A descendent of the manumitted Long Look Free People has received a top academic rank at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.  Derrick Gordon was recently named full professor in the ...

One hundred and two people received certificates naming them belongers during a ceremony held on July 16 at the Eileene L.

Christmas joy came early as more than 7,000 revellers rocked up on the beach on Saturday at Pond Bay, Virgin Gorda.

A 30-year-old man is facing charges after police in the Fat Hogs Bay area found him with a loaded gun shortly after midnight on July 21, according to the Police Information Office. Tiejie Henley, of ...

In the Sir Olva Georges Plaza on Sunday afternoon, Tourism and Culture Junior Minister Luce Hodge-Smith read out 47 names as a line of people approached a wreath one by one.  Each person added a ...

For the second time this year, a man was shot and killed in the territory. Kai de Castro, a former teacher who owned the Main ...

Despite political upheaval and new leadership in London, Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said during a Friday press ...

The Virgin Islands government invested about $2.5 million with a Jamaican private-equity firm that is now facing criminal ...

Publishing schedule The Beacon will not publish a print edition next week because of the August Emancipation Festival public holidays Monday through Wednesday. Advertising and editorial deadlines will ...

In this series of commentaries, I am re-examining Mabel Wagner’s book Lest I Forget: The Wagner Family, Pioneers of Trellis Bay, Beef Island, BVI. One of my aims is to show that her husband Wladek Wag ...

The 2026 August Emancipation Festival is off to a great start. The annual torchlight procession, which passed through Road Town on July 27 ahead of the official opening ceremony, has rightly become ...

Ten players will represent the Virgin Islands at the 46th Chess Olympiad from Sept. 15-28 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, according to the BVI Chess Federation. The group, which was announced last Monday on ...