The Covid-19 pandemic has hampered numerous infrastructure projects in the territory by causing raw material shortages, delaying supply shipments, and limiting working hours. But progress nevertheless has been made, including …
August 25, 2021
May 15, 2021
$300k contract signed for EE centre
Community centres in the Virgin Islands serve as gathering spaces in good times and as vital shelters during storms, but many of them have sat in ruins since taking severe …
March 19, 2021
Malone: Government working with man living at Stickett
The government has been working to try to find housing for a man who has been living at The Stickett in East End, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone …
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November 5, 2020
East End sewerage project relaunched
Government plans to award at least 40 petty contracts worth $6,142,500 to restart and complete the long-delayed East End/Long Look sewerage project, Premier Andrew Fahie announced during a re-commissioning ceremony …
August 8, 2020
East End fire station now first satellite emergency base
A waterproof, airtight container that could store a dozen solar- or battery-powered communications devices — including radio transmitters — sits in an office at the newly re-opened East End/Long Look …
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March 17, 2020
Mr. Malone’s marvellous mural
As Virgin Islands artist Vincent “Bing” Malone sat on his chair with a rainbow-coated palette in one hand and a paintbrush in the other, drivers stopped by every few minutes …
August 15, 2019
East End festival renews focus on culture
When the sun came up on Aug. 7 and hundreds of people were dancing their way through East End, Jessika Robinson knew she had to be in the thick of …
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