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Covid-19 pandemic

January 1, 2023

After Covid work, Harrigan honoured by king

During the Covid-19 pandemic, BVI Tourist Board Marketing Manager Lynette Harrigan quickly became known as the go-to source for travellers struggling to navigate the territory’s fast-changing entry protocols. In honour …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Lynette Harrigan
December 19, 2022

EDITORIAL: Tourism is recovering quickly. Now what’s the plan?

Virgin Islands tourism is recovering quickly as the Covid-19 pandemic eases. This is great news. But it is also a reminder that the territory urgently needs the comprehensive tourism plan …

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by BVI Beacon
October 3, 2022

EDITORIAL: In remote economy, Virgin Island must swim, or it will sink

Around the globe, the Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the business world by spurring a dramatic boom in remote working and e-commerce. The Virgin Islands could benefit tremendously from this historic …

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by BVI Beacon
June 6, 2022

Fraser pushes for loan forgiveness

Despite government offering a variety of initiatives to help borrowers struggling financially due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley told the House of Assembly …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
January 24, 2022

VI lags region in tourism recovery

Even as the Virgin Islands tourism industry experiences a rebound following the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, numbers released last month reveal that the territory underperformed the Caribbean as a …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
December 22, 2021

EDITORIAL: High hopes for a happier 2022

At the risk of sounding like a broken record for the fifth December in a row, 2021 was tough. Back in January, we had high hopes. The end of the …

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by BVI Beacon
June 10, 2021

EDITORIAL: Unfair stimulus sidelined the unemployed

More evidence has surfaced in recent weeks suggesting that government’s taxpayer-funded economic stimulus package was grossly unfair to thousands of residents who lost their jobs during the pandemic. The unemployment …

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by BVI Beacon
March 3, 2021

COMMENTARY — Pandemic lessons explored

What was the common denominator for countries and territories that kept the pandemic to a minimum? Unlike in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom, draconian action and effective …

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by Dickson Igwe
February 15, 2021

EDITORIAL: Vaccines are the way out of Covid

Vaccination is a very personal choice, but it has ramifications for all of society. We therefore urge all residents who feel comfortable taking the Covid-19 vaccine to get the shot …

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by BVI Beacon
December 23, 2020

EDITORIAL: The lessons of a tough year

The end is in sight. As an exceedingly difficult year winds down, we hope the Virgin Islands will use this holiday season to reflect on the lessons of 2020 while …

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by BVI Beacon
July 16, 2020

622 people tested for Covid-19 so far

More than two months have passed since the last confirmed case of Covid-19 in the territory was announced on May 14, though testing and the return of nationals has not …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 2, 2020

Two tested early for Covid, results negative

The Virgin Islands remains free of known active cases of Covid-19 in spite of concerns aired in recent days about possible infection among returnees, but the pandemic is not slowing …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
June 3, 2020

COMMENTARY — Covid-19 compared to hurricanes

The Virgin Islands’ economic recovery from Covid-19 will be very different from its economic bounce-back after hurricanes Irma and Maria, and the public must prepare for a challenging economic period …

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by Benito Wheatley
May 20, 2020

CARTOON (May 14, 2020)

by BVI Beacon
May 13, 2020

Seniors struggling in the pandemic

While Judith Charles was distributing bags of supplies in Carrot Bay during the recent lockdown, she met a senior who was planning to violate the curfew to go fishing when …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 13, 2020

Cartoon (May 7, 2020)

by BVI Beacon
May 8, 2020

Beaches to open Sunday, but bars, hotels to stay closed

Beaches throughout the territory will reopen on Sunday, but large gatherings will continue to be prohibited, government leaders announced Friday during a live Facebook broadcast that included Premier Andrew Fahie, …

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by Dana Kampa
May 6, 2020

Sailing online at home

In a video that was circulated to Royal BVI Yacht Club youth sailors and members, sailing instructor Rob Lind sat on his Long Bay balcony demonstrating how to sail in …

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by BVI Beacon
April 29, 2020

COMMENTARY — Cayman’s Covid-19 response considered

I exchanged messages with a distant cousin over Easter, for the first time since Christmas. He told me his family was recovering from Covid-19. He had just been gardening, but …

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by Peter Moll
April 29, 2020

COMMENTARY — ‘Seven years of famine’ predicted

The coronavirus pandemic will usher in a post-globalisation world order. It will bring greater regional integration and a whole new travel protocol that adds a robust layer of medical scrutiny, …

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by Dickson Igwe
April 24, 2020

EDITORIAL: Government must expand testing; fix and extend lockdown

Recent warning signs suggest that the Virgin Islands is now seeing local transmission of Covid-19, which could mean that the highly contagious disease is much more widespread here than previously …

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by BVI Beacon
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