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East End

March 27, 2025

Man charged in East End burglaries

Following investigations into a series of break-ins in the East End area, police have arrested Kurt Rabsatt of Old Plantation and charged him with burglary, they said Saturday. Mr. Rabsatt …

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by The BVI Beacon
February 21, 2025

Still no date set for East End sewer

Government has allocated $2 million in this year’s budget to continue work on the long-delayed sewer system in East End and Long Look, and more funds could be made available …

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by Rushton Skinner
November 28, 2024

Man dead after East End crash

A man died in a single-vehicle crash shortly after 6 a.m. Nov. 21 in the Major Bay area of East End, police said. “Initial investigations indicate that the vehicle was …

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by The BVI Beacon
August 15, 2024

East End shows off culture

Hop-skipping in single file, a column of matching dancers entered a semi-circle of white tents at Greenland Field in East End and made their way to a maypole. Two by …

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by Rushton Skinner
August 9, 2024

VI celebrates 190 years of freedom, thousands attend

Larina Loretta Jacobs-Lamothe has operated a booth at the August Emancipation Festival nearly every year for more than four decades. Asked this year about her favourite memory from that time, …

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by Rushton Skinner
May 9, 2024

East End Police Station back open

The East End Police Station reopened Friday after a two-week closure caused by sewage works in the parking lot adjacent to the facility, police announced last week. According to a …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 25, 2024

East End Police Station closed for now

The East End Police Station closed Friday until further notice because of the government’s ongoing sewage works in the parking lot adjacent to the facility, police announced last week. “These …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 9, 2024

EDITORIAL: Yes to YEP

At a time when too many young people in the Virgin Islands are being left behind, the Youth Empowerment Project’s new centre in Virgin Gorda will mark a major accomplishment …

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by BVI Beacon
October 28, 2023

East End roads to get better. Here’s how:

The road between Hodges Creek and Paraquita Bay will get a much-needed facelift by late April after government awarded a $2.3 million contract to Northam Construction for road rehabilitation, officials …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 15, 2023

Fort Hill man charged for pistol

Keshawn Baronville, 30, of Fort Hill, was charged with carrying a firearm without a licence and three counts of possession of explosives in connection with a semi-automatic pistol found during …

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by The BVI Beacon
July 7, 2023

Missing man shows up after a week

Roshanio Pope, 20, of Long Look, reported to the East End Police Station at around 11 a.m. Monday — about a week after his family members reported him missing, police …

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by The BVI Beacon
June 22, 2023

Cops using DNA to identify burned body

Police believe they know the identity of the body found in a burned house last week, but they are awaiting DNA verification before releasing a name, according to Police Information …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Red Bay fire
June 16, 2023

Body found after house fire in Red Bay area

A body was uncovered under several layers of debris inside a home gutted by fire Sunday night in the Red Bay area of East End, police said Monday afternoon. The …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Red Bay fire
August 7, 2022

Community shows up big for 2022 Festival

Dancing in the streets by the hundreds for the first time in years, the Virgin Islands community showed up in force to celebrate being outside together for the 68th annual …

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by Dana Kampa
May 6, 2022

Work underway on Red Bay dock

Work is under way on a new dock at Red Bay after more than a decade of delays, officials said this week. Speaking in front of a small crowd inside …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 28, 2022

TWU: New sewer lines coming

By mid-May, the Transportation, Works and Utilities Ministry hopes to begin installing about 1,100 feet of sewer lines from the Joes Hill burial ground to the Road Town roundabout, TWU …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 27, 2022

Report cites storms, mosquitoes, and Covid among main threats facing East End/Long Look

After a series of meetings last November in which the BVI Red Cross asked East End/Long Look residents to identify the greatest risks to their community, the BVIRC is planning …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 25, 2021

How many lobsters? Company’s numbers, plans shift

In a series of 2017 Facebook videos, British entrepreneur Giles Cadman stands beside the ocean and describes his company’s plan to build a lobster farm next to the protected Beef …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Giles Cadman
November 12, 2021

As part of community policing initiative, sergeant holds East End movie night

On Saturday, police Sergeant Jacqueline Tom-Christopher’s Chamber of Secrets Girls Club hosted a movie night in an East End parking lot as part of the force’s community policing initiative, according …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 15, 2021

Burglar caught in the act, police say

Germaine Wattley, 44, of Chapel Hill was arrested and charged with burglary and breach of curfew when he was apprehended by police on morning patrol while entering a business in …

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by Joey Waldinger
August 25, 2021

Pipe laid as EE sewerage project starts

The Covid-19 pandemic has hampered numerous infrastructure projects in the territory by causing raw material shortages, delaying supply shipments, and limiting working hours. But progress nevertheless has been made, including …

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by Dana Kampa
July 23, 2021

Police use pepper spray to disperse gathering

As some residents continue to socialise in defiance of the pleas from health officials to stay home and limit person-to-person contact, a police officer used pepper spray to disperse a …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 15, 2021

$300k contract signed for EE centre

Community centres in the Virgin Islands serve as gathering spaces in good times and as vital shelters during storms, but many of them have sat in ruins since taking severe …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
ee community centre
March 19, 2021

East End sewer lines to be laid soon

For longer than Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer has been alive, government has been attempting to build the first public sewerage system in East End and Long Look, …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 5, 2020

East End sewerage project relaunched

Government plans to award at least 40 petty contracts worth $6,142,500 to restart and complete the long-delayed East End/Long Look sewerage project, Premier Andrew Fahie announced during a re-commissioning ceremony …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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