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Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025 Troupe to participate in August Monday Parade

- Gov’t inviting young people to join Emancipation Festival Troupe; Registration ends July 18
Young people ages 8 to 17 are being invited to take a stand against crime by joining the Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025 Emancipation Festival Troupe for the upcoming August Monday Parade in Road Town. Photo: VINO/File
The theme for this year’s Emancipation Festival is 'Embrace the Past, Let Unity Thrive, As We Celebrate Emancipation Festival 2025'. Photo: Facebook
The theme for this year’s Emancipation Festival is 'Embrace the Past, Let Unity Thrive, As We Celebrate Emancipation Festival 2025'. Photo: Facebook
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Young people ages 8 to 17 are being invited to take a stand against crime by joining the Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025 Emancipation Festival Troupe for the upcoming August Monday Parade in Road Town.

This initiative comes as the Government of the Virgin Islands will be hosting an Anti-Crime Summit in September under the theme "Our Virgin Islands: Safe Communities, Prosperous Territory".

The theme for this year’s Emancipation Festival is “Embrace the Past, Let Unity Thrive, As We Celebrate Emancipation Festival 2025”.

Deadline for registration is Friday

According to a bulletin from Government Information Service (GIS) on July 16, 2025, interested parents and guardians can collect registration forms for their children to participate at the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports on Tortola, District Offices on Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke, and Anegada or via email dyas@gov.vgby contacting the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports at 468-4949.

Spaces are limited, and all completed forms must be submitted by Friday, July 18, 2025.

Participation is free, and participants will receive a free branded T-shirt.

For additional information, persons can contact the Cabinet Office at 468-4386.

3 Responses to “Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025 Troupe to participate in August Monday Parade”

  • Senior native citizen of the British Virgin Islands (17/07/2025, 12:11) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Imagine this, the adults in this world are the leaders of crimes practice, but the youths, from age 68 to 17 years are invited to form a crime troup for what?
    How is it when it refers to material posession, high positions that attract attention, big dollars, front row seats, big allowances, and such likes, the youth are being mostly ignored, but now, in reference to the topic issue on the table, in a time of what is being celebrated as freedom from the Whiteman's evil, the crime demons are laughing at GIS cowardice to confront them head on, instead of working their talk, they are sacrificing their children's future, exposingly for the world to see transparently in them, and through their cowardly, feaQble, and shameful lie of some, both political and non political people in the B.V.I.
  • Long gone (17/07/2025, 13:10) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ain no young person joining the anti crime troupe willingly

    Y'all done brain wash the youths into chasing the fast life and living the crime life and the constant hate towards law enforcement.

    And we still got a local artist(s) who being advertised with big gold chains coming to rap to the youths then about sex, drugs, money, violence and gangs...

    Is a good step forward better than doing ntn but most of our youths mindset done dig out. Gonna take an aggressive approach

    Majority of female students dress scandalous outside of school. Some smoking cuz them attracted to criminals or just think it's cool. Some throwing up gangs signs and shaking the booty everything what a criminal guy would love.

    The young school boys them hot headed and joining gangs in , getting access to guns, constantly threatening each other on social platforms and thru songs, throwing up gangs signs in the pics, listening to dancehall and all kinda artist that sings about sex , drugs, fast life, gangs , violence, women etc etc then they see their local idols get big up on the news as "business man" whenever they kick the bucket from gun violence...... Don't forget the COVID era y'all made a whole song saying stop that watchy watchy. Meaning stop watch wa people have and questioning how them get it knowing fully well is crime life them got it... I'm sure the youths had love that... Now look at the state we're in 13yrs with guns. Money boys filled with highschool students and drop outs.
  • Hours (17/07/2025, 13:44) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Attach some community service hours and we might take this into consideration. . .


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