ST. CROIX -- With community outrage mounting that the government has sitting in a Public Finance Authority (P.F.A.) account $144 million, $90 million of which to be used to rebuild the territory's roads, Public Works Commissioner …
ST. CROIX -- Responding to a complaint by Senator Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly, Government Employees Retirement System (G.E.R.S.) Administrator Austin Nibbs, said the system was doing its best to work through issues and make available …
ST. THOMAS -- The Department of Health has made known through its latest report that 28 new cases of the Zika virus have affected the territory as the number of cases rose from 115 to 143 territory-wide. The by-island breakdown se…
ST. CROIX -- The Office of Senator Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly since October 2014, wrote leadership at the Government Employees Retirement System (G.E.R.S.) requesting that the pension system accelerate the process of making loan refu…
ST. THOMAS -- Senator Nereida Reivera-O'Reilly appeared unsettled on Monday. For years, she had worked tirelessly to secure Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) bonds to rebuild the territory's roads. Last year, the monies …
ST. CROIX -- It has been a difficult time for members of the Virgin Islands Police Department following the homicide deaths of two of their own. The mood at the force, especially on St. Croix where the slain officers' colleagues a…
ST. CROIX -- In its annual effort to prevent drunk driving-related accidents and fatalities, the Virgin Islands Police Department's Office of Highway Safety, during a press conference at the force's Frederiksted headquarters on We…
ST. CROIX -- Voter turnout so far has been low in today's primary election, Election Systems Supervisor Caroline Fawkes made known today. She is encouraging residents to come out and vote before 7:00 p.m., which is when polls clos…
ST. CROIX – In a letter sent to Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) Executive Director Julio Rhymer on Thursday, Senate President Neville James inquired about the status of contracts executed between the authority and …
ST. CROIX -- At a hearing in the Committee of Workforce Development and Education, a measure sponsored by Senator Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly that seeks to give parents the option of having their students learn in single-gender classr…
ST. CROIX -- Department of Health on Tuesday announced that it would increase its efforts to fight the spread of the Zika virus in the territory. D.O.H. made known via press release that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent…
ST. THOMAS -- The Department of Health is reporting that the territory saw 14 new cases of the Zika virus this week, a high number that brings the islands' total known cases to 79 -- 20 in St. Croix, 58 in St. Thomas, and 1 in St.…
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