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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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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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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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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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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, …
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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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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A pilot died when the plane he was flying overran the runway at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Wednesday afternoon and ended up in the sea near Trellis …
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After finishing third overall and besting some of the pros in the April 14 KPMG Tortola Torture, Julius Farley wasn’t sure what to expect or how his legs would hold …
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