CGB Beach 'should never be closed'- Bishop John I. Cline
Media Censorship?
Speaking about his newfound love for the environment and conservation, Bishop Cline said "I'm in Ecuador and just decided to log on to news and flashing across the headlines, Cane Garden Bay Beach, the premier beach of the British Virgin Islands, has been closed," Mr Cline noted on the October 1, 2019, edition of the My BVI radio show with host Angelle A. Cameron.
"I mean, who does that? Who tells the world that?... because we have not managed what we should, now we have to close our beaches. I think that was not done right, I think the government needs to find a different way of educating or alerting our people instead of plastering it all over social media and the world," he said.
On September 30, 2019, Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) had to appeal to residents and visitors to put their health first by staying away from the closed Cane Garden Bay Beach until an 'all-clear' is issued.
This was due to a high level of dangerous bacteria found in the water after samples were taken following the passage of Tropical Storm Karen on September 24, 2019.
Beach closure a symptom of something bigger?
"The world is watching," Mr Cline underscored in suggesting that the territory needs an environmental, marine and preservation policy to guide people and protect the territory's natural resources.
Turning his attention to a popular eco-island destination in Ecuador, Bishop Cline said, "The truth of the matter is, their waters are not more beautiful than ours, their waters are a little murkier... because of the population of marine life," he said in noting that much wildlife has virtually disappeared from CCB.
"All of these things we had [Birds & Marine life]... they [Equador] do everything to protect those marine lives," Mr Cline pointed out while vowing to spark conversations around wildlife preservation.
"Cane Garden Bay Beach should never be closed", he asserted while underscoring that the closure of the beach is a symptom of something bigger. Mr Cline reiterated he will be advocating for better care of the environment and pressuring policymakers to seriously look into the cause.
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I speak because I went to the restaurant at myetts, after going to the bathroom to wash my hands I almost fainted with the smell of the water coming from the tap> OMG what happen to the BVI.