News from the British Virgin Islands February 20-21, 2010

PR Web (press release)

SailWithTerry Announces They Have Joined Island Birds Air Charter to Offer the ...
PR Web (press release)
... has teamed up with Island Bird Charters offering seamless jet connections from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Beef Island, Tortola, BVI. ...










Spicy Caribbean Gumbo — Notes from the Caribbean Sugar Apple
By abigail
I was the lucky recipient of two boxes of local produce last week, one from Virgin Gorda and one from Tortola. The boxes were full of bell peppers, scotch bonnets, eggplants (young, tender, not a trace of bitterness), cucumbers, basil, ...

SKNVibes.com

Farmers contribution recognised during Farmers' Week 2010
SKNVibes.com
Road Town, Tortola - Twenty participating farmers throughout the Territory received recognition for their work during the recently observed Farmers' Week ...






Chef Pugliese Partners with Certified Angus Beef ® Brand at Food Network South ...
Platinum News Online
17, 2010 - Davide Pugliese, owner and executive chef of Brandywine Bay in Tortola, BVI, will join culinary forces with the Certified Angus Beef ® brand at ...


How to get to the BVI
By Deanna Keahey
The largest island in the British Virgin Islands is Tortola, and the capital, Roadtown, is on this island. If you're doing a sailing vacation in the BVI, chances are that it starts somewhere on Tortola. The largest island in the USVI is ...


BVI. Your Travelguide for British Virgin Islands
Christopher Columbus is said to have named Tortola after a bird he saw upon arriving, the turtledove. We don't want to quibble, but it probably wasn't a turtledove he saw, but a relative of the mourning dove.


Fantastic BVI pictures on this blog!
Champagne Vacation on a Beer Budget – British Virgin Islands | The ...
By Matt
With 3 other couples, we were able to charter a 42 foot sailing catamaran from Conch Charters in Road Town, Tortola, BVI. I figured this would be a fun vacation, but I had no idea how much fun sailing would be. I can't imagine a better ...

Caribbean Net News

BVI disaster management department expands emergency warning system
Caribbean Net News
TORTOLA, BVI -- The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is expanding the British Virgin Islands' early warning system by installing warning devices ...




Road Traffic Regulations to be enforced on March 1
BVI News Online
BY Admin-BVI The Ministry of Communications and Works is informing the public that beginning March 1, 2010 the Road Traffic Regulation 2009 will be enforced ...


Special report: Could Haiti happen here? – BVI Beacon | The ...
By disaster preparation - Google News
Special report: Could Haiti happen here?BVI BeaconThe governor has responsibility for disaster preparation and response while the premier deals with disaster mitigation and recovery, she added. ...and more »


Super Yacht Blogger: Go Faster around the British Virgin Islands
By Super Yacht Blogger
Go Faster around the British Virgin Islands. The British Virgin Islands from Peter Island. War Horse is a super speedy charter yacht based in the BVI. One of the more unusual ways of seeing the British Virgin Islands is from the cockpit ...


Round the islands race, in the sunshine
Cowes Online
Nanny Cay marina in the British Virgin Islands is inviting yachts to take on the challenge of breaking the Round Tortola Record. It's an all-comer, ...


Donald E. Welsh, a Creator of Magazines, Dies at 66
New York Times
6 in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands. He was 66 and lived in Boston Corner, NY The cause was drowning, his wife, Bourne F. Welsh, said. ...


"No stones were unturned" - Fraser regarding BiWater contract
BVI News Online
Government signed a contract with Bi-Water SA to improve the water situation on Tortola and to rehabilitate the Road Town and Long Look sewerage systems ...


Wind and Sail: San Juan, Puerto Rico
By j-bone
I know it only takes two seconds but the team and myself are travelling to St. Croix this weekend and it is a logistical nightmare trying to get 6 kids, and 6 boats with all the rigging, and myself over from Tortola, via private yachts. ...


US marketing firm sues Tourist Board
BVI Beacon
The territory's former United States marketing and press relations firm has sued the BVI Tourist Board for breach of contract, claiming more than $1.2 ...


New Peebles Hospital will meet international standards - officials
BVI News Online
As a result, Inter-Health Canada is expected to collaborate with the BVI Health Services and key health stakeholders. In addition, Inter-Health Canada where ...


Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Newspaper, A Pulitzer Prize Winning ...
DeJongh wants BVI to modify strict new charter boat law ... 3 letter to BVI Premier Ralph O'Neal, deJongh asked the BVI government to delay the ...


Funny tales of the Virgin Islands: Introducing Country Bumpkin the farmer
BVI News Online
Ballast Bay is a rural hamlet on the idyllic Caribbean Island of Tortola; it is another heavenly morning: the calm blue seas of the Bay teem with marine ...


Amazon.com: Epistolary Books for Fun Reading
A Listmania! list by Dear Miss Mermaid "Dear Miss Mermaid" (Virgin Islands, Caribbean). The list author says: "Epistolary: written in the form of or carried ...