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Hon Hodge-Smith calls on VI's seniors to speak up against gun violence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Junior Minister for Tourism and Culture Honourable Luce D. Hodge-Smith (R4) says gun violence in the Virgin Islands continues to keep her up at night when mostly young men are the victims of these crimes.
‘Crime is everywhere’ not just in VI- Penny Haycraft
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- While expressing sadness about the fatal shooting in Long Bush on Sunday night, September 3, 2023, Penny Haycraft, the wife of the late businessman Peter Haycraft, OBE, has suggested that the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) is still one of the best places to live.
The VI ‘seems to have at times become a cowboy town’- Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker and Member of the Opposition Hon Stacy Mather (AL) has said it is concerning that gun violence in the Virgin Islands (VI) is not something that is shocking to some people anymore and that the territory at times appears to have become a “cowboy town”.
Our society has become ‘numb’ regarding gun violence- Perline R. Scatliffe-Leonard
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- “There is no denying that we are in a gun violence crisis,” Seventh-District candidate Mrs Perline R. Scatliffe-Leonard has stated, as she argued that gun violence is escalating and poses long-term consequences for future generations.
BVI Christian Council ‘saddened’ by yet another fatal shooting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Christian Council (BVICC) has said it is saddened to learn that yet another young man has succumbed to an untimely death due to gun violence.
Hundreds turn out for SDA March against Gun Violence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The beating of drums and the singing of hundreds who participated in the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Street March of Witness against Gun Violence in the Virgin Islands could be seen and heard along the streets of Road Town on April 9, 2022.
SDA Churches in VI marching against gun violence today
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Churches in the Virgin Islands are ‘putting down their feet’ against the scourge of gun violence in the territory.
UK OT Minister calls for end to gun violence in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – UK Minister for Overseas Territories, Rt Hon Amanda A. Milling has called for an end to gun violence in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), ahead of her departure from the VI over the weekend.
BVICCHA wants meeting with CoP & Crime Stoppers on crime
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) has said it is deeply concerned about the increase in criminal activity in the Virgin Islands, particularly those targeting businesses in the past few months.
USVI has one of highest murder rates in world- Sen Myron D. Jackson
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- US Virgin Islands Senator, Mr Myron D. Jackson on Friday, June 12, 2020, said he was determined to press forward on Bill No. 33-0126, an act to establish an Office of Gun Violence Prevention under the Office of the Governor, which remained in the Committee on Rules and Judiciary held at the Legislature Thursday, June 11, 2020.
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