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Residents discuss proposed Police Act
Active and retired police officers, elected officials and other residents gathered at Althea Scatliffe Primary School on Monday night for a public consultation about the proposed Police Act 2019. The …
Police, elected officials, and residents gathered at Althea Scatliffe Primary School on Monday night to discuss proposed changes in the Police Act 2019. The act was last revised in 1991. (Photo: JOEY WALDINGER)
Active and retired police officers, elected officials and other residents gathered at Althea Scatliffe Primary School on Monday night for a public consultation about the proposed Police Act 2019.Â
The law was last revised in 1991, and if the proposed new version is passed by the House of Assembly, it will give officers powers that many of the top brass say are necessary to modernise the force.
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Special education centre gets new bus
The students and faculty of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre are one step closer to returning to pre-Hurricane Irma conditions after several groups came together to donate a van …
Students and the principal of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre check out the new van that was donated by members of the Lions Club of Tortola and other organisations. (Photo: ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED)
The students and faculty of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre are one step closer to returning to pre-Hurricane Irma conditions after several groups came together to donate a van for their transportation needs.