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Public invited to Praise Intervention @ Festival Grounds this evening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With two recent fatal shootings amidts the continued threat of COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands, urgent divine intervention is being sought to heal the land.
Christian Council condemns recent fatal shootings
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Christian Council (BVICC) has condemned the recent fatal shootings in the Virgin Islands, including the murder of a young man in broad daylight in Cappoons Bay on January 30, 2022.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
‘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.
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.