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 28, 2019
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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January 18, 2019
Incinerator still down from fire
Almost two months after a major fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator, no repairs have been made to the system and trash is being landfilled on the nearby …
December 6, 2018
Incinerator down as officials wait for report
After a fire broke out at the Pockwood Pond incinerator facility last week, officials are still waiting for a final report about damage to the machinery and what necessary repairs …
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September 7, 2018
‘We’ve got to do better than this:’ Residents speak out about trash fires
More than 40 residents showed up to a community meeting hosted by government on Tuesday night to voice their worry and anger about a string of recent dumpsite fires. The …
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June 25, 2018
Seven years later, where’s the scrubber?
Though the dumpsite fire in Coxheath has become the main air quality concern for residents over the past two months, the Pockwood Pond incinerator has been spewing largely unfiltered gas …
