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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.
Peter Island rebirth hailed as big tourism boost - The BVI Beacon
Dec 30, 2024 · The reopening of Peter Island Resort shows that the tourism industry in the Virgin Islands is returning to its “former glory,” according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. The resort, which celebrated with a ceremony on Saturday, welcomed tourists back this month for the first time since it was ravaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria in
3 VIRGIN ISLANDS STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2024 NO. 59 BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004 (REVISED EDITION 2020) BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnerships (Beneficial Ownership)
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (Jan. 16, 2025) - The BVI Beacon
Jan 16, 2025 · Fake news No, the government is not handing out tax refunds worth $3,000, though readers probably saw a fake news report circulating online that suggested as much. Unfortunately for the Beacon, the fake news was posted on a fake copy of the Beacon’s website by a bad actor who used the false story to draw
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (Jan. 9, 2025) - The BVI Beacon
Jan 9, 2025 · ‘ED card’ When a Beaconite arrived at an American Airlines counter in the United States on Friday morning to check in for his return flight to Tortola, he received a surprise. The attendant told him he could not check in until he filled completed an online authorisation to enter the Virgin Islands. That’s when he
Local News - The BVI Beacon
The Virgin Islands and many other Caribbean states are unfairly deprived of development assistance because they are categorised as middle- or high-income jurisdictions, VI Special Envoy Benito Wheatley said during …
NOTICES (November 7, 2024) - The BVI Beacon
Nov 7, 2024 · Blew By You Ltd. A Business Company BVI Company Number: 2082886 (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204(1)(a)(i) of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) that the Company is in voluntary liquidation. The voluntary liquidation commenced on 29 October, 2024. The Liquidator is Mark DuBois of ABM Corporate Services,
COMMENTARY — West seen to be in decline - The BVI Beacon
Jan 16, 2025 · The global south is made up largely of former colonies of European empires. Today they are emerging economic and military powers. China leads the global south in a world that is heading towards multi-polarity. And as the south rises, the world order of the 1944 Bretton Woods monetary system, dollarisation and accompanying institutions is in
Cops probe video allegedly pushing violence - The BVI Beacon
Jan 9, 2025 · Police have been investigating a video circulating on social media that they said appeared to advocate violence as a form of political expression. They did not provide further details about the video, but Detective Chief Inspector Kenrick Davis believes its contents “may involve material that crosses the threshold for serious criminal offences,” according to a
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (Jan. 30, 2025) - The BVI Beacon
Jan 30, 2025 · Cleanup on aisle Waterfront Drive. For at least 18 months, the area between the children’s playground at Queen Elizabeth II Park and the apartment building to the east has been overgrown with all manner of forest growth, which has effectively made Waterfront Drive in the McNamara area not very “waterfront.”