Anegada without power & water; School closed

THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- Residents of Anegada have reportedly been without power since last evening, Tuesday, September 17, 2024. The power outage has also affected the Claudia Creque Educational Centre, which was forced to close today.

“This comes on the heels of attempts by the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) failed overnight when trying to rectify faults which developed on the Island's operating unit late Tuesday afternoon September 17,” a notice sent to sent to our news room stated.

According to the notice, not issued by the BVI Electricity Corporation, BVIEC had initially anticipated that the repairs would have been effected within a three hour period. “This morning residents were advised, ‘There is no immediate relief to the repairs. We have a team that will travel up to Anegada today but as it stands its likely that we will face power losses for most of the morning.’ With no electricity and consequently no water, school was suspended for today.”