ST. CROIX -- As promised, Governor Kenneth Mapp, during a press conference to announce new cabinet members and salary increases to seven government departments and agencies today, took some time to address the tension between hims…
ST. CROIX -- Controversies about Governor Kenneth Mapp's living costs at Estate Nazareth, where taxpayers dollars funded rent more than $12,000 monthly, and credit card spending that invited the rage of many a Virgin Islander, wer…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has confirmed that the youngest officers of the Virgin Islands Police Department can now be trained at the New York City Police Academy, after the NYPD Commissioner, William Bratton, approved an …
ST. CROIX -- In a one-hour interview with The Virgin Islands Consortium conducted last Friday, Governor Kenneth Mapp spoke on a myriad of subjects and answered a variety of questions posed by Ernice Gilbert, and The Consortium's w…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp isn't too pleased with an accusation against him by Senator Janette Millin Young that suggests his administration is withholding pension owed to her mother by the government. The governor, in a F…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has called Senator Janette Millin Young a jackass, "setty fowl" and stupid for alleging that he is maliciously withholding her mother's pension monies that the government owes, because she refuse…
ST. CROIX -- Acting Department of Health Commissioner Juan Figueroa-Serville, through a press release issued on Tuesday, made known that the Puerto Rico Department of Health reported its first locally acquired case of Zika virus i…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Consortium has the first exclusive interview with Governor Kenneth Mapp following the ratification of the ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC and Government of the Virgin Islands operating agreement's ap…
ST. CROIX -- Today, Virgin Islands Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett applauded President Barack Obama’s announcement that the administration will take executive action to help reduce and prevent gun violence in America, a press releas…
ST. THOMAS -- In the aftermath of the 31st Legislature’s ratification of the agreement to reopen the fuel storage terminal on St. Croix, Senator Jean Forde is advocating that a portion of the $220 million upfront payment to the Go…
Students on the neighboring island of St. Maarten/St. Martin can now earn a number of academic degrees from the University of the Virgin Islands without leaving their homeland, a press release the institution of higher learning is…
ST. CROIX -- In separate press releases issued on Monday, Senators Kenneth Gittens and Neville James clarified what they said were erroneous statements making the rounds in the media concerning a $1.5 million charity bill passed b…
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