ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has approved tax benefits for a medical laboratory and three financial services firms, a press release Government House issued on Thursday has revealed. Mr. Mapp recently signed off on agreements…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is being sued by its former oil supplier Trafigura Trading, LLC, the firm that supplied W.A.P.A. with No. 2 based oil since winning a bid in 2012, and up until the semiauto…
ST. CROIX -- Police on Wednesday arrested Ala Zatar, above, on charges of animal abuse, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced this afternoon. According to Ms. Freeman, an arrest warrant was executed to the rear of Bi…
Pharmacist and owner of Neighborhood Pharmacy Dr. Kisha Christian, above left, sat with Nykole Tyson in this week's I'm Making It Happen interview and revealed how she was successful in completing a 5-year strategy to move back to…
ST. CROIX -- Virgin Islander Tim Duncan on Tuesday became the third player in NBA history to win 1,000 games, after the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz 88-86, giving Mr. Duncan his 1,000th career victory. Mr. Duncan was c…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp on Tuesday expressed strong concern to Congressional leaders in regard to proposed changes to language in the Puerto Rico debt restructuring bill released last week by Committee on Natural Resour…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp told The Consortium today that all unions are being asked to consider giving up retroactive monies that the government owes their members in exchange for salary increases. The governor's remarks …
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp told The Consortium during a press conference held at Government House today, that crime in the territory will get worse before results of his administration's initiatives could start manifesting…
ST. CROIX -- The Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation, Pedro Cruz, told The Consortium on Monday that vandals had destroyed restroom toilets located in the Canegata Ballpark facility in Gallows bay over the weekend. On Tue…
ST. CROIX -- The Mapp administration, through its chief negotiator and head of the Office of Collective Bargaining, Attorney Natalie Nelson Tang How, above, is asking unions to relinquish their rights to retroactive pay that the G…
ST. CROIX -- Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett on Monday expressed concern about a bill moving through the halls of Congress aimed at relieving Puerto Rico of the debt crisis that the commonwealth has found itself in. The measu…
ST. CROIX -- Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter left the territory on Saturday to attend the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (N.A.I.C.) Spring 2016 National Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, a press release issued …
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