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August 21st, 2023
Ex VI prosecutor Valston M. Graham accused of vehicular fraud in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St Kitts - Well-known Attorney in the Virgin Islands (VI), Mr Valston M. Graham, who served as Senior Crown Counsel working in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the VI, before taking up the post of DPP in St Kitts and Nevis in 2016, has been accused of vehicular fraud in St Kitts.

April 13th, 2022
‘There is something running amuck’ in the RVIPF- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Noting that he hopes to have Police Commissioner Mark Collins as a guest on his show soon, host of Honestly Speaking Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) just seems to be reeking of all kinds of disfunction “and that’s to put it mildly.”

February 7th, 2022
Crime up due to COVID-19- CoP Collins to SFC

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Appearing before the House of Assembly’s Standing Finance Committee (SFC) last year, as members examined the 2022 Budget Estimates, Commissioner of Police (CoP) Mark Collins spoke to the issue of crime in the Virgin Islands.

January 27th, 2022
UK PM Boris Johnson refuses to do the 'decent thing' & resign!

LONDON, United Kingdom- A stubborn British Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has refused to resign, even after facing renewed calls to do the "decent thing" and quit over the scandal surrounding Downing Street parties that were organised during a nation-wide lockdown in the United Kingdom.

April 28th, 2021
Who to trust? Investigation launched into UK PM’s spending on flat repairs

LONDON, United Kingdom- While some in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere have been conditioned and remain conditioned to believe that the imperialist Government of United Kingdom Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris’ is without sin and the saviour of the Virgin Islands, its once slave colony, it continues to be revealed that such persons might as well start believing in fairies, magic kingdoms and leprechauns.

February 20th, 2020
Opposition to continue seeking answers on BVI Airways scandal in HoA

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The scandalous topic of the BVI Airways deal between the ousted National Democratic Party (NDP) will once again resurface in the form of questions to Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) by Opposition Member Honourable Julian Fraser, RA (R3) when the Fifth Sitting of the Second Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) commences today, Thursday, February 20, 2020.

April 23rd, 2018
Was Premier Smith truthful about owners of BVI Airways?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The saga of the BVI Airways dba ‘BV Airways’ and tax payers $7.2 Million give away continues. Our investigation has uncovered some information that we will report in a series of articles, including about a Minister of Government’s close involvement to the BVI Airways deal.

October 28th, 2017
US hands down first FIFA scandal sentence

BROOKLYN, New York, USA - A former judge who led Guatemala's soccer federation became the first person sentenced in the U.S. in the FIFA world soccer corruption scandal when a judge ordered him to serve eight months in prison, saying his bribe money could have been used to build soccer fields for poor children.

August 4th, 2015
Caribbean will rebound from FIFA scandal- CFU President

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president, Gordon Derrick, believes the Caribbean can rebound from the latest scandal to shake FIFA, CONCACAF and the region.

June 1st, 2015
VI played a role in FIFA corruption scandal- US Justice Dept

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- President of the BVI Football Association (BVIFA) Andy Bickerton recently said the FIFA corruption scandal would have no adverse effect on the construction of the stadium at East End, however, it seems there could be some adverse effects to the image of the Virgin Islands financial services sector which is already coming in for criticism due to information that the Virgin Islands may have played a part in ‘masking kickbacks’ between FIFA officials and executives.

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