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UPDATE: 60 bales of cocaine seized following boat chase- RVIPF
EAST END, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said the joint operation between the US Virgin Islands and local authorities last night, March 5, 2024, has resulted in the most substantial sea seizure to date, as some 60 bales of cocaine were seized.
Male reportedly injured in East End shooting
EAST END, Tortola, VI - Police in the Virgin Islands (VI) have confirmed a shooting in the East End area of Tortola, shortly before 8:00 pm, tonight January 12, 2024.
W&SD alerts customers in Belle Vue & EE areas of ‘discoloured’ tap water
EAST END, Tortola, VI- The Water and Sewerage Department is advising its customers between Belle Vue and East End that they may be experiencing discoloured water as a result of ongoing maintenance repairs and sedimentation build-up.
Leslie F. Malone ‘rolling in grave’ over 2023 EE/LL emancipation festival– Hon Penn
EAST END, Tortola, VI – Eight District representative in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has voiced his disappointment in the emancipation celebrations of the East End/Long Look community for the 2023 year.
EE/LL Cultural Experience underway @ Greenland Field
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Anyone wishing to get a strong feel of the Virgin Islands' culture during this Emancipation Festival can look no further than East End/Long Look and Carrot Bay.
Revellers gyrate their way to Long Bay, Beef Island in EE Rise & Shine
EAST END, Tortola, VI- The highly anticipated Rise and Shine in East End on Tortola this morning, August 9, 2023, drew hundreds of revellers who gyrated their way to Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and some even daringly took a plunge off the bridge before reaching Long Bay beach on Beef Island.
UPDATE: 3 arrested, drugs & firearm seized, 2 boats detained following EE boat chase
EAST END, Tortola, VI- A quantity of suspected illegal drugs and a firearm have been recovered and three persons have been arrested in the Police Marine Unit-led operation in waters off East End yesterday evening, July 19, 2023, a story first reported by our news centre.
One injured in lone vehicle accident in East End
EAST END, Tortola, VI- A lone vehicle accident in East End, Tortola on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 2023, resulted in at least one person being injured.
Road Town, Purcell Estate & East End declared 'mosquito hotspots’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Residents in the Virgin Islands (VI) are being called upon to do what it takes to reduce all local mosquito breeding sites, as the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season gets underway in the VI.
UPDATE: Yan Edwards is man killed in EE
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Aware that next of kin has been informed, Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) can disclose that the man gunned down at a bar in East End has been identified as Yan Edwards.