…John P. de Jongh, Jr. vetoed legislation that sought to remove the District Street Lighting Fund and allow the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority to charge its customers for maintaining and installing street lights in the te…
…was officially revealed to the public at a launch party held on the St. Croix campus of the University of the Virgin Islands on Wednesday night. The event featured presentations by First Lady Cecile de Jongh and other literary not…
Luis Morales, age 73, of Estate Tipperary, Christiansted passed away into the glorious presence of our Lord and Savior on Friday, October 10, 2014 in Winter Park, Florida. Luis was born on September 21, 1941 in Christiansted, St. …
…of Public Works used to erect a fence, build a guard house and install a security camera system at his private residence, the amount of which totaled over $490,000. But the manner in which de Jongh framed his words left many guess…
…the Governor hasn't dealt with as yet--namely the controversial 'Streetlights Bill', which would give the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority the power to charge customers for streetlights usage--there is some good news for t…
…Hugo V. Hodge, Jr., said WAPA is closely monitoring the weather system and that under storm conditions, all employees are designated as essential and will report to work as scheduled to assist in the restoration of the electric an…
…barreling its way to the U.S. Virgin Islands and the center of the storm is expected to pass near the territory on Monday night, VITEMA has made known through a press release. “According to the latest forecasts, Tropical Storm Gon…
…Fri., Oct. 31, the Group Health Insurance offices in both the St. Thomas and St. Croix districts will be closed all day. Of the closure, Hermon said it was "necessary to allow the Group Health Insurance employees to input the larg…
Tropical storm Gonzalo is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by the time it makes landfall in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It now packs maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, an overnight increase of 20 mph. A flash flood warning rem…
…and while that's an increase of about 66 cases since the last report on October 1, the new results represent a decline in the disease's overall spread in the territory. According to a report from the Dept. of Health, there are now…
Tennis players from St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, Puerto Rico, Grenada and Florida are on island for the 5th Annual St. Croix Open Tennis Championships, scheduled through Oct. 19, at the Tennis Club of St. Croix. Players will p…
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