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May 17th, 2022
2 taken to hospital after boat ran ashore @ Peter Island

PETER ISLAND, VI- At least 2 persons were taken to hospital after a powerboat beached at Peter Island on May 7, 2022.

July 19th, 2021
Seabourn Odyssey to call to VI on July 21 & 29, 2021

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Although passengers will not be permitted ashore, passenger cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey will make a call to the Virgin Islands on July 21, 2021, and then on July 29, 2021.

November 15th, 2018
Plans for Norman Island transformation taking shape

NORMAN ISLAND, VI - Plans which would see Norman Island in the Virgin Islands (VI), transformed from an island with merely two small beach front restaurants to having a full-fledged resort is beginning to take shape.

November 12th, 2018
Out! 'Willy T' must leave Peter Island Harbour by December 30, 2018

PETER ISLAND, VI - Months after William Thornton aka ‘Willy T’—a floating restaurant and bar—owned by Ms Heather L. Anderson, a belonger of the Virgin Islands, with her husband Ewan C. Anderson, who manage the business was forced from ‘The Bight,’ off Norman Island, they will have to move again.

May 31st, 2018
Willy T hoping to open this weekend; still dealing with bureaucracy

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It was the pressure of the public, civil society and the media that forced the National Democratic Party (NDP) regime to hold a meeting on May 14, 2018 with the owners of the famous William Thornton aka ‘Willy T’, a floating restaurant and bar, owned by Mrs Heather L. Anderson, a belonger of the Virgin Islands while her husband Ewan C. Anderson manages the business.

May 15th, 2018
Finally! Willy T has a home after being chased out by Gov't

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was the pressure of the public, civil society and the media that forced the National Democratic Party (NDP) regime to hold a meeting yesterday May 14, 2018 with the owners of the famous William Thornton aka ‘Willy T’, a floating restaurant and bar, owned by Mrs Heather L. Anderson, a belonger of the Virgin Islands. Her husband Ewan C. Anderson is the manager of the business.

January 9th, 2017
Local family allegedly chased off Peter Island beach

PETER ISLAND, VI – Free access to beaches on private islands continues to be a painful situation for some locals as recently a Jost Van Dyke family was denied access to a certain beach area on Peter Island and early December another family was denied transportation to that same island and Scrub Island to use the beach.

July 16th, 2016
UPDATE: RVPIF confirms discovery of human leg on Peter Island

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed our first and accurate story on July 15, 2016 about a human leg discovered on Peter Island.

May 26th, 2016
UPDATE: 5 illegal immigrants repatriated - Ian B. Penn

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Acting Chief Immigration Officer Ian B. Penn has confirmed that the five persons who landed on Peter Island illegally on Monday May 23, 2016 were repatriated from the territory back to their homeland on Tuesday May 24, 2016.

February 18th, 2016
Woman injured by catamaran propeller @ Peter Island

PETER ISLAND, Tortola, VI - Coordinator of the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) John P. Aspinal has confirmed that a woman was cut by a propeller of a catamaran off Peter Island today February 18, 2016.

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