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UPDATE: Fatal accident victim identified as Junior Williams
WEST END, Tortola, VI- The man who was killed in an accident near Cox Heath in West End yesterday, September 4, 2015, has been identified as Mr Junior Williams who worked as a bartender at Pirates Bight on Norman Island.
Driver misjudges road edge; topples over in WE
WEST END, Tortola, VI – A driver today February 10, 2015 misjudged the edge of the Frenchman’s Cay bridge in West End and the vehicle toppled over the side as a result.
Quick response by neighbour saves car from fire in WE
WEST END, Tortola, VI - It was said to have been the quick response of a neighbour that averted what could have been a fire that could have completely destroyed a vehicle at Belmont, West End (WE) Tortola earlier tonight January 29, 2015.
UPDATE: Police & Customs seek occupant of abandoned boat
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and Her Majesty’s Customs are looking for a man who ran a boat aground in Freshwater Pond area in West End, Tortola last night November 10, 2014 and fled the scene to escape being detained as firstly reported by this news site.
JVD man caught with illegal firearm
WEST END, Tortola, VI - A Jost Van Dyke (JVD) man who is said to be no stranger to the courts was yesterday morning August 22, 2014 caught with an illegal firearm and taken into custody by officers on duty at the Sopher's Hole, West End, Ferry Dock.
Children receive school supplies @ West End Back to School Fair
WEST END, Tortola, VI – The West End Community Centre held its 2nd annual Back to School Fair at the Benjamin Romney Park in West End, for children from communities in the area yesterday August 17, 2014 at the end of which they all received school supplies.
UPDATE: ‘My parents weren’t trapped!’ - Reginald Hodge
WEST END, Tortola, VI – Being very upbeat that his parents are alive, well and unhurt having withstood the ordeal of losing their home to a mid-day fire yesterday July 2, 2014, son of Mr and Mrs Hodge, Reginald Hodge said that his parents were not trapped at the time the fire broke out.
Vehicle runs overboard
WEST END, Tortola, VI – A sport utility vehicle today April 27, 2014 ran overboard in West End after the driver apparently lost control of it.
West End & VG ports dev. not on front burner – Claude O. Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Continuous calls have been made to the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government and the BVI Port Authority (BVIPA) to have the many challenges at ports across the Territory addressed yet there has been no redress and Managing Director of the BVIPA Mr Claude O. Skelton Cline said that two major Ports – the West End port on Tortola and Virgin Gorda – are not on the front burner.
Guyanese accused of failing to declare $13k
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Guyanese national Colin Sinclair, 51, was granted $60,000 bail signed with one surety when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on September 27, 2013 to answer to the charge of failing to declare monies over the sum of $10,000 to Her Majesty’s Customs (HMC).
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