ST. THOMAS -- As cruise ship passengers streamed off the Symphony of the Seas toward gift shops, waiting safaris seem to barely notice the police wagon and Medical Examiner's Office truck parked at the end of the gangway at the Cr…
An unexpected move by the Trump administration to slow-walk disbursement of $8 billion in disaster recovery funds to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico has Government House scrambling to loosen Washington’s grip on money desperate…
ST. THOMAS -- An 18-year-old man in St. Thomas was arrested and charged for the rape of a minor, who police say was raped five times by the suspect, new V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Karl Caesar announced Monday. Mr. Caesar …
ST. THOMAS -- Despite Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea in Florida on felony charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution, the Virgin Islands Department of Justice considers the jet-setting multibillionaire a low-risk sex offen…
…from himself. On Tuesday, however, Government House issued a release stating that Mr. Bryan has only nominated four individuals to the board, which is charged under Act 8167 with creating the regulations and policies governing the…
…on Finance on Thursday to defend the department's budget request of roughly $180 million, an increase of $7,464,543 year-on-year. During the hearing, Finance Committee Chair Kurt Vialet sought to understand why there was no appare…
ST. THOMAS -- The long-awaited U.S. Customs and Border Protection (C.B.P.) building at the Urman V. Fredericks Marine Terminal in Red Hook is a step closer to becoming a reality, according to the Virgin Islands Port Authority. V.I…
ST. THOMAS -- On Monday, July 22 the Virgin Islands Port Authority will fully open its new two-story parking garage at the Urman V. Fredericks Marine Terminal in Red Hook, St. Thomas, the authority said Friday. The garage will ope…
The Office of Disaster Recovery (O.D.R.) is inviting all contractors, business owners, consultants, and other interested parties to attend the “Doing Business with the Recovery” Workshop. The territory is expected to receive more …
Administrators from St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John have issued a stern message to Virgin Islanders with abandoned vehicles lying around the islands: remove them or face a $1,000 fine. The Office of the Administrator is the coo…
…were previously canceled due to issues with the ship's propulsion system, there are no additional cancellations -- as was erroneously reported by some local V.I. news media, according to the authority. The Consortium was told abou…
A Bill sponsored by Senator Steven Payne requiring that backseat passengers of vehicles wear seatbelts was approved in the Committee on Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety on Wednesday and will be forwarded to the Committ…
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