ST. CROIX -- The Paul E. Joseph Stadium project seems dead. There is no work being performed, even after Governor Kenneth Mapp announced that work would commence in earnest mid-October 2015. The governor had halted the project in …
ST. CROIX -- The Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center is in "substantial compliance" with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements, according to a press release the hospital issued Wednesday. A C.M.S. s…
ST. THOMAS -- There were two new cases of the Zika virus in the territory according to the Department of Health and the weekly Zika report, bringing the total count territory-wide to 26. Of the new cases, one was recorded here and…
ST. CROIX -Senator Novelle Francis, Jr. today said he is encouraged to see the territory moving towards implementation of a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling program. He said, however, that while legislation proposed by …
ST. CROIX -- Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter departed the territory on Sunday to travel to London, England, to meet with representatives of underwriters at Lloyd’s Bank of London -- a British retail and commercial bank with bran…
ST. CROIX -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C.M.S.) without warning walked into the Juan F. Luis hospital at 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, to conduct an inspection of the facility following reports of staff shortage in the…
ST. THOMAS -- Gun violence has erupted on the island of St. Thomas, leaving 20 dead this year alone, the latest being the homicide death of 22-year-old Ojahnia Adkins. The young man's death followed that of 34-year-old Jafari Samu…
ST. THOMAS -- Another drive-by shooting incident here on Sunday -- the second in one week -- left one man dead and a female victim in emergency surgery, The Consortium can confirm. The incident was later corroborated by V.I.P.D. P…
ST. THOMAS -- For the second year in a row, Virgin Islands graduating seniors from across the island of St.Thomas were granted a prom experience of any girls wildest dream, a press release issued by 4Her Foundation, an organizatio…
ST. THOMAS -- Employee morale at the Bureau of Corrections is on the rise as a result of recent salary increases authorized by Governor Kenneth Mapp and other efforts to better train and equip staff, BOC Director Rick Mullgrav rep…
ST. THOMAS -- The University of the Virgin Islands late Friday issued a press release with a statement from the institution's president, Dr. David Hall, in which Dr. Hall defends his reputation and that of U.V.I.'s Board of Truste…
ST. CROIX -- The Committee on Rules and Judiciary on Thursday approved one bill that increases mooring fees and four other health-related measures. Mooring fees have remained unchanged in the territory since 1990 at $5 per foot, r…
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