…the bill to include any exploitation of those persons, not just financial exploitation; strengthening punishments and penalties; and fixing language so the bill will allow the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services to request…
When former V.I. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez ruled in April that the government of the Virgin Islands and its partner, VIGL Operations, LLC, violated the contract clause of the United States Constitution when the Legislature…
…to spread in territory. On Friday, D.O.H. reported 7 cases on St. Croix and 3 in St. Thomas. There were no new cases on St. John. The Friday infographic showed 5 community spread cases in St. Thomas, a scenario that is difficult t…
…Islands on Saturday, according to a Dept. of Health infographic. St. Croix saw 12 new cases, while both St. Thomas and St. John saw 1 new case each. There were 54 test results pending as of Saturday, and a total of 6,938 tests wer…
As Coronavirus cases in the U.S. Virgin Islands surged in the past two weeks, with the Dept. of Health moving from tracking two individuals late May to 10 cases just last Wednesday, there was a sudden rise in the number of cases l…
The St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix offices of Census 2020 US Virgin Islands will reopen on June 1, Census 2020 has announced. Data collection will resume at that time, with census takers visiting neighborhoods to list homes an…
…can be arranged by visiting the Office of the Tax Collector. Interest and penalties will be assessed on unpaid 2020 bills after August 31, 2020. Payments can be made on all three islands at the following locations: St. John:(340) …
…them former government officials in the Governor Kenneth Mapp administration — Samuel Carrion, who served as senior policy advisor, Franklin Johnson, who also served as a senior policy advisor to Mr. Mapp, and Devin Carrington, th…
…said Friday that it has given approval for the hiring of outside assistance to complete the restoration of the utility’s Automated Metering Infrastructure. WAPA said once restoration is completed, it will be in position to ensure …
ST. THOMAS — On the first day that non-essential businesses were cleared to reopen their establishments after being closed for over a month because of the coronavirus pandemic, a district-wide power outage affected St. Thomas and …
…of 32 beaches the Dept. of Planning and Natural Resources tested for swimming and fishing proved to be safe this weekend. D.P.N.R. said the waters were sampled for Enterococci Bacteria and Turbidity, which is a measure of water cl…
…Education’s “No V.I. Child Goes Hungry” Feeding Initiative, which distributes breakfast and lunch to V.I. students each weekday during school closures due to COVID-19, will expand distribution to three additional sites on St. Croi…
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