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The recent ten-to-two vote in the Virgin Islands legislature allowing for the establishment of the Disaster Recover Agency is a vote for transparent, accountable, equitable, measured and well audited governance. …
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By Peter Moll Before Hurricane Irma, I narrated a series of chronicles about my time as a librarian in Malawi. The most recent instalment, which appeared in the Beacon the …
Legislators were right to pass the Recovery and Development Agency Act, which will enable the territory to obtain a badly needed $400 million-plus loan guarantee from the United Kingdom for …
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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 …
Do you remember when the children played in the street: Marble holes, hopscotch and running round bare feet? Do you remember when conflict was managed easily — After the dust …
Governments, even micro-administrations of tiny jurisdictions, have the ability to raise finance to an exponentially greater degree than individuals and small businesses. In the aftermath of the September 2017 natural …
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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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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. …
Since I can remember — back when tourism was young in the Virgin Islands in the early 1970s — West End has always been the portal by which the majority …
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The Virgin Islands economy — composed primarily of the financial services industry, tourism and the domestic market economy — is the core tool for the empowerment of Virgin Islanders and …
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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 …
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 …
The western world is overflowing with cash. This is a consequence of quantitative easing and monetary stimulus combined with fearful and debt-laden consumers. The Virgin Islands inhabits a paradoxical place. …
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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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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 …
Reading Claire Shefchik’s Feb. 22 article, “Tensions mount at Immigration,” makes us rather reluctant to come back to the Virgin Islands as we used to do every year since 1990. …
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Physical and economic recovery after the natural disasters of September 2017 requires fitting the territory’s economic restorative models into the moulds of the twin western economic cultures of stimulus and …
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Tuesday marked six months after Hurricane Irma. As we take time to look back at the many pleasant and unpleasant experiences throughout our lifetime — including the experiences we have …
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In recent days the Immigration Department has promised a raft of common-sense reforms designed to rectify longstanding inefficiencies and help mitigate the disorder that has plagued the agency since Hurricane …
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VG, finally Nobody could believe it when a Beaconite told them that after six months in the territory, she still hadn’t been to Virgin Gorda — arguably the closest …
The following are more suggestions for the territory’s Recovery and Development Plan, continued from two previous commentaries. A total of $43.59 million is to be allocated for education, according to …
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We all understand why laws are made, and why regulations and policies are put in place in conjunction with the laws. However, at times, many of us are at a …
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Price increase For the first time in nearly two decades, readers will notice that the price of the Beacon has gone up, from 50 cents to $1. The last increase …
The following are more suggestions for the territory’s Recovery and Development Plan. Regarding the $80.14 million to be spent on health and social services, a detailed cost estimate should be …
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