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March 20, 2025

Maynards to be free years early

The mother and son serving prison time for conspiring with then-premier Andrew Fahie to import cocaine into the United States in 2022 are now set to be released several years …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 18, 2024

In first, medical school coming

In a move the government hopes will boost the economy and expand educational opportunities in the Virgin Islands, the territory’s first medical school is set to open next August after …

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by Allison Vaughn
September 26, 2024

Fahie’s lawyers pull out as his funds come up short

Former premier Andrew Fahie has launched an appeal of his United States conviction on drug-conspiracy charges, but the Florida appeal lawyer who previously represented him is withdrawing from the case …

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by Jason Smith
August 17, 2024

Virgin Islands heading for intense financial scrutiny, experts predict

The Virgin Islands is headed for increasingly intense international scrutiny despite a government drive to push through a raft of anti-financial-crime measures in the coming weeks, experts have warned. Deputy …

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by Shaun Connolly
July 25, 2024

Fahie says US informant, not him, led drug conspiracy

Former premier Andrew Fahie is pushing back against prosecutors’ contention that he led a plan to smuggle cocaine into the United States, instead arguing that it was a Drug Enforcement …

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by Jason Smith
July 12, 2024

With business case unfinished, government decides to extend runway at least 1,400 feet

Government has decided to extend the Beef Island runway by some 1,400 feet or more even though a business case designed to assess the project’s feasibility is not complete and …

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by Rushton Skinner
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport
July 4, 2024

US aims to jail Fahie for life

Last month, former premier Andrew Fahie asked a Miami judge to sentence him to the minimum 10 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine into …

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by Jason Smith
June 27, 2024

Maynard gets 9 years for cocaine conspiracy

During a friendly lunch meeting in St. Thomas in March 2022, Oleanvine Maynard explained her financial goals to an undercover operative she believed to be a member of Mexico’s Sinaloa …

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by Jason Smith
June 13, 2024

Eyeing minimum, Fahie asks for 10 years

An attorney for ex-premier Andrew Fahie argued last week that he was accused of acting only as a “figurehead” in the cocaine-trafficking scheme that led to his conviction and should …

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by Jason Smith
May 23, 2024

Government touts first-year record

In an elaborate three-hour ceremony that featured dancers, saluting children, and the Rocky theme song, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley touted his government’s first year in office in a “territorial …

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by Shaun Connolly
May 20, 2024

Anegada drug plane to be sent to US

A drug plane seized last August after landing at the Captain Auguste George International Airport in Anegada will soon be sent to the United States, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley …

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by Rushton Skinner
April 11, 2024

Fahie sentencing delayed to June

Former premier Andrew Fahie’s sentencing on drug-conspiracy charges was initially scheduled for this month in Miami, but it has been delayed until June 25 after his lawyer requested more time …

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by Jason Smith
April 11, 2024

HOA votes to change Register of Interests

House of Assembly members voted this week to make changes to their Register of Interests, but the extent of those changes is not clear because a bill they passed Tuesday …

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by Allison Vaughn
March 24, 2024

Andrew Fahie’s place on the wall

Hanging behind Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley’s chair in the House of Assembly in Road Town is a portrait of former premier Andrew Fahie. Asked Friday if Mr. Fahie’s photo …

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by Rushton Skinner
March 24, 2024

United Nations decolonisation committee to visit

The Virgin Islands was recently approved to receive a visiting mission from the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, according to Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. “The purpose of such …

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by Rushton Skinner
March 7, 2024

Lawyers still at odds over Fahie jurors

United States attorneys who led the recent prosecution of former premier Andrew Fahie on drug-conspiracy charges are open to the idea of an inquiry into last month’s contested guilty verdict, …

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by Jason Smith
Andrew Fahie leaving courthouse in Miami
February 29, 2024

Money laundering report brings threat of ‘grey list’

A major international report released Monday raises serious concerns about the territory’s ability to deal with money laundering and other financial crime, leading one expert to warn that “red lights” …

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by Shaun Connolly
February 23, 2024

Next steps unclear in Fahie drug case

Two weeks after a Miami jury found former premier Andrew Fahie guilty of a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, his future remains uncertain as attorneys spar over whether the court should investigate …

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by Jason Smith
February 16, 2024

After Rutley visit, premier ‘confident’ on reforms

Nearly half an hour late to the press conference he called on Friday morning, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley stepped into the multimedia room on the first floor of his …

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by Rushton Skinner
January 26, 2024

Fahie trial bumped a fifth time

The drug conspiracy trial of former premier Andrew Fahie has been postponed for the fifth time, and a sixth delay appears likely as lawyers tussle about chat messages and other …

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by Jason Smith
December 3, 2022

Fahie steps down, resigns his seat

Almost seven months after former Premier Andrew Fahie was arrested in Florida and accused of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the United States, he resigned his First District seat and …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 19, 2022

Ex-premier’s trial pushed to January

The Miami trial of former Premier Andrew Fahie and his codefendants has been pushed to next January at their request. Mr. Fahie, former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard, …

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by Alva Solomon
May 5, 2022

UPDATE: House votes to oust Premier Andrew Fahie

With 10 votes in favour and one absence from Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone, the House of Assembly unanimously passed a no-confidence resolution on Thursday calling to revoke …

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by Dana Kampa
May 4, 2022

HOA offers plan to avoid direct UK rule

In an attempt to avoid the partial suspension of the Constitution and a temporary takeover of the Virgin Islands government by the United Kingdom, VI political leaders are proposing that …

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by Dana Kampa
May 4, 2022

US seeks to detain Fahie, Maynard for pre-trial

In advance of a pre-trial detention hearing for Premier Andrew Fahie and BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard set for Wednesday in a Miami court, prosecutors argued that the …

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by Dana Kampa

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