…The order follows an announcement of a class action lawsuit against insurance companies in the territory by Senator Alicia Hansen and Attorney Lee Rohn. Mrs. Hansen and Ms. Rohn had argued that insurance policyholders were being c…
Viya has announced its 2018 scholarships for first-year University of the Virgin Islands students, a program that has been active for many years as the firm continues to support education. “Viya is, once again, committed to invest…
ST. CROIX -- Shooting incidents in the John F. Kennedy Housing Community in Golden Rock and neighboring Orange Grove near the Government Employees' Retirement System's (G.E.R.S.) complex on Monday afternoon, rattled residents and …
The Government Employees' Retirement System (G.E.R.S.) has not started releasing retirement payments to 308 retirees, G.E.R.S. Administrator Austin Nibbs revealed during a town hall meeting the G.E.R.S. board held on St. Croix on …
ST. CROIX -- The Government Employees' Retirement System (G.E.R.S) held a town hall meeting on Thursday evening in the Cardiac Center's conference room at the Juan F. Luis Hospital. The town hall was well attended, and the G.E.R.S…
…on January 31 downgraded the U.S. Virgin Islands' already junk-status bonds, further diminishing the territory's bond competence in the market, and any hope of the U.S.V.I. being loaned monies to meet its operational needs. Moody'…
…presented checks to the owners and a representative of three radio stations on St. Croix, with more to be presented to owners in St. Thomas. Mr. Mapp said the funds, coming from the government's disaster recovery fund administrate…
…that he would get personally involved in expediting the payment of waste hauling companies that haven't seen compensation since September. "I apologize to the waste haulers that they haven't been paid, but some of your money is th…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp held his second hurricane recovery press conference this year at Government House here, where he presented radio stations with checks for their work during the hurricane season. Mr. Mapp refused …
ST. THOMAS -- The main individuals who could have provided answers to the Senate Committee on Finance during a hearing on Tuesday, where senators sought responses on government hurricane-related contracts, were not present. Waste …
ST. THOMAS -- Dwayne Thomas, a St. Croix fireman who died in the line of duty on January 24, was honored on Tuesday with a special ceremony that included a motorcade to various fire stations, and a viewing at Government House. Mr.…
ST. CROIX -- Senator Alicia Hansen and well-known attorney Lee Rohn have teamed up for a class action lawsuit on behalf of Virgin Islanders who have allegedly been mistreated by insurance companies following Hurricanes Irma and Ma…
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