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October 10th, 2014
UPDATE: Police say 4 officers interdicted from duty

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following this news site’s reporting of the submission to the Governor a petition signed by over 50 percent of officers on the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force calling for an investigation into corruption, the Police today October 10, 2014 announced that four officers who had been sent on compulsory leave have now been interdicted from duty.

September 9th, 2014
Investigating the Stench of Corruption

By Alred C. Frett

Persons say that I shouldn’t repeat what I’m about to say but I have always been honest with you and I have no plans of changing that… Fact is I have no hunger for Power, & never chased the Dollar & I have no burning desire to run for Public office… Nonetheless, we can see what is happening to our People & Country and if we all relax in our comfort zones it simply gets worse.

September 4th, 2014
‘We’re dealing with corruption allegations!’ - CoP David Morris

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police (CoP) David Morris has cautioned that a number of police officers who have been sent on administrative leave have allegations against them and not concrete evidence of wrongdoing, which he said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will determine.

September 3rd, 2014
‘RVIPF needs external civilian review body’ – Doug Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host Douglas Wheatley believes an external civilian review board will go a long way in allowing the public to hold police officers accountable as questions continue to fly regarding alleged corruption in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

August 28th, 2014
Anti-Corruption: Police Officers Face Interdiction

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Commissioner of Police, David Morris, acting on information from an ongoing anti-corruption enquiry, sent a number of Police Officers on compulsory leave yesterday, Wednesday August 27th.

August 26th, 2014
Cayman Islands Police Said To Be Covering Up For British Officials

CURACAO CHRONICLE

In a decision that has been described by local media as part of an “ongoing cover up”, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) has concluded that allegations that a former Cayman Islands governor, the attorney general and a British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) adviser lied to investigators about their level of involvement in an ill-fated corruption investigation are unfounded.

July 4th, 2014
Ports Authority project: 'What corruption!' – Edmund G. Maduro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio commentator Edmund G. Maduro said the usurping of the Cruise Pier Development project by the Minister for Communications and Works and the sudden and unexplained increase in project scope and cost were manifestations of corruption and urged persons to consider these factors when voting in the next general elections.

May 6th, 2014
More corroborating evidence of corruption on Ports Project - PAC source

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While the House of Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has only submitted an interim report over the controversial Ports Development Project this news site’s sources within the three political parties in the House of Assembly have told us that there are more damaging information and evidence to come.

March 31st, 2014
‘Release forensic report of last government’ – PEP Lorie A. Rhymer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The battle of political parties has taken the fields at a different level in the Virgin Islands as the new party ‘People’s Empowerment Party’ (PEP) emerges and has joined forces with the National Democratic Party (NDP) in its attempts to heap fire on the previous VIP government.

January 14th, 2014
UPDATE: Michael Misick Released on Bail

By Alexander Britell

Former Turks and Caicos Premier Michael Misick was released on conditional bail by the Turks and Caicos Supreme Court on Monday.

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