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July 8th, 2024
BVI Tourist Board relocates to Cocoplum Building in Port Purcell

PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- The BVI Tourist Board and Film Commission (BVITBFC) has announced it is now headquartered at a new location- Port Purcell- effective today, July 8, 2024.

December 5th, 2023
HM Customs makes drug bust @ Purcell facility

PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the HM Customs Department of the Virgin Islands (VI) has reportedly uncovered a significant amount of cannabis at Port Purcell.

September 2nd, 2023
Car runs off road in Port Purcell

PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- Luckily no one was seriously injured when a car ran off the road and into a sign pole at Port Purcell this evening, September 2, 2023.

August 26th, 2023
Motorist urged to exercise caution in Free Bottom & Port Purcell area

FREE BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Motorists in the Virgin Islands (VI) are being urged to exercise caution in a number of areas in the coming days, as a number of works will commence in those areas.

July 8th, 2022
RVIPF takes up post @ BVIPA in Port Purcell

PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- In keeping with recommendations made by the Commissioner of the Inquiry on governance in the Virgin Islands for the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) to take up the responsibility of security at the ports of entry, the RVIPF has since assigned police officers to Port Purcell.

November 24th, 2021
Passenger bus bursts into flames @ Port Purcell

PORT Purcell, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that a passenger bus moments ago this morning, November 24, 2021, burst into flames at Port Purcell, Tortola.

July 11th, 2020
Fallen tree blocks roadway @ Port Purcell

PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI - Sometime overnight, a large tree located in Port Porcell close to the roundabout, fell and has now blocked half the roadway in the area.

May 12th, 2020
Reports of VI Gov't blocking supplies from USVI 'ludicrous'- Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has beat down claims that his government is discouraging businesses on St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, from supplying individual residents in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) with groceries and other items.

October 21st, 2019
UPDATE: No arrests in cocaine seizure on vessel @ VG- RVIPF

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Four days after a significant amount of cocaine was seized on a vessel at Virgin Gorda, no arrests have made and police are seeking the public's assistance for information.

October 4th, 2019
Purcell Estate man charged with Aggravated Burglary, Assault & Trespassing

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Police arrested and charged Alquimedes Rabsatt, 41 of Purcell Estate on September 22, 2019, for Aggravated Burglary, Armed with an Offensive Weapon, Common Assault and Criminal Trespass.

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