Welcome to the Monday Digest, where we provide you with snippets of the weekend's news to help you start the week informed. Let's jump in: Bryan to Deliver Third State of the Territory Address Tonight In the address, which starts …
Governor Albert Bryan will deliver his third State of the Territory Address tonight at 7:00 p.m. as he marks his third year as governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The event, being held at the Legislature of the Virgin Islands in …
…Janelle Sarauw and Kenneth Gittens limiting the development of gas stations in a territory replete with them was signed into law by Governor Albert Bryan Thursday, announced Ms. Sarauw's office. In simple terms, the law places a f…
John Burgos was sentenced to 21 months in prison and two years of supervised release for possessing a machine gun in violation of federal law, announced Gretchen C.F. Shappert on Thursday, the U.S. Attorney for the District of the…
ST. JOHN — A 63-year-old St. John woman was not provided an opportunity for bail as per the territory's domestic violence laws after refusing to let her boyfriend out a house they both reside in, the V.I.P.D. has announced. She al…
…civilian masks to the Department of Health, masks that will be distributed to community members territory-wide. VIADC President, Nicole George, presented the masks to D.O.H. Commissioner Justa Encarnacion on Friday, according to t…
…has announced that it would be providing free Covid-19 drive-thru testing throughout the USVI on January 13. The department made the announcement on its Facebook page Tuesday. In St. Thomas, the testing will take place from 1:00 p…
ST. THOMAS — An elderly man reported missing Sunday was found dead on a beach in St. Thomas early Monday. According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, on Sunday at roughly 5:17 p.m., 62-year-old Roy A. Frett was r…
ST. JOHN — A man was arrested Thursday after surveillance footage showed him burglarizing a St. John home. According to Toby Derima, the V.I.P.D. spokesman, on Thursday at roughly 5:30 a.m., police arrested 20-year-old Khalid Smit…
…of Education will resume virtual learning for all public-school students on Jan. 7 and its ‘No V.I. Child Goes Hungry’ Feeding Initiative will resume on Jan. 20 in both school districts, the department made known via release Tuesd…
…Sussman announced today the donation of Mingo Cay island to the Trust for Virgin Islands Lands (TVIL), according to a release issued Tuesday. Mingo Cay is a nearly 50-acre island situated two miles off the northwest coast of St. J…
ST. THOMAS — Affluent tourists with yachts searching for exotic destinations to ring in 2021 packed the territory's waters over the weekend, as many destinations remain closed or have implemented onerous Covid-19 restrictions on y…
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