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Incinerator scubber to be mounted during 1st quarter of 2020- Hon Malone
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has said the long awaited scrubber is expected to be mounted at the Pockwood Pond incinerator in the first quarter of this year.
Pockwood Pond garbage woes 'will soon be over' - Premier Fahie
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- Damaged by a fire in 2018, the Pockwood Pond incinerator and landfill facility has been a constant eyesore than has left residents fuming after smoke from a series of landfill fires haunted the West End of Tortola.
Fire breaks out @ Pockwood Pond landfill
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- Residents in the West End area and its environs were again left to ponder ‘How long more?’ after a fire broke out at the landfill at Pockwood Pond on the main island of Tortola last evening, November 10, 2019.
Residents fume as another landfill fire breaks out @ Pockwood Pond
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- Another fire has broken out at the landfill at Pockwood Pond, on the main island of Tortola, forcing many to take to social media to complain about the long standing issue.
Car crashes into utility pole @ Pockwood Pond
POCKWOOD POND, TORTOLA, VI - In the wee hours of this morning, Sunday April 14, 2019, a car collided with a utility pole in Pockwood Pond, Tortola.
Scooter accident @ Pockwood Pond, rider hospitalized
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - It was sometime before 9:00 AM today, Tuesday. January 29, 2019, that a high school student was overtaking an automobile and collided into a wall at the R&R Malone Complex, located at Pockwood Pond.
Fire @ Pockwood Pond incinerator
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI – The ‘troublesome’ garbage incinerator at Pockwood Pond, today November 26, 2018, burst into flames, when a fire broke out uncontrollably at the facility.
Tortola, VG and JvD, suffered power outage; cause unknown
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- It was before 6:00 A.M. this morning, July 17, 2018, that there was almost a nationwide power outage. Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke along with many of the Cays lost electricity for a few hours.
2 injured in Pockwood Pond accident last night
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - It was around 9:20 P.M. last evening Saturday, May 5, 2018, that a two-automobile collision in Pockwood Pond, on the main island of Tortola, resulted in two persons receiving injuries.
Fire erupts @ BVI Electricity Power Plant, Pockwood Pond
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- It was early this morning October 8, 2017 when some employees at the state-owned BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) power plant at Pockwood Pond on the western End of Tortola smelt something burning.
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