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February 24, 2025

Delayed sewage system coming to Cane

Long-delayed plans to build a new sewage system in Cane Garden Bay are back on track after Connect Enterprises Limited signed a $3,785,274.55 contract to carry out “Phase Two” of …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Contract signing for Cane Garden Bay sewage distribution system
January 14, 2025

EDITORIAL: Aligning HOA agenda with national plan is wise

We are cautiously optimistic about the sensible plans included in the legislative agenda unveiled in the recent Speech from the Throne even though the to-do list appears overly ambitious for …

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by BVI Beacon
January 13, 2025

New year, new bird count

The team of birders piled into a truck on Anegada on Monday to make the usual route around the island for the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Led …

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by Allison Vaughn
December 28, 2024

EDITORIAL: After 7 years of strife, the VI must emerge stronger

The past 12 months have not been easy for the Virgin Islands, but 2024 nevertheless brought glimpses of the light at the end of a tunnel the territory entered when …

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by BVI Beacon
October 29, 2024

EDITORIAL: New vessel a big win for the environment

We welcome news of an important tool that will help address mounting threats to the Virgin Islands’ marine environment. This month, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change …

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by BVI Beacon
September 30, 2024

EDITORIAL: Fund the climate fund now

Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley is right to seek international funding to help the territory adapt to climate change. But if he wants to be taken seriously abroad, he must …

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by BVI Beacon
2018 swell in Cane Garden Bay
May 1, 2024

EDITORIAL: Sargassum is back, and the VI is not prepared

Sargassum is once again arriving on the shores of the Caribbean, but the Virgin Islands is not ready. Given the seaweed’s recent impacts in the territory, this is most unfortunate. …

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by BVI Beacon
April 19, 2024

After 13 years, no end in sight for Caribbean sargassum invasion

Schools evacuated due to toxic gas. Smelly tap water at home. Tourist operators and fishers struggling to stay in business. Job losses. Power outages affecting tens of thousands of people …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS-The BVI Beacon
MÈxico- Sargazo- Caribe mexicano
April 19, 2024

Sargassum is wreaking havoc on Caribbean ecosystems

For more than 20 years, Mexican biologist Dr. María del Carmen García Rivas has led a crusade to protect the coral lining the Yucatan Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea. As …

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by MARIA MONICA MONSALVE-America Futura and El Pais America
Pelicanos_sobre_sargazo_Jamaica_Kirk Wright
March 28, 2024

EDITORIAL: Long Bay restoration an example for all beaches

We applaud the ongoing restoration efforts at Long Bay on Beef Island, which are part of a well-conceived management plan designed to repair and protect one of the Virgin Islands’ …

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by BVI Beacon
Long Bay, Beef Island restoration
December 13, 2023

OTs seek climate funding from UK

This month at the 28th Conference of the Parties in Dubai, leaders from the Virgin Islands and other overseas territories opened the door to securing more climate-change funding through the …

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by Dana Kampa
September 4, 2023

Coral die-off likely this year

As darkness fell over Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park on Aug. 26, children crowded around a white canvas, picking bright pinks, oranges and greens to fill in the outline …

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by Dana Kampa
June 26, 2023

EDITORIAL: Climate board is back, but it will need funding

Kudos to the new government for finally re-appointing the Climate Change Trust Fund Board, which Cabinet unlawfully disbanded in 2019 at the behest of then-Premier Andrew Fahie. Now, leaders must …

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by BVI Beacon
June 18, 2023

Four years later, climate board is back

Less than two months after then-Premier Andrew Fahie’s Virgin Islands Party government came to power in February 2019, the Cabinet unlawfully revoked the membership of the VI Climate Change Trust …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
climate change board
May 23, 2023

New environment ministry created

While detailing his recent efforts to shore up relations with the United Kingdom during a May 16 press conference, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley also announced the creation of the …

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by Dana Kampa
May 12, 2023

At dumpsite, ministers promise better, but incinerator still down

Seven days before the general election, Dr. Karl Dawson stood outside the House of Assembly to protest burning at the Pockwood Pond dump that had been sending clouds of acrid …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
dumpsite tour
May 9, 2023

EDITORIAL: Rebranded ministry a double-edged sword

We see a step forward and a step backward in the new government’s decision to replace the former Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour with the rebranded Ministry of Financial …

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by BVI Beacon
March 8, 2023

EDITORIAL: Don’t fear the Virgin Islands tree boa

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Just like all snake species that live in the territory, the Virgin Islands tree boa is completely harmless. In fact, it …

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by BVI Beacon
November 1, 2022

EDITORIAL: Cross-agency strategy needed for sargassum

We are impressed by the innovative plan to use drones to track the increasing amount of sargassum washing up on the territory’s shores. However, the growing problem also needs a …

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by BVI Beacon
October 21, 2022

Community plans for Long Bay’s future

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, …

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by Dana Kampa
October 4, 2022

Volunteers clean up 8,828 feet of coastline

Volunteers across the territory joined in a belated observance of International Coastal Cleanup Day last weekend, clearing piles of waste from shorelines at Salt Island; Spring Bay on Virgin Gorda; …

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by Dana Kampa
August 29, 2022

EDITORIAL: Gov’t right to apologise and re-form climate board

It’s about time. More than three years ago, then-Premier Andrew Fahie’s newly elected government unlawfully disbanded the Climate Change Trust Fund Board, stalling years of hard work and showing a …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
August 18, 2022

Ghost busters: Discarded tackle cleaned up

A boat full of volunteers recently travelled from Tortola to the south side of Cooper Island, where they combed the sargassum-covered rocky shore for waste that had washed up on …

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by Dana Kampa
April 19, 2022

EDITORIAL: Beach plans are a welcome step

Kudos to the government for finally starting work on a series of management plans for the territory’s beaches. These long-needed strategies can’t come soon enough. The importance of the Virgin …

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by BVI Beacon
February 9, 2022

EDITORIAL: The Virgin Islands must save the mangroves

The importance of mangroves and other wetlands has been well known for more than half a century. The delicate ecosystems offer habitat for birds and marine life; they naturally prevent …

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by BVI Beacon

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