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VISAR to receive new boat for VG branch
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the assistance of many supporters, the non-profit Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR), which serves the territory as a sea ambulance, coordinating search and rescue day and night, is expanding its fleet.
Active search for missing snorkeler Dennis Y. Enomoto ends
COOPER ISLAND, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has released the name of the snorkeler who went missing in waters near Cooper Island on Monday, October 25, 2021.
UPDATE: Canadian snorkeler still missing
COOPER ISLAND, VI– The snorkeler who went missing yesterday morning, October 25, 2021, off Cooper Island has not yet been found, despite searches conducted.
UPDATE:1 dead in boat accident; identified as Frandy Martin Jr
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - More information has emerged from the tragic boating accident that occurred last evening Saturday, October 16, 2021, around 6:30 PM and has so far claimed the life of one.
Catamaran hits rock & sinks off Beef Island
BEEF ISLAND, VI- A catamaran that had at least five persons on board sank off Beef Island after reportedly hitting a rock yesterday afternoon, June 21, 2021.
VISAR, TPP partnering on VI’s first ice-skating rink
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands, through VISAR in collaboration with the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park (TPP), will be introducing the territory’s first synthetic ice-skating rink for the 2020 holiday season, as part of a fundraising initiative.
UK national pronounced dead after pulled from waters near Norman Island
NORMAN ISLAND, VI – A man who was pulled from waters off Norman Island and later pronounced dead at Peebles Hospital on Sunday June 23, 2019 has been identified as United Kingdom national Oliver Wheatley, 27.
Man injured by boat propeller after falling overboard @ Peter Island
PETER ISLAND, VI- A man reportedly suffered severe cuts to his legs after falling off a party boat at Peter Island sometime after 5:00pm today, June 16, 2019.
Donovan & Ruscheinski dominate @ Swim the Sound
LEVERICK BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Some 61 contestants entered the annual Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) Swim and SUP the Sound on June 2, 2019, making it one of the most successful events since its inception in 2014.
VISAR/Police on lookout for missing swimmer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Search and Rescue, divers from Sail Caribbean Divers and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Marine Unit continued their search yesterday, April 8, 2019, for a missing male visitor who reportedly went swimming in the waters off Cooper Island on Saturday afternoon.
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