Nikolai Brathwaite and Dekembe Parsons were sentenced for violation of the curfew during a sitting of The Magistrates’ Court held via video-conferencing on April 20.
Commissioner of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Michael Matthews has outlined the procedure for reporting deaths of individuals at home as the Territory continues a 14-day shut down to control the spread of COVID-19.
Topic: Health and Safety, Internal Security (Police), Novel Coronavirus | Posted By: npickering
Friday, 27 March 2020 - 8:00pm
Good evening all. It is just past eight o’clock and the Territory wide curfew is now in place and will remain in place until 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, 2 April. All of you should now be in your homes. And you should now not leave them until next Thursday.
Good afternoon. The spread of COVID-19 across the globe highlights that it is highly infectious and therefore it will remain a threat to the British Virgin Islands for the foreseeable future. This public health risk must be mitigated. Such a historic threat can only be managed by an unusually high level of cooperation, collaboration and solidarity.
Topic: Disaster Recovery, Internal Security (Police), Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) | Posted By: aphillip
Friday, 1 November 2019 - 4:22pm
Good morning All, It’s been a while since our last catch up, thank you for coming. It has been, as always, a busy period not least with supporting ongoing hurricane preparedness and recovery efforts.
Topic: Internal Security (Police), Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) | Posted By: aphillip
Friday, 6 September 2019 - 4:27pm
Members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force now have a refurbished police barracks on the sister island of Virgin Gorda, a project that was led by the Deputy Governor’s Office and implemented by the Recovery and Development Agency.
His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Augustus Jaspert acting in accordance with sections 97(1) and 97(2) of the Virgin Islands Constitution, following the recommendation of the Virgin Islands Police Service Commission and advice of the National Security Council, has extended the appointed of Mr. Michael Matthews as Police Commissioner of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) effective 20 April for a period of two years.
Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE has signed a contract with Consultant, Mr. Russell Jones for the installation of CCTV cameras Territory-wide in the amount of one hundred and forty thousand dollars ($140,000).
