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November 12, 2019

EDITORIAL: Thanks, European Union, for shelter funding

The European Union-funded effort to refurbish and stock emergency shelters around the territory is music to our ears. It was also a long time in coming. When Hurricane Irma struck …

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by BVI Beacon
September 13, 2018

‘Final’ shelter list shorter than hoped

The final emergency shelter list issued for this year looks fairly different than usual: There are fewer shelters included, with no building listed for the Road Town area, and two …

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by Amanda Ulrich
June 11, 2018

Only one primary shelter named on DDM ‘interim’ list

The Department of Disaster Management has released an “interim” list of shelters that are available for use in case of an emergency during this month and next. Last week, the …

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by Amanda Ulrich
June 8, 2018

No hurricane shelters list from DDM

A week into the 2018 hurricane season, government has not yet released an updated list of emergency shelters, despite past promises from public officials that those details would be provided …

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by Amanda Ulrich
April 25, 2018

21 people still living in emergency shelters in the VI

Shelter residents at the Multi-purpose Sports Complex had sat in folding chairs outside the building for about six months, waiting to find long-term solutions to their housing problems. Today, the …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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