ST. CROIX -- One week following the arrest of a Bureau of Corrections officer for attempting to smuggle marijuana and other prison contraband into the Golden Grove Correctional Facility, another officer was caught, arrested and ja…
ST. CROIX -- The Government Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees decided not to cut retirees' benefits by 30 percent on January 1, 2017, news that will be well received by retirees who feared that their annuities would h…
ST. THOMAS -- After learning that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (F.H.W.A.) had suspended the contract awarded to Tip Top Construction for the Main Street Revitalization Project in Charlotte…
ST. THOMAS -- On November 17, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment against Aracelis N. Ayala aka Gordita aka Fluff, 34, Turrel Thomas, 21, and Raheem Miller aka Caesar, 24, charging them with two Hobbs Act rob…
ST. CROIX -- Julisha Lansiquot, whose story was detailed in an article on The Consortium in October, telling of her journey from teenage pregnancy, to senior crime scene investigator and now author, will be launching her book reve…
ST. CROIX -- The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Friday lifted the emergency status that it placed on the Zika virus on February 1, a sign that the mosquito-borne disease's effect on the world had diminished. But the organiz…
ST. THOMAS -- The proposed revamping of the territory's horse racing facilities to the tune of $27 million by VIGL Operations LLC -- a Virgin Islands firm and operator of the Caravelle Hotel and Casino in Christiansted -- was hera…
ST. THOMAS -- Following his whirlwind announcement on October 27 to partner with VIGL Operations, LLC to transform the horse racing industry in the territory, Governor Kenneth Mapp on Thursday proposed legislation which would amen…
…on Wednesday following a judge's repudiation of the Mapp administration, its Attorney General Claude Walker, and Inspector General Steven van Beverhoudt, in a 65-page long decision and order that dismantled an audit that Mr. van B…
ST. CROIX -- Senator Novelle Francis, above, is urging the Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (W.M.A.) to comply with the Senate’s mandate to educate the public on tipping fees, a press release Mr. Francis's office issued t…
ST. CROIX -- Among multiple other measures, senators considered Bill No. 31-0398 on Tuesday during a Committee on Finance meeting here, which would eliminate customs duties altogether on goods coming into the territory. Senator Ne…
…dating back three weeks; the case increase is not specific to last week," said Nykole Tyson. "As last weeks surveillance report indicated, there were a large number of pending results (261 on last report) that we received results …
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