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April 8th, 2021
UK PM Johnson’s Brexit ‘betrayal’ blamed for Northern Ireland violence

BELFAST, Northern Ireland- As Northern Ireland has seen several nights of violence and destruction in which dozens of police officers have been injured, part of the blame is being cast on United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris’.

February 25th, 2021
Treat firearms like a ‘deadly virus’- Acting DCP Jacqueline E. Vanterpool

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jacqueline E. Vanterpool is inviting the public to join the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in its ‘Clean the Streets’ Operation to rid the territory of illegal firearms.

January 7th, 2021
UPDATE: 4 dead, 52 arrested after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

WASHINGTON DC, USA – The world looked on in shock yesterday, Wednesday, January 6, 2021, when supporters of President Donald J. Trump stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joseph R. Biden's election victory.

August 18th, 2020
Calls for state of emergency in USVI after 7 homicides in a month

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Senator Kurt A. Vialet on Tuesday morning, August 18, 2020, called for a state of emergency to be declared against violence in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), following the shooting incident in Sion Farm last night that left a 16-year-old boy, described by many as holding promise, dead.

April 30th, 2018
Julian Willock renews call for National Security Advisor

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The political candidate Julian Willock, who has emerged as ‘Mr Solutions’ to many of the issues that have plagued the Territory, has renewed his call for the appointment of a National Security Advisor (NSA) to coordinate all law enforcement agencies in the Virgin Islands (VI).

December 5th, 2017
VI & Honduras the only 2 countries on earth with a curfew!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A curfew was first imposed on the Virgin Islands (VI) on September 10, 2017, four days after Hurricane Irma brought death, destruction, homelessness and panic in the streets for food and gasoline.

November 27th, 2017
‘Missteps in past coming home to roost’- Hon Fraser on crime

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the murder rate here in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) reaching an unprecedented 10, with one more month still to go in 2017, Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has gone a step further than condemning the gun violence by proposing solutions to the problem.

June 9th, 2017
USVI man allegedly batters, robs woman

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) man accused of battering a woman and stealing her belongings has been arrested and charged with robbery, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced Friday, June 9, 2017.

February 18th, 2017
Violence against Bermudians

Thomas C. Famous

“What transpired in Bermuda last Friday was disheartening to see and unacceptable. Let me be very clear, I don’t condone the violence that occurred against our citizens and was deeply troubled by what occurred.” – Premier Michael H. Dunkley December 4, 2016.

February 8th, 2017
Protesters & police clash in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica- The usually quiet Tuesday evening in the capital Roseau, turned into a scene straight out of a movie when hours following a public meeting and demonstration organised by the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP), demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, turned chaotic on February 7, 2017.

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