After two fires at the Pockwood Pond dump last month sent thick smoke over West End and beyond, Health and Social Development Minister Marlon Penn said May 26 in the …
June 3, 2022
March 31, 2022
Pockwood Pond incinerator down for six months or more
Shortly after a fire caused extensive damage to the Pockwood Pond incinerator on Feb. 14, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said the facility would likely be offline for …
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February 28, 2022
EDITORIAL: Incinerator woes expose government inaction
Yet again, a fire has shut down the Pockwood Pond incinerator. Yet again, the resulting trash buildup will inevitably cause fires at the nearby landfill, and toxic smoke will blow …
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February 25, 2022
Malone: Incinerator likely down for two-to-four months
After a fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator last week and hobbled its operations, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said in a Tuesday interview that he …
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February 18, 2022
Incinerator down after major fire
Seven firefighters aboard two trucks extinguished a blaze that badly damaged the Pockwood Pond incinerator plant early Monday morning, Chief Fire Officer Zebalon McLean said yesterday. The fire did not …
May 14, 2021
EDITORIAL: The waste strategy is great, but it must be followed
The territory’s outdated waste disposal system is nothing short of a national crisis, and it is endangering residents’ health and degrading the environment. We are therefore glad that the government …
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May 12, 2021
New waste strategy rehashes old goals
In 2013 the government adopted a comprehensive strategy to overhaul the territory’s waste management system from the ground up. Most of its plans were not accomplished, but now leaders are …
April 27, 2021
Malone grilled on pollution scrubber
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is back burning trash after six weeks offline, but Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone came under fire in the House of Assembly last week …
April 16, 2021
Incinerator back up after weeks offline
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is burning trash again after being offline for about six weeks, during which residents complained frequently about the fires and smoke from the landfill behind the …
August 14, 2020
Fire breaks out in Pockwood landfill
Clouds of black smoke billowed from the landfill behind the Pockwood Pond incinerator after the area caught fire on Monday, but by the following day the flames had abated and …
March 4, 2020
COMMENTARY — VI urged to stop open burning
Recycling aluminium cans, glass and plastic is a wonderful, positive first step! But let’s take the second step: Let’s stop open burning. The detrimental effects of open burning at Pockwood …
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February 12, 2020
LETTER— Dump smoke draws fire from STJ
Dear People of the Virgin Islands, Here is a photo of your smoking, burning dump on Monday. Unfortunately, in the United States Virgin Islands, we get to see and …
January 30, 2020
Government working to fire up incinerator
Fires have been burning at Pockwood Pond over the past week, some intentional and some not. The incinerator was fired up again on Friday after more than a year, and …
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December 20, 2019
Pockwood Pond incinerator control panel installed
The new control panel for the nonfunctional Pockwood Pond incinerator has been installed by Consutech Systems LLC, and Skelton Electric Limited is completing the final electrical works, Health and Social …
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October 25, 2019
Incinerator part to be shipped next week
Repairs to the Pockwood Pond incinerator are “in progress,” and a needed part is set to ship next week, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said last Thursday in …
October 7, 2019
Incinerator part still not shipped, but repairs ‘nearing completion’
Electricity has been restored to the incinerator at Pockwood Pond, and repairs are “nearing completion” even though a needed part still has not been shipped from the United States, government …
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August 28, 2019
Housing effort needs funds, Malone says
The government has received more than 600 applications for housing assistance since January 2018, representing over $43 million in funding requests, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said on …
August 1, 2019
Legislators spar over incinerator
Premier Andrew Fahie, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone and Third District Representative Julian Fraser sparred at the House of Assembly last Thursday over the delayed repairs to the …
July 25, 2019
Incinerator repairs promised in 12 weeks
Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said last week that the new control panel for the Pockwood Pond incinerator is expected to be operational in eight to 12 weeks. …
July 16, 2019
July 11, 2019
Dump fires blamed on garbage haulers
Unsupervised “private garbage haulers” dumping waste at the Pockwood Pond incinerator have been the cause of pockets of fires over the past few weeks, according to Neville Allen, the assistant …
June 28, 2019
Contract for incinerator parts not yet signed
The government plans to distribute facemasks and to reduce the smoke coming from the Pockwood Pond landfill, but the parts needed to repair the non-functional incinerator there still have not …
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April 30, 2019
April 18, 2019
Incinerator repairs could hinge on US firm with troubled history
This article originally appeared in the Beacon’s print edition on April 11. After the Pockwood Pond incinerator was badly damaged in a fire last November, government officials said repairs would …
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February 18, 2019
Skelton looks to chart new path with PVIM
The Progressive Virgin Islands Movement was born late last year when legislators Ronnie Skelton and Mitch Turnbull publicly broke rank with the governing National Democratic Party, which Mr. Skelton helped …
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