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Customers complain about wet floors @ RiteWay Food Market in Pasea
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- For years, residents who shop at the RiteWay Food Market located in Pasea Estate have made complaints about the wet floors at the flagship store on the main island of Tortola.
Stray dogs allegedly killing farm animals on VG
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- It has long been reported on Virgin Gorda that aggressive stray dogs pose a danger to persons, especially children.
Overturned car on Johnson’s Ghut a danger- Resident
JOHNSON’S GHUT, Tortola, VI- It is unclear whether the car toppled whilst being driven or fell from a road above, but the presence of the overturned vehicle on the Johnson’s Ghut Road, on the main island of Tortola, for the past two days is causing some concern.
Purcell sewer manholes left open & unmarked for days
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom's roving cameras have observed for the past four to five days two sewer manholes left opened in the Purcell Estate area of Tortola.
UPDATE: Brandywine Bay ‘stovehole’ patched up
BRANDYWINE BAY, Tortola, VI- A day after this news site reported there was a pothole, or “stovehole” as some referred to it, so big on the road at Brandywine Bay, Tortola, that someone placed a whole stove in it to alert motorists of the danger, the hole has been patched up.
‘Several instances’ of generators feeding back into power lines- Henry O. Creque
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the influx of generators to the Virgin Islands (UK) after Hurricane Irma destroyed power lines, transformers and poles, leaving the territory without electricity on September 6, 2017, there has always been the concern of safety, especially the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and incorrectly connecting generators to homes and causing the power to feed back into the lines of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC).
Traffic lights near Red Cross Headquarters restored
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- What could be considered a relief to motorists, the traffic lights at the junction of Station Road and James Walter Francis Drive in Road Town, Tortola is back up and running after being destroyed by Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017.
Neglect & danger on Virgin Gorda Roads?
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI- A photo of a road that has been washed out, according to many residents, since the May 2017 rains, is now circulating on social media.
'Get serious with motor scooter riders' – Nelson C. 'Joe Jack' Hull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Guest of the weekly radio talk show Speak Out BVI, Mr Nelson C. Hull aka 'Joe Jack' believes it is time for the territory to get serious with motor scooter riders who are a danger to themselves and other people.
UPDATE: BVIEC working to fix broken electrical pole
EAST END, Tortola, VI - BVIEC's Deputy General Manager Mr Henry O. Creque minutes ago returned a call to this news site indicating that T&D Engineer Ms Symorne Penn has confirmed receiving the report of the broken and dangerously hanging pole at Little Dix Hill around 2:30 pm today March 5, 2014.