One of the most important plants said to have been brought to the Virgin Islands by the ancient voyaging Indians is the breadfruit. This beautiful plant played a major role in colonizing the West Indies and was a key staple food. This plant is also an important source of wood, craft materials, and medicines. Today few of […]
By Meleni Khan and Nadine Edwards Picture this: a very young, vibrant and ambitious Dr. Heskith Vanterpool returning to the BVI from the United Kingdom with a degree in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology along with his wife, Mrs. Jean Vanterpool, their three children, and big dreams. His dream was to have a medical facility […]
by Angela Burns What makes a house a home? Others would say it’s that bond that links the owner or occupants to the material fabric. Whatever it is that makes your house your home, we fully endorse the team at Blinds & Tings on Tortola who promises to help you to truly make your place […]
by Cathy Richards When Delma Maduro got involved in Rotary in the Virgin Islands many years ago, she was the first female to become a member of the Rotary Club of Tortola, the mother club for the Rotary Club of Road Town, which later sponsored the Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town. At that time […]
By Z Golden After Hurricane Irma hit the British Virgin Islands, Valerie Rhymer and Beverly Martin put their heads together to find a way to help their community. They found the answer: provide affordable, durable, portable, and effective hurricane shutters that can withstand a high-caliber storm. They first heard the idea of Cat5 hurricane shutters […]
by Angela U. Burns INÑERE. In German, the word means interior. So yes, here we will focus on this budding interior design firm in the British Virgin Islands, whose CEO is Pamisha Wright. INÑERE’s vision is to create homes and spaces with an ambience of INÑERE joy and its mission is to provide elegantly superior […]
by Esther George “Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic, social and demographic conditions that spawned them have vanished, and they play such a role in directing attitudes and behavior that we cannot make sense of our world without […]
by Julian Putley ‘In a Gadda da Vida, Honey’… It’s the first line of that famous rock song of the 60s played and recorded by the band Iron Butterfly. Translated it means ‘In the Garden of Eden, Honey’ and unsurprisingly has been linked to Anegada. And for those who have visited this magical island, no-one […]
Old and new businesses are springing up all over the BVI post-Irma. In this time of renewal and rebirth, Nutmeg & Co. is a bit of both: the old AND the new. Born out of a partnership between Lisa Gray and Annie MacPhail, these ladies combined the best of their collective 25 years in retail […]
