Today

Sep 6, 2010

Facing Hurricane Earl in St.Thomas « Liveshots

ST THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands-- The wind did not just howl, as is often described, but was louder and more intense--a freight train of noise. Big, thunderous, ascending.
It was Monday night when Earl, then a Category 4 hurricane, neared the Carribean island of St. Thomas-- the small American territory, just 75 miles East of Puerto Rico. I had never covered a ...

British Red Cross supports hurricane victims, Sep 06, 2010

The British Red Cross has mobilised volunteers in the Caribbean as hurricane season begins.
Workers from its overseas branches were able to respond quickly to Hurricane Earl when it hit earlier this week due to early forecasts and preparation.
The catego

British Virgin Islands, Corporate/Company Law, Point Taken: ECSC Court of Appeal Hands Down Landmark Insolvency Ruling

The recent Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal decision in Trade and Commerce Bank v. Island Point Properties S.A. has important implications for insolvency law within the British Virgin Islands, as well as for other jurisdictions which share a similar statutory framework to the BVI's Insolvency Act 2003 (the "Act").

Is Offshore Investing For You? - 06/09/2010

A recent episode of Dragon's Den showed a complicated corporate group situation headed by a company based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Much has been made of the frosty atmosphere between the chairs of two adjacent Dragons over a difference of opinion on matters of non-UK domicile, so throwing offshore companies into the Den could be considered incendiary.

Hundreds brave weather for belly boarding championships (From This is The West Country)

By James Toseland - Truro Packet »

Over 200 competitors braved lashing rain and stormy seas to enter the eight annual World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on Sunday.

Early Earl messing with us, headed westerly

Eat, Pray, Love - Telegraph

Link to this video

Oil Nut Bay at the British Virgin Islands

Is Caribbean real estate on the upswing once again? There appear to be signs that investors are willing to bring their money back to paradise. Oil Nut Bay is a luxury resort community on a private peninsula on the eastern tip of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands that is under construction. A beach villa model home (the "Jewel Box") recently made its debut and the Beach Club is slated to open....

Hurricane Earl Rips Through the Islands, British Virgin Islands

An angry hurricane named Earl, accompanied by three reported earthquakes that rocked Dominica and turned the sky yellow, spun through the Leeward Islands with over 135-mile-an hour winds and driving rainstorms that uprooted big trees, ripped roofs off houses, upended boats, caused power outages and flooded low lying areas of all the islands in its path.