ST. THOMAS -- Members of the 31st Legislature on Tuesday complained that they were not given enough time to dissect the latest contract between the Government of the Virgin Islands and its healthcare providers, stating that more h…
ST. THOMAS -- The Department of Justice has launched an initiative dubbed "Operation Support Our Children" that seeks to collect more than $29 million in child support payments owed by delinquent parents, 99 percent of them father…
ST. THOMAS -- The Government of the Virgin Islands (GVI) has made known through a press release issued earlier today that Puerto Rico's Banco Popular has loaned it $40 million, which the GVI says it will repay once anticipated pro…
ST. CROIX -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources held a community meeting last Thursday at UVI's Great Hall on the Albert A. Sheen Campus here, to hear from members of the Estate New Works, Profit and Bethlehem commun…
ST. CROIX -- The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs has issued a press release making known that a new telephone scam that seeks to fraudulently extract money from unsuspecting Virgin Islanders is currently affecting the…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp will leave the territory today for West Virginia and return on October 2, as he attends the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) annual meeting, a press release issued by Government House early t…
ST. THOMAS -- Senator Kurt Vialet has been advocating for school lunch workers ever since becoming a lawmaker. In April, Vialet told The Consortium that workers who have been receiving part-time salaries because they are limited t…
ST. THOMAS -- In a protracted Senate session that went into the wee hours of Thursday morning, senators of the 31st Legislature passed a myriad of important bills -- the largest of them being the Fiscal Year 2016 budget of over $6…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Police Department's Economic Crime Unit (ECU) is warning residents to be on the lookout for counterfeit bills circulating the territory, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson announced this …
The US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, makes Victims of Crime Assistance funds available to non-profit victim services and government agencies to provide direct services to assist crime victims recover from vic…
ST. THOMAS -- After making its way through a few hearings, including the powerful Finance Committee chaired by Sen. Clifford Graham, an increase of 2.5 percent of the hotel room tax, which currently stands at 10 percent, will beco…
ST. THOMAS -- Members of the 31st Legislature crafted resolutions to honor two Virgin Islands stars, one who continues to be a leader in basketball and the other who's trailblazed the horse racing world was a professional jockey. …
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