The BVI Airports Authority recently received a boost that officials said will bring increased access to regional expertise and other perks. During an Oct. 5-7 conference in Trinidad, the agency …
October 27, 2025
August 22, 2025
Erin’s outer bands drench VI
The eye of Hurricane Erin stayed well north of the Virgin Islands over the weekend, but the Category 5 storm’s outer rainbands soaked the territory, triggered flash-flood alerts and knocked …
December 6, 2024
Government gets earful at airport meetings
At the start of the second of three public meetings held last week to discuss the government’s proposal to expand the Virgin Islands’ main airport, Clive Smith told attendees that …
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November 12, 2024
EDITORIAL: Government must stop backpedaling on airport transparency
We fear we spoke too soon. Last November, we praised the Virgin Islands government for preliminary steps that should have boosted transparency surrounding the proposed expansion of the Terrance B. …
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November 1, 2024
New government, same secrecy on airport plan
For more than a decade, successive governments have regularly refused to publish taxpayer-funded studies on the feasibility of the airport expansion that leaders say the territory desperately needs. Now, the …
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October 18, 2024
$600k ‘vending zone’ coming to Long Bay, Beef Island
A $600,000 “vending zone” and $133,000 worth of environmental restoration are the latest works planned for Long Bay at Beef Island as government continues implementing its beach management plan for …
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July 26, 2024
Premier defends airport expansion plan
The premier has defended plans to proceed with a major airport expansion despite the decision being made ahead of promised public meetings and the completion of a high-level business case. …
March 28, 2024
EDITORIAL: Long Bay restoration an example for all beaches
We applaud the ongoing restoration efforts at Long Bay on Beef Island, which are part of a well-conceived management plan designed to repair and protect one of the Virgin Islands’ …
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December 8, 2023
Anegada airport back open after sudden closure
The Anegada airport closed without warning over the Dec. 2-3 weekend after its fire truck was taken to replace a malfunctioning truck at the Virgin Gorda airport, but it reopened …
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December 5, 2023
EDITORIAL: Finally, airport business case put to tender
It’s about time. After more than a decade of bumbling attempts to expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, government is finally taking the proposal back to the drawing board …
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December 5, 2023
International companies eye airport business case
Nearly 50 people from 15 companies around the world attended a pre-tender meeting to discuss a planned business case for the proposed expansion of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. …
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November 21, 2023
In a first, government seeks full business case for airport expansion
The BVI Airports Authority is seeking proposals for a comprehensive business case to decide the way forward for the development of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. The study — …
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October 9, 2023
UK supports airport expansion, Rymer says
The United Kingdom supports a 12-year-old plan to lengthen the runway at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport to bring larger jets with more passengers to the Virgin Islands, officials …
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August 24, 2023
Gov’t hosts meeting on airport expansion, but public not invited
The government hosted a stakeholder meeting on Aug. 18 to discuss its plan to expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. But the public and the media weren’t invited. “This …
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July 10, 2023
EDITORIAL: Third time the charm for Virgin Islands Day
We were elated by the full schedule of traditional activities organised for the territory’s third celebration of Virgin Islands Day on July 3. The way forward for the observance is …
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October 21, 2022
Community plans for Long Bay’s future
Long Bay Beach on Beef Island serves a different purpose to every visitor. Some enjoy exercising, cooking out, snorkelling among the corals, swimming, participating in water sports, visiting as tourists, …
April 28, 2022
Man hospitalised after Beef Island accident
Police received a report of an accident Sunday night at Beef Island, Police Information Officer Akia Thomas stated on Monday. Although further details were unclear at the time of the …
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April 20, 2022
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April 8, 2022
Management plan proposed for Long Bay, Beef Island
After Hurricane Irma destroyed many of the Virgin Islands’ tourist hotspots in 2017, vendors erected bar and restaurant stands along Long Bay Beach at Beef Island to serve visitors. But …
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April 28, 2021
Humane society hosts first beach cleanup
With dog leashes in one hand and blue and black trash bags in the other, community members patrolled the Beef Island shoreline recently, picking up bits of boat debris, glass …
August 14, 2020
Caribbean Airlines faces challenge to VI expansion
In recent months, Virgin Islands leaders have said that new flights proposed by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines likely would help ease the territory’s air access woes as regional airline LIAT …
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July 22, 2020
EDITORIAL: Before airport expansion, transparency needed
If leaders in the new government proceed with their predecessors’ plan to expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, they must turn over a new leaf by being fully transparent …
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February 27, 2020
Premier explains efforts to buy Beef Island land
The BVI Airports Authority is seeking to reacquire more than 650 acres of land on Beef Island from Hong Kong investor Raymond Hung, whose 25-year-old plans for a resort and …
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June 12, 2019
Long Bay, Beef Island to get restrooms
Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister Vincent Wheatley gave updates on the finger pier and dock at Red Bay, the planned restroom facility at Long Bay, Beef Island, and unencumbered …
July 19, 2018
Destroyed plane salvaged from sea after fatal crash
About two hours after a fatal plane crash on Wednesday evening, salvagers began the tricky process of recovering the wrecked aircraft, a two-seat Cessna 150 that had sunk in about …
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