The Virgin Islands’ end of a three-year project to fight plastic pollution across the Caribbean kicked off last week with litter sampling at Long Bay, Beef Island. The local effort …
April 22, 2025
May 2, 2024
Six cruise passengers go missing in 49 days
In less than two months, at least six people from three separate cruises aboard the Norwegian Sky disembarked in the Virgin Islands and never returned to the ship. Government and …
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April 19, 2024
Infrastructure woes and foetid tap water in paradise
With its seaside villas, luxury resorts and yachting anchorages, Virgin Gorda is known for laidback luxury. But last August, the island’s residents started complaining about the foetid odour of their …
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April 21, 2021
COMMENTARY — Regional tourism recovery predicted
Recently published visitor arrival figures indicate that Caribbean tourism has started down the long road to recovery. Following a disastrous 2020 during which governments closed borders to try to halt …
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January 8, 2021
Wheatley: Dominican Republic man escaped Virgin Islands after breaking quarantine
Virgin Islands authorities are currently tracking a Dominican Republic man who broke his quarantine after being refused entry into the territory on Dec. 20 — and who has since escaped …
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