ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp signed into law a Senator Sammuel Sanes-sponsored bill that raises the tax percentage of imported cigarettes from 35 to 45 percent. The bill appends around half a million dollars to the territor…
ST. CROIX -- Incensed by multiple Consortium reports detailing gross mismanagement of government employees pension funds by the Government Employees' Retirement System's Board of Trustees, as detailed by an audit conducted by the …
ST. THOMAS -- In a condemning 63-page audit report on the Government Employees' Retirement System's (G.E.R.S.) Alternative Investment Program (A.I.P.) -- described as "investment opportunities that have not been identified by the …
ST. THOMAS -- The departments of Justice and Labor took a rugged stance against the owners of the Sugar Bay Resort and Spa on Monday, declaring at a press conference held in a D.O.J. conference room here that they would do all in …
ST. THOMAS -- The Virgin Islands Department of Education’s State Office of Special Education, through a press release issued on Saturday, informed parents and guardians of children and youth with disabilities of the upcoming Annua…
ST. THOMAS -- Judge Denise M. Francois of the Superior Court in the St. Thomas-St.John district, has granted Attorney General Claude Walker and the Government of the Virgin Islands a temporary restraining order against Sugar Bay R…
ST. THOMAS -- The Virgin Islands Department of Education will administer the end-of-year Common Core-based Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments in English/Language Arts and mathematics to public school students in 3rd – 6th grad…
ST. THOMAS -- Representatives of Yacht Haven Grande marina donated 100 laptop computers to the Charlotte Amalie High School (C.A.H.S.) in a ceremony held at the school’s library on Thursday. This brings the company’s total donatio…
ST. THOMAS -- Dr. Tonjia Coverdale, president and chief executive officer of the Virgin Islands Next Generation Network (V.I.N.G.N.), has resigned from the semiautonomous entity, following a highly anticipated board meeting today …
ST. THOMAS -- As part of a broader effort to attain financial solvency, Schneider Regional Medical Center has suspended non-emergency knee and hip implant procedures, the hospital said through a press release issued on Wednesday. …
ST. CROIX -- Dr. George F. Tyson, above, a historian and president of the Virgin Islands Social History Associates (V.I.S.H.A.), will speak about the demographic atrributes of ethnic Africans on St. Croix during the Nineteenth Cen…
ST. CROIX -- University of the Virgin Islands School of Medicine almost died before being birthed when fights between U.V.I. leaders, Senate and Government Officials over where the facilities should be built erupted last year. Som…
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