'Gov’t has zero tolerance on crime'– Premier on latest murder
The Leader of Government Business today, May 28, 2019, caught up with the media in Road Town, Tortola, when he noted that the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government will have a zero tolerance on crime in the territory.
Deepest Sympathy
“I’d like to say my deepest sympathy to the family of the lady that was murdered… it’s not an easy time because losing a loved one by whatever means is not good, but I also want to say that our government has a zero percent tolerance on crime and persons have to learn that they can’t take the law into their own hands,” Hon Fahie said.
The body of Ms Lettsome-Green was found riddled with bullets on a road at George's Northside in Tortola before she was rushed to the Peebles Hospital where she later succumbed to injuries sometime before 11:00 PM last Sunday evening, May 26, 2019.
According to Premier Fahie, “We continue to make sure that we give whatever resources are needed to help fight crime but crime is all of our business just like tourism is, so I’m glad for all those who have come forward to help this matter to reach to where it is, in terms of at least an arrest.”
‘Not an easy time’ – Hon Fahie
“It’s not an easy time", the Premier noted, "My deepest sympathies on behalf of my family and I, on behalf of the government of the Virgin Islands (VI) and even my people that I represent directly in terms of the First District who are all in the territory, we express our deepest sympathies. These are things that you hope never happen,” he said.
Premier Fahie called for more nationwide prayers and urge members of the public to come out and support the National Day of Prayer, “So that we can make sure that we pray for a peaceful BVI, the future of the BVI and to pray for God’s guidance against a lot of forces that the BVI is coming against.”
The Premier had yesterday, May 27, 2019, announced an appeal to citizens of the Virgin Islands (VI) to participate in a 3-day prayer and fast, beginning the same day. Additionally, a National Service of Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Praise will be held at Ellis Thomas Downs, Sea Cows Bay, on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at 4:00 pm.
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He IS watching! And whatever a man sows that he will reap! The outcome of evil actions are evil fruits, not good
According to statistics compiled by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), there were 168 cases of sexual violence [rape and sexual assault] in 2010 and 426 cases in 2011 (UN 2012a). The rate of sexual violence was 154 cases per 100,000 people in 2010, and 389 cases per 100,000 people in 2011 (ibid.). In comparison, Canada's rate of sexual violence was 79 cases per 100,000 in 2010 and 77 cases per 100,000 in 2011 (ibid.). UNODC statistics indicate that in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, there were 28 rape cases in 2010 and 56 rape cases in 2011, representing a rate of 26 rape cases per 100,000 people in 2010 and 51 rape cases per 100,000 people in 2011 (ibid. 2012b). In comparison, Canada's rate of rape was 1.7 cases per 100,000 people in 2010 and 1.6 cases in 2011 (ibid.).
Statistics on the number of women killed as a result of domestic violence in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
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Remember a governor had to go and take money out OF THE TRESURY to fund the police?
Shame on the NDP THEY SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED BACK IN POWER
If the Government decide to do everything within its powers to equipt the police with the necessary crime-fighting-tools to tackle crime in the BVI,every blogger will say 'no' to that.
If the government spend one million dollars on a DNA detection machine or a finger print data base system for the police, every blogger will object to that expenditure.
If the government pay to train ten detectives at the FBI academy in usa and the Scotland yard training school in uk,the whole country will say no,because its police.
The only time we remember crime in the BVI is when a crime occur.
Clearly,we are afraid of crime..
The biggest fear in a society is the fear of crime;
yet society criticize the police [the fighters of crime] for doing their job,according to law.
Crime do not commit crime.
People's actions are defined in law and based on the facts applied to the law,the action is called an offence,which is a crime..
So people are afraid of people..
This is the shame of society today, ["People are afraid of people"] because,it's people who kill people amounting to a crime..