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April 16th, 2025
VG gets facelift for Easter festivities

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- As Virgin Gorda prepares to receive an influx of visitors for the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival beginning this weekend, the sister island has received a much-welcomed facelift.

December 19th, 2024
District 9 cleanup moves to Handsome Bay

HANDSOME BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has invited members of the community to come out and support this month’s cleanup at Handsome Bay.

October 9th, 2024
‘Shut the country down’ once a month to clean up- Sharon P. Flax-Brutus

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Former Director of Tourism Sharon P. Flax-Brutus has suggested that the Virgin Islands takes the example of Rwanda to ensure the territory remains a clean and tidy tourist destination.

October 1st, 2024
Remove all unauthorised items from Vinomar site by Oct 18- BVIPA

FREE BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (BVIPA) is notifying the public that all containers, chassis, and any other items at the Vinomar Site, adjacent to Qwomar Trading Ltd, should be removed by October 18, 2024.

March 27th, 2024
Ellis Thomas Downs gets partial cleanup; Still no decision on August races

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- The only horse race track in the Territory, Ellis Thomas Downs located in Sea Cows Bay on the main island of Tortola, has gotten a partial cleanup.

March 27th, 2024
Rotary Club of Central Tortola engages in mangrove cleanup & planting @ Slaney

SLANEY POINT, Tortola, VI- More than 50 red mangrove seedlings were planted and several bags of debris were cleared when the Rotary Club of Central Tortola teamed up with the Centre for Applied Marine Studies at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) for a mangrove cleanup and planting initiative at Slaney Point on Tortola on Saturday, March 23, 2024.

December 16th, 2023
VI derelict vehicle cleanup continues for export to Colombia

SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI – In an effort to further clean up the territory, the Department of Waste Management in the Virgin Islands (VI) is continuing efforts to remove derelict vehicles and other scrap metals from across the Virgin Islands.

June 29th, 2022
Sargassum seaweed being cleared from mangroves around Slaney Point

SLANEY POINT, Tortola, VI- The public is being notified that remedial works are currently being done in the vicinity of Slaney Point to clear Sargassum seaweed in the Mangrove Cay.

December 5th, 2021
'No Derelicts Left Behind' campaign actively underway

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Manager of the Department of Waste Management, Mr Neville Allen said that a significant amount of derelicts have been removed since the launch of the “No Derelicts Left Behind” campaign.

November 22nd, 2021
Power of unity! Residents mobilise to cleanup Brady Ghut community

BRADY GHUT, Tortola, VI- Demonstrating what is possible when people unite under one purpose, residents of the Brady Ghut and Fat Hogs Bay communities, along with other persons, did an excellent job of sprucing up the Brady Ghut community through a well attended cleanup exercise on Saturday, November 20, 2021.

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