Anyone hoping to spend this weekend relaxing on the beach in Cane Garden Bay will have to postpone their plans: On Thursday, government announced that the area is closed for …
December 8, 2017
December 8, 2017
Spreading Christmas cheer at Adina Donovan Home
Wednesday afternoon marked the 17th year of Lilas Masters’ annual Christmas performance and luncheon at the Adina Donovan Home for the Elderly, and there was no sign of it slowing …
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December 7, 2017
First cruise ship arrives since Irma
Premier Dr. Orlando Smith and Communications and Works Minister Mark Vanterpool were on hand yesterday morning to greet the first cruise ship to dock in the Virgin Islands since Hurricane …
December 6, 2017
Hurricane stories, divinely inspired
Angela Burnett can’t recall the exact moment she decided to write a book about Hurricane Irma, but it was her own harrowing experience living through the disaster in her native …
December 6, 2017
Man of a thousand lives brings his skills to the VI
Having conducted over 900 emergency expeditions dating back to 1985, Stan Brock rarely gets much rest.
December 5, 2017
Blaze put out at RJT building
A generator caught fire around 10 a.m. Tuesday on the roof of the RJT Edifice in Road Town, prompting the evacuation of the entire building. The edifice houses the Immigration …
December 5, 2017
Studies: VI broadband slow, expensive
In recent United Kingdom studies, the Virgin Islands ranked 181st in the world on broadband internet affordability and only slightly better on speed, but to many customers these rankings did …
December 5, 2017
Warnings from abroad still urge tourists away from VI
Leaders have said that the Virgin Islands is “open for business,” but countries including Canada, Germany and the Netherlands are still warning their citizens to avoid nonessential travel here after …
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December 5, 2017
No new leads into double murder
No leads into the double homicide of 41-year-old Franklin Penn Jr. and 11-year-old Trinity Moses were provided in the week after their deaths, police reported.
December 1, 2017
In their Words: Survivor’s Story — Helping, ‘with or without a boat’
Sergio Dantas, a member of the board of directors for Virgin Islands Search and Rescue and part of the Tortola crew, remembers how the group sprang to action after Irma …
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November 30, 2017
School radio station presses on, despite mentor’s death
It’s 10 a.m. on Tuesday, and four current and former Elmore Stoutt High School students are gathered around a collection of laptops and microphones, ready for a regular morning broadcast. …
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November 30, 2017
Shelters to close today
As a new batch of rumours spread about the imminent closure of emergency shelters, over 170 displaced people were forced to consider what would come next — and if the …
November 29, 2017
Lobster Fest a hit on Anegada
“We just ran out of lobster.”
November 27, 2017
Can the sloops be salvaged?
Dr. Mitch Kent had been diving off Nanny Cay for about ten minutes when he surfaced and whistled to his colleagues to let them know that Youth Instructor had sunk …
November 27, 2017
After Irma, Culture Week carries on
Coal pots, bedpans, washboards, kerosene lamps and paper flycatchers may seem like relics of the past, but as the 23rd annual Culture Week runs in the wake of Hurricane Irma, …
November 25, 2017
$2 bil in pledges raised for the region at UN conference
This week, countries and funding agents from around the world pledged more than $2 billion-worth of financing to Caribbean jurisdictions battered by the 2017 hurricane season.
November 22, 2017
Gov’t unveils new reconstruction policy
On Tuesday, government unveiled a post-Irma interim reconstruction policy designed to streamline the rebuilding process for home and business owners and encourage better construction practices.
November 22, 2017
Alumni, volunteers cleaning up ESHS
Though Elmore Stoutt High School students and teachers have resumed classes in their new building in Pasea, the state of their old campus is a constant reminder of Hurricane Irma.
November 21, 2017
Prince Charles tours Virgin Islands
Despite wet, British-style weather, the Prince of Wales was greeted warmly Saturday as he touched down in Tortola for his first official visit to the Virgin Islands.
November 18, 2017
In their Words: Survivor’s Story — ‘The Resurrected’
Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway survived Hurricane Irma unscathed in his East End home, which mostly stood up to the elements. But in the hours after the storm passed, a rumour …
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November 15, 2017
Minister: 40% of Tortola’s grid restored
Forty percent of Tortola’s electrical infrastructure has been restored, along with 50 percent of Virgin Gorda’s and 90 percent of Anegada’s, Communications and Works Minister Mark Vanterpool announced Monday.
November 15, 2017
Prince Charles to visit VI
The Prince of Wales will visit the Virgin Islands on Saturday as part of a tour of Caribbean islands devastated by hurricanes Irma and Maria, government announced Wednesday morning.
November 14, 2017
‘Scar’ remanded after being charged with murder
Vicardo “Scar” Farrell, who is charged with the 2016 murder of Devern “Snoopy” Stanley, was remanded to prison on Tuesday after appearing before Magistrate Ayana Baptiste-DaBreo at the Road Town …
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November 14, 2017
Two months later, many still struggling
Hurricane Irma destroyed most of the roof and obliterated a wall of Rowan Malone’s home at the bottom of Joes Hill.
November 14, 2017
‘Awake all night’ over wrecked boats
On the charter yacht Cuan Law, every single mast was gone. There was no sign of its sails. Its tenders were bent and twisted. Inside the cabins, the mouldy carpet …
