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RVIPF gets £1.2M from UK
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has received direct funding from the United Kingdom to assist in its operations, which were hampered following the hurricanes of September 2017.
Kabul mourns 100 dead after ambulance bomb
More than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in Kabul.
‘You are being left exposed to crime’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI- “If these serious crimes continue to increase our businesses will suffer, our tourism product will suffer, our sense of safety and security will be shattered and our economy will be negatively affected. You my people are being left exposed!”
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor gets up to 175 years as abuse victims applaud
REUTERS
LANSING, Michigan--As his victims wept in a Michigan courtroom on Wednesday, disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts who were entrusted to his care.
Earl D. Hodge & Roberto Harrigan denied bail; Remain @ HMP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was an unfavourable day, Friday January 19, 2018 for two Virgin Islanders, businessman Earl Delville Hodge, aka 'Bob Hodge', and former customs officer Roberto Harrigan, aka ‘Tico.’ They were denied bail while they await their appeal hearing in a decision handed down on November 14, 2017 by Magistrate Shawn Innocent in favour of the USA, which allowed for their extradition to commence.
Woman dies in hit & run incident on STT
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— A woman died immediately after being struck by a vehicle on the Weymoth Highway in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, January 16, 2018 [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Tuesday.
Probe not concluded into police killing of prisoner Hernandez
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many residents, police officers and family members of Santo Y. Hernandez still await the probe into his fatal shooting by police on December 6, 2017 in the hills of Butu Mountain on Tortola.
RVIPF bids farewell to overseas police
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At an in-house luncheon yesterday, January 10, 2018 Commissioner of Police Michael B. Matthews, his deputy and other senior officers gathered to express their gratitude to officers of the Cayman Islands and Bermuda for their invaluable assistance on these final tours of duty.
Where is ‘Supa Cop’ Glenn Callwood?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many motorists and even pedestrians got some relief for the past month, as the infamous police officer Glenn Callwood aka ‘Supa Cop’ was not seen on the streets of Road Town issuing traffic tickets.
VI should not be jailing persons for marijuana- Magistrate Richard G. Rowe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “Personally, my view is that we ought not to be legislating…regarding what people take in to their own bodies of their own choice,” stated substitute magistrate Mr Richard G. Rowe as he expressed his opinion that the use of marijuana should not be a criminal act in the Virgin Islands (VI).
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