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Jan 9, 2025 · The first Speech from the Throne in two years emphasised the elected government’s determination to push ahead with the six broad goals laid out in the territory’s National Sustainable Development Plan. Read to the House of Assembly on Tuesday by Governor Daniel Pruce, the hour-long address outlining the government’s legislative agenda stressed the aims of

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.

Sep 26, 2024 · Officials said a new online entry system will cut wait times at ports of entry by allowing travellers to submit their details before arrival. Above, passengers disembark from an American Eagle flight last year at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport.

May 12, 2022 · Governor John Rankin has instructed Police Commissioner Mark Collins to launch several criminal investigations recommended by the recently published Commission of Inquiry report. The investigations will probe four areas, Mr. Rankin announced on May 12: - allegations that the Premier’s Office obstructed investigations by the director of the Internal Audit Department into Covid-19 assistance ...

Jan 13, 2025 · The team of birders piled into a truck on Anegada on Monday to make the usual route around the island for the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Led by Nancy Pascoe, the deputy director for science, research and environmental policy at the National Parks Trust, the team spotted 35 species and a total

Oct 10, 2024 · Nine days after a Sept. 28 fight at Cane Garden Bay, police broke their silence on the incident this week and refuted online reports that a stabbing had occurred. “At approximately 7:21 p.m. on said date, the [police] received a report of an altercation in front of a local business at Cane Garden Bay,” according

Rescuers from Virgin Islands Search and Rescue joined marine protection crews from Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands for a two-week search-and-rescue training programme …

Jan 2, 2025 · The House of Assembly passed the 2025 budget with amendments on Dec. 19 after a lengthy debate over two days that touched on the economy, infrastructure, healthcare, the minimum wage and many other topics. With a one-hour time limit per member imposed by Speaker of the House Corine George-Massicote, 11 HOA members contributed to the

Jan 20, 2025 · Passengers disembark from the ferry at the Road Town Ferry Terminal on Tuesday. On Jan. 1, government launched an online system designed to replace paper entry forms, but the delayed rollout has been bumpy so far.