of its passengers to the hospital, police said.
April 27, 2011
Gov’t promotes workplace safety
Safety first. That will be the message at the territory’s observance of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Central Administration …