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December 13th, 2021
RVIPF officers taught ‘latest skills’ in crime-fighting & investigation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have now been equipped with the latest skills in crime-fighting and crime scene investigation as part of training from Agencia Ltd, a UK based company specializing in law enforcement training and consultancy.

November 17th, 2021
Boyfriend of UK woman who went missing in USVI is spotted in Grenada

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Those interested in keeping tabs on the whereabouts of Ryan Bane, the man who is the last person known to have seen UK national Sarm Heslop before she disappeared off the coast of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) thought they had finally tracked him down after he sailed out of USVI waters and off the radar for months since Heslop’s disappearance in early March 2021.

August 27th, 2021
UK PM’s ‘dodgy dealings hang over him like a bad smell’- Labour Party MP

LONDON, UK- “These latest revelations prove that the prime minister appears to be allergic to telling the truth about the dodgy dealings and the web of conflicts of interests, secret loans and cover-ups that hang over him like a bad smell.”

July 13th, 2021
HoA Speaker calls on UK Foreign Secretary to investigate Hickinbottom

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Honourable Julian Willock has written to the United Kingdom (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State, Dominic R. Raab, calling for an investigation into the conduct of the lone Commissioner of the Inquiry into governance in the Virgin Islands, Sir Gary R. Hickinbottom.

June 28th, 2021
Gold jewellery valued $25K allegedly stolen from Long Trench home

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Police are said to be investigating reports of an alleged theft of gold jewellery at a home in Long Trench, on the main island of Tortola.

June 23rd, 2021
Police officer accused of indecent assault

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An officer of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is being investigated for alleged indecent assault.

June 16th, 2021
Flustered CoI orders investigation into leaked position statement to VINO

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into governance paused its questioning of witnesses this afternoon, June 16, 2021, to turn its attention to Virgin Islands News Online’s (VINO) article published today with the headline: ‘CoI document reveals ‘turf war’ between Ex-Governor Jaspert & VI Gov’t’.

June 8th, 2021
HMP inmate allegedly makes death threats to prison officers & families

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Some officers at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut are said to be concerned for their safety as well as their families, following death threats made to them by at least one inmate.

June 1st, 2021
NSC orders two senior Prison Officers to take admin leave

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Subsequent to a meeting held on Monday, May 31 2021, the National Security Council (NSC) decided to place the two senior Prison Officers on duty during the violent altercation that caused the death of Nickail Chambers and the injury of three others at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) on Sunday night, May 30, 2021, on administrative leave.

May 27th, 2021
Shots fired @ Fort Hill

FORT HILL, Tortola, VI- Police are said to be investigating reports of gunshots fired at Fort Hill, on Tortola, in the wee hours of May 27, 2021.

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