ST. THOMAS — One of four victims injured during a Smith Bay shooting incident on Sunday, Dec. 27 succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced. The victim, identified as 33-ye…
…marijuana law to include recreational use, a move that would first need to see the waiving of the Senate's rules of preemption, which prevents a bill similar to one already written from being brought to the floor. Senator Janelle …
…save the Gov't of the Virgin Islands money in light of low interest rates on the market. But lawmakers essentially rejected the plan, with Senate President Novelle Francis stating that the government should move in a more prudent …
…a temporary increase to the maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also called food stamps) allotments due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the release, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, signed by …
The V.I. Police Department is urging Virgin Islanders with guns to abstain from firing gunshots into the air on New Year's Eve, as the results could turn deadly, and those responsible could be jailed. Here are messages from the te…
ST. THOMAS -- Four men were shot during an incident near a restaurant in Smith Bay on Sunday, but only one victim connected his gunshot wound to an altercation with another individual. According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Offi…
The U.S. Virgin Islands has received the “Destination of the Year” award from Caribbean Journal, a digital Caribbean travel news publication. The USVI captured the top spot in the 7th edition of the “Caribbean Travel Awards”, whil…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue said Monday it intends to start the collection of excise taxes on goods manufactured in the Virgin Islands Jan. 1, representing a major shift in how B.I.R. levy the excise tax, which for years had on…
…the release, John Harper, president and branch manager of Marshall & Sterling St. Croix, Marissa Small, loss control specialist at Theodore Tunic & Co, and Lionel Downer from Baker Magras & Associates, Monica Robinson, senior clie…
…or reject his debt refinancing plan. Lawmakers on Dec. 8 voted against the governor's proposal, which had favored no interest rate cap nor a deadline to accomplish a deal. This action came after the Senate approved a previous plan…
A 25,000 square-foot hangar being built on St. Croix at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport will be the second largest hangar in the Caribbean once it's completed in December 2021. In fact, when the hangar is combined with the office spa…
…leave the department which he has led beginning with the Mapp administration, to pursue a private sector opportunity in the territory where he will serve as division manager, said Government House Sunday. Mr. Petty was named Publi…
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