ST. CROIX -- The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) has issued a press release that warns construction contractors not to falsify their scope of work to residents, as the department has received complaints allegin…
ST . CROIX -- The Office of the Lieutenant Governor has announced that the San Juan, PR Passport Agency has reopened and is currently accepting applications from residents needing to travel internationally within two weeks, accord…
ST. CROIX – A group of about 60 faithful parishioners gathered Sunday afternoon under a large almond tree at a Grove Place park to sing, pray and share a message of mercy and forgiveness to neighborhood residents. The location of …
…Government House. The release, which was issued around 9:40 a.m., stated that any information regarding Danny will be dispensed through VITEMA. Earlier... The Tropical Storm watch for the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Vieques,…
At 11 p.m., the center of Tropical Storm Danny was located near latitude 15.6 North, longitude 54.7 West or about 680 miles southeast of the Virgin Islands, according to a joint press release issued by VITEMA and Government House.…
ST. CROIX -- The Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Kendall Griffith, told members of the Committee on Finance at the Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room on Friday that the hospital wa…
…located near Latitude 14.5 degrees north, longitude 49.1 degrees west or about 1,066 miles to the east-southeast of St. Croix. The hurricane's present movement is to the west-northwest at 10 miles per hour. This motion is expected…
ST. CROIX -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, August 25 as "Alvin G. Sylvester Southwell Day", according to a proclamation document provided to The Consortium. See document here. The universally l…
ST. CROIX -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources has issued a press release warning the territory's residents to "refrain from using the coastal waters throughout the territory until further notification." DPNR's Divi…
ST. CROIX -- The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs Acting Commissioner Devin Carrington says DLCA will be monitoring businesses "to ensure that prices for goods and services essential to storm preparation and recovery a…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has vetoed bill No. 31-0137 — an act establishing the Virgin Islands Ferryboat Fund as a separate and distinct fund in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, calling the measure "fatally flawed." T…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina on Tuesday announced $926,328 in grant assistance for fiscal year 2015, under the Office of Insular Affairs’ Coral Reef Initiative Program to a vari…
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