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Judge denies new trials for Ray Martinez & Jenifer O’Neil
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Former [US] Virgin Islands Police Commissioner Ray Martinez and former Office of Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neil will not receive new trials or acquittals after a federal judge refused to disturb the jury verdicts that found both former senior government officials guilty in the Mon Ethos corruption case.
USVI: Gov. Bryan addresses David Whitaker allegation
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr. on Monday responded directly to allegations raised during the recent federal bribery trial of former Sports, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Calvert White and contractor Benjamin Hendricks, after federal government witness David Whitaker named the governor during a recorded conversation presented in court.
USVI: Unsealed documents reveal Mon Ethos planted eavesdropping devices in gov't offices
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. THOMAS, USVI- In one of the most perplexing incidents to impact the US Virgin Islands (USVI) government where over a dozen eavesdropping devices were planted throughout various government departments and agencies for reasons unknown, unsealed documents revealed that Mon Ethos was responsible.
UPDATE: Sr Gov’t Officer Robert Swain charged for bribery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has formally charged Robert Swain Sr., 56, of Sand Box Road for bribery by a public official.
USVI man bribes public official in bid to smuggle illegal aliens into US
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — On Friday February 12, 2016, Miguel Rodriguez Ramirez, 45, pleaded guilty in the USVI District Court to bribery of a public official, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced via press release.
Mapp's 'comments' to senator disgraceful & sexist- Christensen
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — In a note issued to The Consortium on January 10, 2016, former Delegate to Congress and Gubernatorial Candidate in the 2014 USVI General Election, Donna M. Christensen, called Governor of the US Virgin Islands Kenneth E. Mapp’s comments to USVI Senator Janette Millin Young “a disgrace to his office and beyond disrespectful to the senator.”
‘Some present MPs not qualified to be in the HOA!’ – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host and social commentator Edmund G. Maduro said there are persons in the House of Assembly (HoA) who are not qualified according to the Constitution to be members of the House of Assembly.
Residents want campaign financing transparency
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Some residents of the territory are in agreement with the Commonwealth Observer Mission (COM) saying that political parties must be made to report to the public the source of their finances during elections.
’We looking reality not bribery’- Senior citizen
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A senior citizen, who gave her name only as Mrs Malone, has related to Virgin Islands News Online what she thinks the electorate is looking for from the various parties and independents seeking office at the upcoming general elections.
Honourable 15%: greed is never satisfied
By Dickson Igwe
A story on corruption in the British Virgin Islands states that the one effective way of defeating the corruption beast is at the ballot box.
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