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RVIPF reports 183% spike in robberies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Kendrick Davis, on Friday, May 16, 2025, during a press engagement, said gun-related robberies in the Territory have surged dramatically in 2025 compared to the same period last year.
Alliance calls for stiffer penalties for possession of ammo & explosives
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Alliance has called for stiffer penalties for the possession of ammunition and explosives in the Territory.
USVI: Richmond shooter opens vehicle door before killing victim
VI CONSORTIUM
RICHMOND, St. Croix, USVI- The V.I. Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau is investigating a fatal shooting that took place on Friday, December 13. The incident, which occurred near the basketball court in the DeChabert Housing Community in Richmond, resulted in the death of a male victim and marked the 42nd homicide in the U.S. Virgin Islands this year.
UPDATE: VI man killed in Anguilla identified as Kalik S. Aaron
ROAD WELL ROAD, Anguilla- The young man from Tortola who was fatally shot in Anguilla last night, August 11, 2024, has been identified as Kalik S. Aaron aka 'Dusman'.
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.
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