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September 28th, 2016
Hon Fraser doubts CoP can get 20 new locals for RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser, RA (R3) is not too optimistic that Commissioner of Police Mr Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews can comfortably find twenty (20) locals to join the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

September 20th, 2016
'Driver' shot @ Paraquita Bay

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information reaching our newsroom is that there was a shooting incident in Paraquita Bay early this morning, September 20, 2016 and at least one person was injured.

September 4th, 2016
Focus on recruiting more locals into RVIPF- Doug Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Radio talk show host Doug Wheatley is urging Police Commissioner Mr Michael ‘Mick’ Matthews, to focus on getting more locals into the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) rather than just increasing the numbers.

August 20th, 2016
UPDATE: 3 charged with firearm/ammo possession

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Three of the four arrested in a Police operation in the Pasea Estate area on August 18, 2016 were charged yesterday afternoon, August 19, 2016, according to the Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

August 16th, 2016
UPDATE: Skeletal remains found on Main Street likely of Clinton Hodge - RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The skeletal remains found behind an Upper Main Street store in February of this year are like that of Clinton Hodge, who went missing since 2011.

August 12th, 2016
Businessman robbed @ gunpoint on VG

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Officers of the Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are investigating an armed robbery committed on a Virgin Gorda businessman in the early hours of Wednesday night, August 10, 2016.

August 11th, 2016
Body parts found on Peter Island yet to be identified- RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The body parts discovered on the shores of Peter Island on July 15, and 18, 2016 respectively, are yet to be positively identified nearly a month later.

August 1st, 2016
Was there retaliation for Devern ‘Snoopy’ Stanley’s murder?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was this news site that first and accurately confirmed that the body of a man found on July 28, 2016 on the northern side of Tortola, in an area known as Rogues Bay, was that of Devern Stanley aka ‘Snoopy’.

August 1st, 2016
Bar owner robbed @ gunpoint in Johnson’s Ghut

ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI- Word reaching our news room from our Team of Reporters is that a bar owner was robbed of cash by an armed individual in Johnson’s Ghut on the main island of Tortola on Saturday evening, July 30, 2016.

July 27th, 2016
RVIPF cautions against domestic assaults during Festival

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Sergeant Kendolph Bobb of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Family and Juvenile Unit says that while the annual festival celebrations should be enjoyable, typically this time of year presents an increase in the number of domestic assaults and is urging individuals again to take a time out instead of resorting to violence or abusive behaviour.

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