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‘We will hunt you down’- Detective Inspector to distributors of edibles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “You are not going to use them [young people] as targets to sell your drugs so that they can end up in prison and you outside here enjoying all the luxuries of what you are using them for.” This is according to Detective Inspector Kendolph A. Bobb of the Family and Juvenile Unit in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
'I was in the hospital flatlining'; J'versatile calls on youth to stay away from drugs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Singer and Songwriter, Jan Williams, aka J'versatile, the 2023 Virgin Islands Soca Monarch, has urged the youth of the territory to stay away from drugs after experiencing a life-threatening situation following the ingestion of marijuana edibles.
SDA Church to launch 3-week evangelistic series @ Festival Grounds this evening
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- “Some people need liberation from addictions, and other challenges. We are going to make this as real as real can be, so come out Virgin Islands. We are here and ready to go.” These were the words of international evangelist and motivational speaker Pastor Marvyn O. Smith on arrival at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on May 16, 2026, for The Bible Speaks Empowerment Series starting this evening, Sunday, May 17, 2026, at Festival Grounds in Road Town.
Burglars hit church in Slaney
SLANEY, Tortola, VI- There has been an increase in burglary in the Virgin Islands, as reported by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF); however, burglars went to a new low last week when they entered a church in Slaney and removed a number of equipment.
SDA Church bus burnt following overheating
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A minibus burst into flames tonight January 2, 2016 after it became overheated on the Joe’s Hill Road, Road Town, the Virgin Islands capital city.
UPDATE: Friends & family bid emotional farewell to ‘Truckman’ Chapman
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Tear stained faces filled the pews of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Carrot Bay today January 12, 2014, as hundreds of persons, including close friends and relatives, gathered at a thanksgiving service to celebrate the life of Jo-vahn A. Chapman aka Truckman.
Poverty exacerbating Domestic Violence in VI- FSN
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “If the churches do not get involved in this fight, the fight is going to be even harder. The leaders of our churches need to climb down out of their ecumenical ivory towers and look at their congregation because you are looking to all the government officials to tell you that it is one in three women being abused. So that means they are looking at the victims right in front of them, so they need to join the fight.”
Neighborhood Pride – SDA Bellevue Pathfinder Club Helps Keep Their Community Clean
LONG TRENCH, Tortola, VI - This past Sunday, January 20th, members of the Pathfinder Club of the SDA Bellevue Church met in the early morning hours to help clean up the neighborhood between Manchester and Long Trench. Armed with gloves, trash-pickers and trash bags, 12 teens and counselors collected over 8 bags of trash from the roadside and surrounding bushes along the scenic Ridge Road frequented by tourists and locals alike.
Time of reflection & promise of hope for churches in VI on Old Year’s Night
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Worshippers in the Virgin Islands rang in 2013 surrounded by the gospel and the comforting words of their church leaders as they were reminded of some of the struggles and triumphs in the year behind them and encouraged by thoughts of a blessed year ahead filled with the promise of hope.
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