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Island wide power shut down hits the Virgin Islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At about 6:00 P.M. today December 11, 2016 the islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda and Jost van Dyke faced a sudden power outage.
Time for public electricity @ Long Bay beach - residents
BEEF ISLAND, VI - It was disappointing enough to residents that fishermen for reasons more than one did not participate in the fishing aspect of Fishermen's Day on June 29, 2015 but it was another thing when patrons had their craving for good entertainment at Long Bay beach marred with the constant power failure that kept shutting off the sound system and stopping live bands from entertaining.
VI facing an energy crisis – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands has been caught with its proverbial “pants down” along with the rest of the world for not having paid enough attention to research and development in the energy sector, according to commentator Douglas Wheatley.
UPDATE: Power restored to Tortola following island-wide outage
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A broken pipe at the BVI Electricity Corporation’s Pockwood Pond plant is reportedly the cause of island-wide disruptions to power on May 21, 2013 across the Virgin Islands.
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