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The BVI Beacon newspaper in Road Town, British Virgin Islands, publishes a weekly print edition as well as daily online news at bvibeacon.com. It focuses on local news, and also covers regional and international news of interest to this British overseas territory in the Caribbean.
About Us - The BVI Beacon
Dec 18, 2017 · The BVI Beacon. The BVI Beacon is a weekly newspaper founded in 1984 and published on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.. The first Beacon, a 12-page edition published on June 7, 1984, was produced by founders Linnell M. Abbott and her niece, Michelle Abbott, in a small house at 67 Main Street, later the location of the Dove Restaurant.
EU funds boat to help protect Virgin Islands waters
Oct 17, 2024 · A new boat funded by the European Union will help protect Virgin Islands waters from illegal fishing, pollution and other damaging practices, government announced. The Vigilate, which was christened during an Oct. 11 ceremony, was purchased through a grant from the EU’s regional Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine …
$600k ‘vending zone’ coming to Long Bay, Beef Island
Oct 18, 2024 · A $600,000 “vending zone” and $133,000 worth of environmental restoration are the latest works planned for Long Bay at Beef Island as government continues implementing its beach management plan for the area. The vending zone, which is expected to be fully operational at the start of next tourism season, will feature three restaurants and bars
In first, medical school coming - The BVI Beacon
Oct 18, 2024 · In a move the government hopes will boost the economy and expand educational opportunities in the Virgin Islands, the territory’s first medical school is set to open next August after years of delays. Ponce Health Sciences University, which has campuses in Puerto Rico and Missouri, announced Friday that the PHSU School of Medicine in Tortola
Opposition pushes protest to oust government - The BVI Beacon
Oct 17, 2024 · Opposition Leader Ronnie Skelton has called for a mass show of public support tomorrow morning at the House of Assembly to back a motion of no confidence in the government. “We want the whole country to come down to the House of Assembly on Friday,” Mr. Skelton told the Beacon. “All those people who are
Andrew Fahie sentenced to 11 years in prison - The BVI Beacon
Aug 5, 2024 · MIAMI, Florida – Former premier Andrew Fahie sat expressionless in a Miami courtroom this afternoon as a federal judge sentenced him to a little over 11 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle cocaine through Virgin Islands waters and into the United States. The 135-month sentence followed a roughly two-hour hearing where United States District
Virgin Islands represented at major PAHO meeting
Oct 15, 2024 · Climate change, epidemic-warning systems, pooled procurement, tobacco control and chronic diseases were on the agenda last week when Health and Social Development Minister Vincent Wheatley led a Virgin Islands delegation to the 61st Pan-American Health Organisation Directing Council in Washington DC. The five-day event, which started Sept. 30 and wrapped up on Friday, drew high-level
Virgin Islands flooded again - The BVI Beacon
Nov 15, 2024 · Cars floated away, homes and businesses flooded, and roadways crumbled early Monday morning during the latest in a series of flash floods that have plagued the territory this year. “It was different: This one, we saw a lot of cars that were moved and slid and went into ditches, hit other cars, created major hazards
14 public schools aim to get ‘SMART’ - The BVI Beacon
Oct 15, 2024 · Currently, private schools dominate the list of eight Virgin Islands schools that have earned the internationally recognised designations of “Safe” or “SMART.” But that may change soon. With the help of a $1.3 million grant previously secured from the European Union, the government hopes to add 14 public schools to the list starting next month.