ST. THOMAS -- The 32nd Legislature hosted simultaneous African Liberation Day events in the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John Districts on Thursday, which was also part of African Heritage Week in the territory. In St. Thomas, act…
ST. CROIX -- Former Judge Soraya Diase Coffelt, above, will announce her bid for governor of the Virgin Islands on Tuesday, according to a press invite sent to media outlets, including The Virgin Islands Consortium. The announceme…
While the Department of Health's latest surveillance report shows an increase of six new confirmed Zika cases in pregnant women week-over-week, the results also include some encouraging signs, as confirmed Zika cases in the regula…
ST. THOMAS -- Senator Tregenza Roach said on Tuesday that he's asking Senate President Myron Jackson, in his role as the Legislature’s representative to the Virgin Islands Centennial Commission and as the Chair of the legislative …
…on June 22 and 23 at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility on St. Croix; on June 26-27 at the Saguaro Correctional Center, Eloy, Arizona; on June 28 at the Wallen Ridge State Prison, Big Stone Gap, Virginia; and on June 28 …
ST. THOMAS -- Today the Government of the Virgin Islands and Airbnb signed a groundbreaking agreement in the Caribbean, which will allow the platform to collect the 12.5% Hotel Room Occupancy Tax on behalf of hosts and remit the f…
ST. CROIX -- With Chief of Police Winsbut McFarland and Crime Stoppers USVI Chair Laurie Dunton standing near, V.I.P.D. Commissioner Delroy Richards announced this afternoon at the force's headquarters in Frederiksted, that V.I.P.…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Police Department on Friday arrested four individuals said to be involved in the East End Road rape incident that occurred two Saturdays ago, The Virgin Islands Consortium has learned. The publicati…
Following last week's news that a mother with Zika had given birth to a baby with microcephaly — the first recorded case in the U.S. Virgin Islands — this week saw no new cases in the territory in both the regular and pregnant wom…
ST. THOMAS -- Senate President Myron Jackson, in his response to Governor Kenneth Mapp's statement accusing the 32nd Legislature of using bills that were different from what he transmitted to be heard during a special session call…
ST. CROIX -- Two men were injured in a weekend shooting incident that occurred in Mount Pleasant West, in the wee hours of Sunday morning, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer, Glen Dratte announced Monday. According to Mr. Dratte,…
…citizens in the territory receive from the local government -- instead of having to secure a special ID through the Department of Human Services -- breezed through the Committee on Health and Human Services on Monday, with lawmake…
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