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February 10, 2023

Premier lays national plan in House

Looking far beyond the few remaining months the current House of Assembly will be in place, HOA members have made official a roadmap for the territory’s development until 2036. Premier …

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by Dana Kampa
January 28, 2022

Mangrove destruction leaves VI ever more vulnerable to climate change

When Donald De Castro was a boy in the 1940s, mangroves lined the shore and cays in front of his family’s small waterfront home in Road Town. “We used to …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Sea Cows Bay drone
May 25, 2021

Crown land for affordable housing?

Legislators recently discussed options for designating Crown land for residents interested in becoming first-time homeowners across the territory. In the question-and-answer segment in May 13’s House of Assembly sitting, Opposition …

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by Dana Kampa
November 3, 2019

Premier tables downsized recovery plan

Government tabled a new Recovery to Development Plan during the Oct. 17 House of Assembly sitting, introducing a 33-page document that is designed to replace the previous 116-page plan that …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
October 14, 2019

Contract signed for 3 temp housing units

More than two years after Hurricane Irma damaged most homes in the territory, the government has allotted funds to build three temporary housing units in Tortola and Anegada. The Recovery …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
October 3, 2019

Revised recovery plan submitted to UK

Cabinet has approved and submitted a revised Recovery to Development Plan to the United Kingdom as part of efforts toward securing a loan guarantee. Premier Andrew Fahie said Monday that …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 12, 2019

Opposition weighs in on loan guarantee

While Premier Andrew Fahie visited London this week following a public spat with United Kingdom officials, opposition members launched a series of community meetings and pushed back against Mr. Fahie’s …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 2, 2019

UNDP office in the works for Virgin Islands

After supporting the territory’s hurricane recovery for nearly two years, the United Nations Development Programme is looking to open a permanent Tortola office and work closely on projects including a …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
August 15, 2019

Temporary ferry terminal opens in West End

West End residents will no longer have to travel to Road Town to catch ferries to St.Thomas. The temporary West End ferry terminal officially opened on Aug. 2, welcoming its …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
June 14, 2019

Havers project gets green light

The Drake’s Landing Project in Havers has been continuing slowly since early May, with more land reclaimed to form a landmass jutting into the waters off the coast of Tortola. …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
January 23, 2019

In their Words: Colin O’Neal

Colin O’Neal is the CEO of JOMA Properties Ltd, a property development and management company based on Tortola. The company, he says, has completed about 95 percent of the work …

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by Nia Douglas
November 29, 2018

$200 million Norman Island project moves forward

Last Thursday, government officially signed a development agreement with Dr. Henry Jarecki to begin plans for a roughly $200 million project on Norman Island, which is expected to span at …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 25, 2018

Initial details about Norman Island development revealed

No one currently calls Norman Island home. Though the roughly 600-acre island has two restaurants and is visited by thousands of tourists and residents each year, none of them — …

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by Conor King Devitt

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