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August 20, 2021

ESHS rebuild to be under two-part plan

Government is working with the Recovery and Development Agency and two United States-based nonprofits to finalise designs for a rebuilt Elmore Stoutt High School, according to Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
June 24, 2021

Legislators’ interests declared late, or not at all

Concluding hearings for the first of six major topics it plans to investigate this summer, the Commission of Inquiry called legislators from the present and past to answer for their …

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by Dana Kampa
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 …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
ee community centre
March 8, 2021

Caricom leaders slam UK over VI inquiry

Following a virtual meeting attended recently by Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley, leaders from the Caribbean Community expressed “dismay” with the way the United Kingdom went about launching its …

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by Dana Kampa
January 25, 2021

National library, museum promised this year

Public libraries have been mostly closed in the territory since Hurricane Irma hit the Virgin Islands in 2017, but they were struggling even before then. That will change this year, …

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by Dana Kampa
January 9, 2021

More students head back to class in person

More students are filtering back into in-person classrooms under the phased approach to school re-openings that began in October as Covid-19 numbers fell, though some are still attending primarily or …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
October 2, 2020

78 percent of CXC exams written earn passing grade

Though they faced unprecedented challenges caused first by Hurricane Irma and then by the Covid-19 pandemic, a total of 358 students in the Virgin Islands registered for at least one …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
September 4, 2020

Bill would reform farming and fishing industries

The spotlight has turned to more sustainable practices as the Virgin Islands looks to create a more self-sufficient food industry, and an early iteration of proposed legislation is designed to …

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by Dana Kampa
August 14, 2020

Natalio Wheatley is deputy premier

For the fifth time since the February 2019 election, the territory has a new deputy premier. This time, however, he is here to stay. Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and …

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by Dana Kampa
August 3, 2020

Virtual service reflects on emancipation

Though the annual Emancipation Service could not be held in person due to Covid-19 precautions, viewers who tuned in to a virtual version of the event last week still got …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 24, 2020

Scaled-back August Festival is on

Though the celebrations will look notably different from typical years, the August Emancipation Festival will still happen in the coming weeks despite the complications of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to …

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by Dana Kampa
July 17, 2020

Sweeping rewrite of police rules on table

Coming on the heels of widespread protests around the world concerning the death of George Floyd and the role of police in communities, the House of Assembly is considering a …

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by Dana Kampa
July 3, 2020

Food security, sustainability bill in works

Sustainable food production in the Virgin Islands has been a hot topic since long before the emergence of Covid-19, and legislators are crafting a new bill to comprehensively address it. …

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by Dana Kampa
June 24, 2020

Virtual exhibits open window to VI history

Though the pandemic threw a wrench into the Department of Culture’s plans to produce an exhibition at the Ralph T. O’Neal Administration Building and several satellite locations, the agency got …

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by Dana Kampa
June 24, 2020

House passes border control measures

New border control measures aimed at giving the Virgin Islands more information about who is coming to the territory before they arrive passed the House of Assembly on June 16. …

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by Dana Kampa
May 13, 2020

Looking ahead in sports

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley spoke to the Beacon on Tuesday about the fate of sports in the territory admist the Covid-19 pandemic.   When …

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April 24, 2020

$2 million fishing, farming stimulus moves ahead

Government recently sent out a call for farmers and fishers in the territory, and they answered, according to Education, Culture Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. …

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by Dana Kampa
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 …

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by Dana Kampa
March 6, 2020

2019 festival report promised soon

A detailed report on the government’s spending on last year’s festivals is written, but Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley told the House of …

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by Dana Kampa
March 6, 2020

Government to crack down on illegal fishing

The Virgin Islands includes more than 87,000 square kilometres of marine space, and government leaders are urging people who draw on its resources to take better care of it. “As …

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by Dana Kampa
June 13, 2019

Rymer sworn in as deputy premier

Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer will succeed Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley as deputy premier under the new government’s rotating deputy premier system. “If ever there was an individual …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
June 11, 2019

Government to reopen scholarship programme

The Virgin Islands scholarship programme is once again open for applications, Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced Monday in the House of Assembly. The majority of the scholarships will …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 26, 2019

Four contractors to refit Elmore Stoutt High School

Four construction companies will each refurbish one floor of the L-shaped building at Elmore Stoutt High School — which has gone unused for nearly two years after being gutted by …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
February 7, 2019

VIP’s John Samuel, Arlene Smith-Thompson launch in D-3 and D-6

Water issues and tourism were at the forefront of the agendas of the two Virgin Islands Party candidates who launched their campaigns over the past week: John Samuel in District …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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