…‘the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner’; and ‘the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions & anxiety’ (1). Oppression is sibling to expression…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act passed The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, according to a press release Ms. Plaskett's office issued. The approval paves the way for Congress…
…monies to scammers before the victims are able catch on in time to stop the process. According to the V.I.P.D., the scammer, acting as an agent for a company, posts a job vacancy or an investment opportunity on the internet or oth…
ST. CROIX -- Five Virgin Islands veterans -- Jerome Ferdinand, Jerome Jackson, Aubrey Nelthropp, Carl Thomas, and Leroy Woodrup - who served with the 65th Army Infantry Regiment, also known as the Borinqueneers (bohr-ehn-kin-EERS'…
ST. CROIX -- Rolando Torres De La Cruz, 25, was arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in an indictment with alien in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced…
ST. CROIX -- Visitors to the Virgin Islands National Parks spent an estimated $62.1 million in 2015, according to the National Park Service's latest Visitor Spending Effects report. The report says these expenditures supported a t…
ST. CROIX -- During a Committee on Government Services, Consumer and Veterans Affairs hearing held on Thursday, Positive Nelson, the veteran Independent Citizens Movement (I.C.M.) senator, said the United States should apologize f…
ST. CROIX -- Today U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Kevin Concannon announced strengthened nutrition standards for food and beverages served to young children and others in day care settings at the annual conference o…
ST. THOMAS -- Senator Myron Jackson, the author of an amendment to the Centennial Commission bill that added $10 to the flat cost of $39 for the controversial Centennial license plate, said today during a Committee on Government S…
ST. CROIX -- At a brief ceremony held at the Arthur A. Richards Junior School on Wednesday, University of the Virgin Islands, Department of Agriculture and Department of Education officials lauded the dedication of the school's fi…
ST. CROIX -- Outside the Legislature building in Frederiksted on Wednesday, residents protested what they deem as the lack of action on gun violence in the territory. The protest -- spearheaded by Marilyn "Iesha" Hodge, who lost a…
ST. CROIX -- Senator Kenneth Gittens on Wednesday said he has introduced legislation that would provide a funding source to address the Government Employees' Retirement System unfunded liability with funds derived from newly acqui…
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