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Fire guts 2 rooms of Long Bush home
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- Fire broke out at a 2-storey home in Long Bush, Tortola, this afternoon, September 1, 2020, damaging 2 bedrooms of the property before Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services arrived and, with help from members of the public, quickly extinguished it.
Lone gunman robs barber; gun-butts client
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- A barber was robbed of cash and other possessions while his client was gun-butted at a barber shop in Long Bush on August 10, 2020, according to reports reaching our newsroom.
Armed Robbery attempt @ Long Bush Food Stand; man beaten
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI – Two armed men, wearing black ‘hoodies,’ attempted to rob Stones Jerk Stand, in Long Bush on the main island of Tortola, this morning June 30, 2018, sometime between 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM.
Man nabbed with cocaine & marijuana in Long Bush
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Our senior sources in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have confirmed that a man was taken into custody on the night of December 12, 2017 for allegedly having in his possession a quantity of cocaine and Marijuana.
UPDATE: Lone gunman robbed Long Bush Superette- Police
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- The robbery on Billy’s Superette in Long Bush last evening, December 15, 2016 was committed by a lone gunman, police have stated.
Concrete ceiling collapses on Long Bush family
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI - A Long Bush family had a horrific near death experience yesterday afternoon, August 27, 2016 when large amounts of the concrete ceiling of their apartment came crashing down.
'Eileen Baronville' expresses frustration with water shortage in Long Bush
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A Long Bush resident has taken to the airwaves to complain about the lack of water in her community and vowed not to relent until the service was fully restored.
'Let's take 4th District to a whole new level'- 'Roxie' Romney
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidate for District Four JoAnn ‘Roxie’ Romney yesterday May 10, 2015 kicked her campaign into high gear with an appeal to the Latino community of the Virgin Islands for her election so that she could address the many ills that plague the district.
‘New hospital, cruise pier need BVIEC Phase 5’ – Ron R. Potter
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Board of Directors at the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Ron R. Potter said that without the Corporation’s Phase 5 Development Programme the territory cannot realise the promise of a new hospital, or capitalise on the benefits of the cruise pier and landside development.
Eric Casey gets more charges of assault & threatening language
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Long Bush resident, Eric Casey, was again brought up on charges of unlawful assault and threatening language when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on February 21, 2014.