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Tales from Tortola Pt 2
Thomas C. Famous
If one were feeling adventurous they would jump into the water on south shore Bermuda, point their compass due south and head out to open sea.
Hard copies of 'The Irma Diaries' are here
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The long-anticipated wait for the arrival of 'The Irma Diaries: Compelling Survivor Stories from The Virgin Islands' is finally over. The first 500 printed copies arrived on island today, Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Angela Burnett Penn
She has a genuine love for the Virgin Islands and the preservation of it and has dedicated her youthful energies towards promoting sustainable and progressive communities that balance environmental, social and economic goals and that are resilient to climate change.
HoA passes $10 Environmental Tax for visitors to VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Last week legislators passed another tax bill, this time aimed at visitors and tourists to the Virgin Islands (UK).
Caribbean, Mexico fighting sargassum with heavy-duty machines
TRAVEL WEEKLY
Two companies, one U.S.-based and the other French, recently found themselves in the front lines in the battle to rid beaches of sargassum, the stinky, brown, ugly masses of floating seaweed that are carpeting the shorelines of popular destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
‘Greenhouses to produce food by year end!’ – Hon Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering said despite the criticisms of the greenhouse project, it is intended that they see the production of food by the end of this year.
Government working “diligently” to establish climate change fund
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Hon. Dr Kedrick Pickering, has revealed that Government is now working diligently towards the establishment of a climate change fund.
VI to access "Climate Change Funds"
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - By adopting the policy on climate change implemented by a group of local Environmental Officers, the Virgin Islands (VI) is said to be the first in the Caribbean to adopt such a strategy which will then make available vast funds provided by the European Union (EU) that is limited only to countries who have in place a policy on climate change.
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