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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.
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.
‘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.
‘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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.

