ST. CROIX -- Taking heed of an outcry territory-wide that has led to protests outside the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority's office in the Sunny Isle Annex, Senator Alicia Hansen has submitted legislation aimed at preventi…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has formally submitted his proposed “Virgin Islands Revenue Enhancement and Economic Recovery Act of 2017” bill to the 32nd Legislature, a "sin" tax measure Mr. Mapp says the bond market is await…
ST. THOMAS -- Attorney General Claude Earl Walker has said that consumers stand to benefit from Toyota’s efforts to repair and replace faulty airbags from vehicles in the Virgin Islands. This action by Toyota follows on the heels …
…Libraries, Archives & Museums, which is part of D.P.N.R., will be hosting Gothic handwriting workshops -- a USVI/DK Archives joint Centennial project -- through a collaboration with the Territorial Archives from January 30 through…
ST. THOMAS -- With a 2017 budget of $19 million, the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, with its 15 senators, has become an extremely costly branch of government even as the territory's financial condition has arrived at a crisis …
…has been relieved of his duties by Governor Kenneth Mapp, the administration's communication's director, Cherie Munchez, confirmed to The Consortium Sunday morning. The Consortium became privy to the matter late Saturday. "Timothy…
The Women’s March on Washington has inspired over 300 “sister marches” to take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, January 21 -- the day after the Inauguration all around the U.S. -- and the U.S. Virgin Islands, on all three …
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Consortium received multiple calls on Thursday from employees of the Juan F. Luis Hospital -- whose names this publication will not reveal because they requested anonymity to speak freely about an u…
…the territory's various bonds. On Tuesday, Fitch, which in August 2016 downgraded the territory's rum cover-over and gross receipt tax bonds, downgraded the U.S. Virgin Islands' Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and the ratings of the d…
ST. CROIX -- A man the Virgin Islands Police Department says is responsible for the murder of a Castle Coakley man in March of 2016, was detained by V.I.P.D. investigators in Florida, and brought back to the territory on Wednesday…
…Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ) Sorority Incorporated, traversed areas in Christiansted on Monday where homeless residents are known to gather, to deliver what the sorority calls "blessing bags", one of the various giveback efforts the group …
ST. CROIX -- V.I.P.D. officers are on the hunt for a man police say kidnapped his girlfriend, carried her to three different locations and assaulted her with a tan tan tree stick, according V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen…
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