ST. CROIX -- Residents have complained to The Consortium of a recent account maintenance hike established by Firstbank that they deem as irresponsible and inconsiderate at a time when the economic condition here hasn't improved. T…
ST. CROIX -- Former senator Juan Figueroa-Serville, whose most recent position was assistant commissioner of the Department of Health, has been tapped by Governor Kenneth Mapp to serve as the territory's acting commissioner of the…
ST. CROIX -- An escaped inmate from the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility & Detention Center has been caught and remanded to custody says Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections officials, according to a press release BOC issu…
ST. CROIX -- The faculty, staff and students of Central High School will participate in the National Campaign for Anti-Bullying on Wednesday, October 21 from 11:05 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., a press release from Department of Education h…
ST. CROIX -- Virgin Islands Department of Property and Procurement Commissioner Randolph Bennett, in a press release Government House issued on Monday, reminded the public that purchases that obligates the Government of the Virgin…
ST. CROIX -- The passing of Deacon Augustus Bannis, member of the Calvary Baptist Church here who was carjacked, beaten and left for dead on August 17 while gathering almonds for his wife at the David Hamilton Jackson park in Grov…
ST. THOMAS -- Students at Addelita Cancryn Jr. High School are being introduced to local leaders in government, law, business and other fields as part of the school’s new “Lectures in Excellence” speaker series that was launched i…
ST. CROIX -- They adorned themselves with costumes in a small room tucked away to the west side of the conference hall at the Palms at Pelican Cove. There, makeup artists enhanced the faces and bodies of the already beautiful wome…
…The proclamation was in order, Mapp says, because the holiday, historically celebrated on November 1, falls on a Sunday. Therefore, pursuant to the Legislature's amendment to 1 V.I.C. section 171 to provide that when a holiday fal…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp responded to the preliminary passage of Congress' Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, which only included a $2 million addition to the $40 million that U.S. territory's already…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has signed an executive order giving Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter oversight of "certain areas" within the Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation, a Government House press release issued …
ST. CROIX -- The payment of $473,350.00 that was made to the Virgin Islands Casino Control Commissioner (CCC) by Divi Carina Casino, first reported by The Consortium, was only to allay threats of closure by Acting Attorney General…
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