It had been over a year since I’d last travelled to the United States. I normally make the trip twice a year, and I’d never missed Christmas in my home …
April 22, 2021
November 27, 2020
CEO explains quarantine tracking tech
When the Jamaica-based Amber Group began to develop software to provide solutions to Covid-19 problems in its home country, it started with a “lightweight” module, founder and CEO Dushyant Savadia …
October 22, 2020
Amid questions, tourism industry prepares for reopening
With a new tourism season set to start on Dec. 1, hotels are outfitting rooms, boats are getting back on the water, restaurants are stocking up, and many other businesses …
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October 18, 2020
Stakeholders debate bubble tourism, quarantine rules
During a series of closed-door stakeholder meetings hosted by the BVI Tourist Board over the past week, business owners in the tourism sectors of small hotels, transportation and tour operations …
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July 24, 2020
Jost Van Dyke is under full lockdown
Three days after learning that a former Jost Van Dyke resident tested positive for Covid-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, government announced on Tuesday morning that JVD would be …
June 25, 2020
Willock firm gets government security contract
The House of Assembly on Monday granted permission for a firm linked to Speaker of the House Julian Willock to provide security services at an hourly rate of $18 in …
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June 25, 2020
Work-permit holders to foot quarantine bills
Government is dishing out $2.4 million to contract quarantine facilities for returning nationals and permanent residents until Sept. 14, but work-permit holders will have to pay for their own quarantine …
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May 29, 2020
With no known Covid cases, opening speeds up
In recent weeks, Martin and Lucy Whitrod, a father and daughter who own and manage Beans Coffee Shop in the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, had been offering only …
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April 17, 2020
Woman hospitalised after positive Covid-19 result
A woman has been isolated in the Dr. Orlando Smith Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 locally, and seven of her “primary contacts” have been quarantined in another location, Deputy …
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April 17, 2020
‘After 10 days of symptoms, I tested negative for Covid-19’
Government officials announced the first two confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, March 25, just as Beacon journalists were completing our final edits for that week’s …
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April 14, 2020
Residents get creative, stay social online
Christian MacDonald is showing residents how to build cocktails without professional equipment, and he’s doing it 100 percent remotely. “I decided that since there’s no work to be had, I …
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April 9, 2020
As stores swarmed, lockdown strategy debated
Crowds swarmed grocery stores and other businesses late last week to prepare for a 14-day lockdown in the territory, sparking heated criticism and raising questions about the government’s unusual system …
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April 3, 2020
Expert: Current curfew is probably not enough
A six-day, 24-hour lockdown of the territory began Friday night after officials announced the first two confirmed cases of COVID- 19 in the territory, but even with an additional two-week …
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April 3, 2020
New laws rushed through HOA to help with coronavirus response
During a Friday sitting at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duffs Bottom, the House of Assembly rushed through two laws that legislators said will help the territory respond to …
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March 24, 2020
Quarantined: Business editor recounts journey back to VI
When I left the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, March 11 for a short trip to Austin, Texas, things seemed mostly like business as usual. A brief COVID-19 scare in the …
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February 6, 2020
VI prepares for coronavirus strain
Authorities at seaports, airports and health facilities are taking precautions in case the dangerous new strand of coronavirus arrives in the territory amid an outbreak that originated in China, Deputy …
