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March 26, 2025

EDITORIAL: Online law portal a long time coming

To follow the laws of the land, you must be able to access and understand them. And here in the Virgin Islands, that has been far too difficult for far …

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by BVI Beacon
March 5, 2024

EDITORIAL: HOA must fix flawed Register of Interests

Ever since the Register of Interests Act was passed in 2008, the register has not functioned properly because legislators have used every trick in the book to hamstring it. For …

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by BVI Beacon
November 2, 2022

Comfortable in tattooed skin

Upstairs of a motorbike showroom in Manuel Reef, one of the artists at Steven Nguyen’s body art shop searched the internet for “best cancer tattoos for men.” The tattoo he …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 7, 2022

Acts strengthen tax regulator

Two laws the House of Assembly passed in May will strengthen the powers of the International Tax Authority to inspect financial institutions and to interview people associated with Virgin Islands-registered …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 23, 2021

Speaker calls out governor on pending bills

Speaker of the House Julian Willock started last week’s House of Assembly sitting by levelling criticism at the Governor’s Office for not yet assenting to bills already approved by legislators. …

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by Dana Kampa
April 2, 2021

Crime bills, others on HOA’s agenda

As Virgin Islands leaders call on the community to help curb crime in the territory, legislators will have an opportunity to debate proposed legislation concerning drugs, money laundering and more …

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by Dana Kampa
November 26, 2019

EDITORIAL: HOA needs long-term agenda for making laws the VI needs

We had hoped to see the government turn over a new leaf this month when its legislative agenda was unveiled in the first Speech from the Throne under its tenure. …

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by BVI Beacon
May 7, 2019

EDITORIAL: Substitute green action for green rhetoric

Last week’s Earth Day celebrations were a heartening demonstration of community spirit, but they were also a reminder of the looming threats facing the territory’s delicate natural environment. In the …

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