Albert Bryan, the Democrat who beat his competitors during the August 4, Democratic Primary Election to face the Independent candidates and sitting governor during the General Election, today went head-to-head with Governor Kennet…
…always been predicted by political observers, pointing to Mr. Mapp's strength on St. Croix and his weakness on St. Thomas, while Mr. Bryan's strength from the onset has been in St. Thomas. Mr. Bryan is going into the runoff with t…
A new poll released on Saturday by John Boyd, whose history of polling in the U.S. Virgin Islands dates back to 1982, shows Governor Kenneth Mapp leading the November 6 General Election, while Albert Bryan and Adlah Donastorg are …
ST. THOMAS -- Senators could have voted on Friday during a special session to approve the St. Croix Retirees Inc. reapportionment initiative that was signed by more than 8,000 Virgin Islands citizens, allowing the petition to beco…
…Myron Jackson told The Consortium on Wednesday that a vote on the St. Croix Retirees Inc. reapportionment petition will be held next week, but Mr. Jackson expressed skepticism that the measure would pass. The Senate president said…
…text message on Thursday that even if senators were to support the St. Croix Retirees Inc., reapportionment petition that received near 5,000 signatures from Virgin Islanders territory-wide, that district apportionment is unconsti…
…he misspoke when he said Friday that 140 cruise ships would visit St. Croix this Winter season. Only 34 ships will be headed to St. Croix this Winter season. Original Story: The Virgin Islands is on a rebound in a number of indust…
…the night of said date is hard to forget. For days the Mapp administration, citing weather reports, had projected that Hurricane Irma would impact the St. Thomas-St. John District, though it would pass more to the north. But as th…
ST. THOMAS -- All students attending U.S. Virgin Islands public schools will be off of split sessions for the 2018-2019 school year, according to testimony from Department of Education (D.O.E) Commissioner Sharon McCollum, who wil…
ST. CROIX -- Less than four percent of commercial pilots in the Unites States are Black and less than five percent are Hispanic, according to one JetBlue official, but there's an organized effort to change that statistic through a…
ST. CROIX -- The Filipino community on St. Croix, which is largely comprised of teachers employed with the Virgin Islands Department of Education, celebrated the 120th Philippine Independence Day on June 17 with history, music, fo…
ST. CROIX -- A grin was all that Governor Kenneth Mapp offered to The Consortium at Government House here on Monday when asked to confirm information the publication had gathered relative a deal between his administration, British…
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