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Statement – Response to Daily Mail Article

Published 12 May 2018

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Statement – Response to Daily Mail Article (May 13th, 2018)

 

May 13th, 2018

The Office of the Prime Minister has been made aware of a recent media article reporting on a judgment of the English High Court, which concerns allegations that Peter Virdee and Dieter Trutschler engaged in bribery involving Caribbean officials.

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POLICE INVESTIGATING ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE

Published 12 May 2018

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By: Media Source

POLICE INVESTIGATING ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE

 Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 13, 2018 (RSCNPF): Police are investigating an attempted murder case after receiving a report of a shooting incident at Happy Hill, Challengers.

 Several units responded and, upon arrival, they found motor jeep P1882 damaged what appeared to be bullet holes. Preliminary investigations have revealed that at about 10 p.m. on Saturday , May 12, Darren Caines of St. Pauls (driver) and one other person were in the vehicle when an unknown assailant(s) began shooting from the bushy area on the mountain side of the road. As a result, Caines was shot in his face. Both men exited the vehicle and fled. They were taken to the J.N.F. Hospital in a private vehicle where Caines is listed as being in a stable condition. Another vehicle which was also in the area received damage as well.

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St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister mentioned by a man fighting corruption allegation in UK

Published 12 May 2018

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By: Media Source

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister mentioned by a man fighting corruption allegation in UK
London, England, May 13, 2018 – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis has been mentioned by a man fighting corruption allegation in the United Kingdom.
According to WICNews, property tycoon Peter Singh Virdee has been accused of bribing high-ranking Caribbean politicians after secretly taped telephone calls emerged in a High Court judgment issued last week.
Excerpts from the transcripts of the calls came to light in a judgment issued by the court that rejected Virdee’s attempt to overturn the National Crime Agency’s action.
Virdee and and his business associate Dieter Trutschler accuse the NCA of flouting the law when they were arrested by British police after an extradition request from Germany.
Both men deny any wrongdoing.
According to the judgment, Mr. Virdee was recorded saying of the same minister: ‘he said to me “You promised my mum a car”. I said: “I have no problem in buying you a car.” The judgment then quotes Mr. Virdee saying ‘[The minister] is obnoxious. I said to him, “Go f**** yourself…” ’
The judgment also records that Virdee told Trutschler that “the Prime Minister of St. Kitts” was visiting, and he was “taking him and his entourage for dinner this evening, so be ready for a big bill”.
Lord Justice Holroyde and Mr Justice Dingemans said the NCA believed “the claimants were ready and willing to pay bribes, and had given at least one gift to a Caribbean politician”.
This was denied by Virdee and Trutschler, and the court emphasised that nothing in the judgment was a final adjudication of the precise meaning of the transcripts.
WicNews said so far there has been no comment from the prime minister, Timothy Harris, or the opposition in St. Kitts and Nevis on the matter.

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Statement by Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy On the Occasion of Mother’s Day

Published 12 May 2018

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Statement by Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy 

On the Occasion of Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 13th, 2018

 

My Fellow Citizens and Residents,

Today, our Nation’s Mothers are being celebrated and honoured by children and families who are thinking, saying and singing, “Thank God for a Mother like mine.  My dear precious Mother means so much to me.  She has always been so true and kind.” 

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Candle Light Ceremony for the late Sgt. Dwight Davis

Published 12 May 2018

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Candle Light Ceremony for the late Sgt. Dwight Davis
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT
The Royal St. Christopher & Nevis Police Force will be holding a candlelight vigil for the
late Sgt. Dwight Davis at Main Street, St. Paul’s (by Ms. Urell’s Shop) at 6:30 p.m. on
May 14, 2018.
Members of the general public are invited to attend. Persons are asked to wear a white top
and jeans or a black bottom.
Transportation is being provided. Persons are asked to assemble at the Basseterre Police
Station for 6:00 p.m.
Be sure to bring along your candles.

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