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Nov 14, 2024 | 
androidpolice.com | Jay Bonggolto |Timi Cantisano |Troy Fleming |Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
Are you using a screen protector on your phone? Yes, a glass screen protector. 47%, 1545 votes Yes, a plastic screen protector. 15%, 503 votes I used to, but not anymore. 19%, 624 votes No, I've never used screen protectors. 17%, 551 votes Something else (leave a comment). 2%, 44 votes Total Votes: 3267
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
In 1991, it was very expensive to call the Virgin Islands from Jamaica. The price was well worth it for the family of Clive Ferdinand Watson, who would call him every Friday. Mr. Watson’s daughter, Natalie Reid, was 15 at the time, and in July of that year she was preparing for her CXC exams. During one of their weekly phone calls, she told him that she’d been accepted into her class of choice, and he listened to her request for tuition assistance.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
A new record for cruise passenger arrivals is expected this year, and 2024 is looking to be even more promising for the industry, according to officials from the BVI Ports Authority and the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park. The previous record of 699,105 was set in 2016, the year the pier park was completed. “After 2016, we obviously had Irma, we had Covid-19, so we never built back to these arrival numbers,” said Natasha Chalwell, marketing director of the BVI Ports Authority.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
To assess the territory’s interest in using satellite technology for communication services, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission last week invited the public to give feedback via a survey that is accessible until Jan. 11. “Your responses will help us identify key factors driving interest in satellite services, preferred types of services, and potential concerns,” the survey states.
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Dec 23, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
Courts, pensions, resources for the opposition, roadworks and other infrastructure, healthcare, the airport expansion project, housing costs and more were debated for nearly two days before the House of Assembly passed an amended budget on Tuesday night.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
Last Thursday during a back- bench business debate in the United Kingdom House of Commons, some UK parliamentarians criticised overseas territories for not establishing public registers of beneficial ownership this year as they had previously promised.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
Last week, Virgin Atlantic announced that it had flown the world’s first commercial plane fully powered by “sustainable aviation fuel” from London to New York. But critics described the flight as “greenwashing,” and the company now faces a formal complaint over its claims of moving towards net-zero emissions goals. Virgin Atlantic’s Flight 100 took off on Nov.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
The Constitutional Review Commission has completed and submitted its final report, which will soon go to Cabinet and then be tabled in the House of Assembly for debate, according to Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. “The document will then be available for public review, which will inform the next steps, including the establishment of a negotiating team,” Dr. Wheatley said in a Friday press release. The report — which was provided to Dr. Wheatley and Governor John Rankin on Nov.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
Nearly 50 people from 15 companies around the world attended a pre-tender meeting to discuss a planned business case for the proposed expansion of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. Held Tuesday morning via Zoom, the meeting offered interested companies a chance to ask questions about government’s request for proposals for the business case, which will be designed to help decide the way forward for the long-delayed project.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
bvibeacon.com | Zarrin Tasnim Ahmed
Next year the government hopes to relaunch the National Business Bureau, which hasn’t been operational since 2019, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said last week in his budget address. “In this budget, we will see a work management system that will assist us in managing our labour force and ensure that opportunities are there for nationals to have the dignity of a job,” Dr. Wheatley said.
