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UPDATE: Peter Penman wins 19th edition of Leverick Bay Poker Run
LEVERICK BAY, Tortola, VI- Anegada resident Peter Penman has won the 19th Annual Leverick Bay Poker Run held today, Sunday, May 28, 2023.
Coverup over sinking of HM Customs vessel?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) was that a small boat belonging to HM Customs has reportedly sunk on October 5, 2022, in the VI.
Leverick Bay Poker Run 2019 off to exciting start
LEVERICK BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Thousands of residents and hundreds of boats are on hand for the 2019 edition of the Leverick Bay Poker Run which kicked off Today Sunday, May 26, 2019.
Unsecured vehicles & boats being targeted by thieves- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is receiving a number of reports of items being stolen from vehicles and vessels that are in need of repairs and are urging owners to secure items that may be prone to theft.
2 boats destroyed by fire in Baughers Bay
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- An early morning fire on April 4, 2017 destroyed two boats in Baughers Bay, on the main island of Tortola.
UPDATE: 38 Top Gun steering broke causing collision - Nick Willis
LEVERICK BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Nick Willis, the owner of the Leverick Bay Resort, said it was a broken steering mechanism on the boat 38 Top Gun that resulted in yesterday’s (May 25, 2014) crash at the Poker Run.
UPDATE: 15 months prison time for yacht burglar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kempest Bailey, 23, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards today, November 29, 2013 for his crime of burglarizing a yacht.
Man tells court he went to commit theft but changed mind!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The assurances of a now ‘reformed’ confessed would-be thief did not sit well with Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards when he came before the court on October 4, 2013 and told her he had no place to live.
Police arrest two in boat burglaries
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Increase patrols by Police in response to the recent rise in boat burglaries has resulted in the arrest of two men found in and around the marinas in the Territory.
Turks and Caicos Intercepts Boat With 168 Migrants From Haiti
By Alexander Britell (Caribjournal)
Turks and Caicos Islands officials said they intercepted a vessel carrying 168 migrants from Haiti early Monday morning.
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