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Old Admin Building on Main St could be turned into a museum- Hon Hodge-Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Plans are afoot for the establishment of a museum in Road Town, Tortola, according to Junior Minister for Culture and Tourism Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith (AL,) who pointed to the establishment of museums as an important part of tourism in the Virgin Islands (VI).
UPDATE: 4 charged in police operations on Friday; Guns, ammo & cocaine seized
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said police seized two assault rifles, and a significant amount of assorted ammunition, and cocaine during a series of search operations on Friday, October 6, 2023.
UPDATE: Body pulled from car in RT is a UK Police Detective
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The body pulled from a car in Road Town, Tortola, the capital city, this morning Saturday, October 7, 2023, has been identified as a UK Police Detective.
Water disruption for 4 hours in RT today to fix broken pipeline- W&SD
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Residents of Tortola are notified that the water supply will be shut off in the Road Town area from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM today, Tuesday, August 15, 2023.
UPDATE: No evidence to suggest foul play in discovery of body - Police
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police in the Virgin Islands (VI) are confirming that following the discovery of a partially decomposed body yesterday afternoon, August 1, 2023, at Upper Main Street in Road Town, Tortola, early investigations are revealing that there is no evidence to suggest foul play.
UPDATE: Power boat fire deliberately set to destroy evidence- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) police today have confirmed that a confiscated vessel in a recent cocaine seizure operation was deliberately set ablaze in an evidence-destroying mission.
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.
Car flips near entrance of McNamara on Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Sometime this morning, Saturday, May 20, 2023, at around 6:00 am, a car flipped at the entrance of Mc McNamara in Road Town, the capital city.
UPDATE: Hours later body of shooting victim has not been identified!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was this morning, Sunday, February 12, 2023, at around 4:00 AM that our newsroom was the first to report about a fatal shooting of a male in the area between the House of Assembly building and UP's Cineplex in Road Town, the capital city.
ESHS students filmed in public brawl near HoA/High Court building
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Students believed to be attending the Elmore Stout High School (ESHS) in Road Town, were today, March 4, 2021, filmed in another public brawl near the High Court/House of Assembly building in Road Town, Tortola.