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January 18th, 2024
Tourist reportedly bitten on hand by shark off Norman Island

NORMAN ISLAND, VI- A male tourist was reportedly bitten on the hand by a shark while in the water off Norman Island on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

May 21st, 2023
Tourist reportedly dies @ Norman Island

NORMAN ISLAND, VI- A male tourist reportedly met his death earlier today, May 21, 2023, while in the area of the caves at Norman Island.

July 22nd, 2022
UPDATE: Three from VI busted with drugs, cash after high speed boat chase

NORMAN ISLAND, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed that three persons from the Virgin Islands (VI) have been arrested following a U.S. led operation that resulted in a vessel being intercepted near Norman Island with a quantity of drugs and cash.

August 15th, 2020
UK navy to conduct disaster relief exercise on Norman Island this weekend

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two United Kingdom (UK) navy ships, RFA Argus and HMS Medway, will be conducting a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise on Norman Island on Sunday, August 16 and Monday, August 17, 2020.

June 25th, 2019
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.

November 22nd, 2018
Premier inks $200M deal for Norman Island development

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) today, November 22, 2018, inked a Development Agreement worth in excess of $200M, with Audubon Holdings, to develop Norman Island as an environmentally conscious, luxury residential and tourist destination.

November 15th, 2018
Plans for Norman Island transformation taking shape

NORMAN ISLAND, VI - Plans which would see Norman Island in the Virgin Islands (VI), transformed from an island with merely two small beach front restaurants to having a full-fledged resort is beginning to take shape.

December 7th, 2017
Caribbean Buffet & Final Faze as Norman Island’s Pirates Bight reopens

NORMAN ISLAND, VI – While Peter Island Resort and Spa was closing its doors and sending home staff, next door Norman Island was re-opening its doors to guests some three months after Hurricane Irma ravaged the Virgin Islands.

October 31st, 2017
'People are still stuck in that Irma wind' - Patrick W. Williams

EAST END, Tortola, VI - Following the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Irma that destroyed the territory and most of the smaller outer islands, persons were left homeless and jobless.

July 12th, 2017
UPDATE: Search continues for Deshaun M. Bryan aka 'Bongo'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The search is continuing for Deshaun M. Bryon aka ‘Bongo’, the person identified as missing following a boating mishap in Sir Francis Drake Channel, between Road Harbour on Tortola and Peter Island last evening, July 11, 2017.

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