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July 15, 2024

Government urged to boost land-based visits

The Virgin Islands is being left behind by tourism rivals like St. Thomas due to government complacency, opposition member Myron Walywn warned recently in the House of Assembly. To tackle …

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by Shaun Connolly
June 22, 2024

Wreck Week held on land and sea

On the morning of June 16, five scuba divers rolled off a boat near Jost Van Dyke and disappeared into the ocean. It was the first day of Wreck Week, …

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by Rushton Skinner
September 29, 2023

Waste boss visits incinerator company

As part of efforts to repair the incinerator in Pockwood Pond by the end of the year, officials from the Department of Waste Management recently visited the plant’s manufacturer in …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Consutech
May 14, 2021

EDITORIAL: The waste strategy is great, but it must be followed

The territory’s outdated waste disposal system is nothing short of a national crisis, and it is endangering residents’ health and degrading the environment. We are therefore glad that the government …

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by BVI Beacon
January 30, 2020

Government working to fire up incinerator

Fires have been burning at Pockwood Pond over the past week, some intentional and some not. The incinerator was fired up again on Friday after more than a year, and …

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by Dana Kampa
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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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Pockwood Pond
February 28, 2018

Stop backyard burning, says health officer

While backyard burning became widespread immediately after Hurricane Irma because of the excess garbage created by the storm and a limited collection system, the government wants residents to know that …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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