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Top CoP challenges VI to contact him with leads for unsolved murders
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With a number of unsolved murders currently on the books at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), new Commissioner of Police Mr Mark Collins has challenged Virgin Islanders to reach out to him directly with leads that can help solve those crimes.
178 CCTV cameras to be installed across Tortola; 10 on VG- CoP Collins
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In its fight against crime in the Virgin Islands, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) will be installing 178 CCTV cameras on Tortola and 10 on Virgin Gorda.
Public consultations on Integrity in Public Life Act, 2019 ongoing
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – Public Consultations on the Proposed Integrity in Public Life Act, 2019, continues this week, with the latest being today, May 25, 2021, on Jost van Dyke.
Unity will get us through CoI ‘man-made disaster’ & pandemic– Dr the Hon Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on the Virgin Islands to unite against the current challenges facing the territory.
Cash prizes to be won in TRC's 2021 video competition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Residents of the Virgin Islands will have the opportunity to showcase their talents and creativity, as well as win handsome prizes, in the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s (TRC) annual video competition.
VI’s fate in hands of UK Monarch ‘is unacceptable’ in 2021 - Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talkshow host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called 'unacceptable' the reserved powers of the Queen as laid out in the Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007 to make laws for peace and order in the territory.
Several vehicles slide off road due to poor weather in VI- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), in a press release today, May 23, 2021, urged drivers to exercise extreme caution as road conditions have deteriorated over the last few hours.
The Social Community
By Dickson C. Igwe
For positive change in the era of COVID 19, a Commission of Inquiry that is throwing a fog over the future, and a terrifying new culture of crime, social cohesiveness, and social responsibility—Social Democracy—is the answer.
12-year-old reportedly threatens to stab father with knife
PARHAM TOWN, Tortola, VI – The 12-year-old daughter of a Josiah’s Bay man has reportedly threatened to stab him with a knife on May 20, 2021, after he prevented her from speaking with a man on a scooter outside her Long Swamp home.
Former teacher starts petition for mandatory swim classes in VI schools
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Executive Director of the Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP), a former school teacher, Mr Stacy R. Mather, CMG, has launched a campaign with the aim of getting the masses to sign a petition that forces the Virgin Islands government to mandate swimming classes in the curriculum of schools across the territory.

