ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has vetoed a bill to authorize the Government of the Virgin Islands to purchase Estate Catherineberg from the West Indian Company Limited, Government House announced this afternoon. The governor…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has lobbied U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and congressional leaders, seeking what Government House says is the territory's share of the Trump administration's efforts to re…
ST. CROIX -- A woman said to be about 60 years old crashed into the front-facing glass wall of the Carlos Furniture Store located in Peter's Rest early Sunday, plowing through multiple items in the process, according to the brothe…
ST. THOMAS -- Members of the 32nd Legislature hosted a remembrance event today at the Earl B. Ottley Legislature dubbed "Refelections" in honor of former Senate President of the 20th Legislature, Bingley G. Richardson. Mr. Richard…
In the wake of clusters of violence across the territory, public outcry peaks – we are shocked and saddened by “what has happened to our islands.” When the violence lulls, we turn our attention to more “pressing” matters … until t…
On Tuesday, Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Nikolao Pula and other officials met with Governor Kenneth Mapp to discuss issues facing the territory, the Department of Interior announced Wednesday. They discuss…
ST. THOMAS -- The Virgin Islands Department of Health on Tuesday issued a statement following the alleged rape of a male victim who resides at D.O.H.'s Eldra Schulterbrandt Facility, located in Estate Tutu. V.I. Department of Just…
ST. THOMAS -- The Mapp administration has failed to meet the deadline to submit the government's annual budget to the Senate, which falls in line with Governor Mapp's own prediction, made during a March 22 press conference, where …
ST. THOMAS -- A man saved his own life by fighting off a gun-wielding suspect who, in the wee hours of Monday morning, fired multiple shots at the victim, ultimately resulting in a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the upper-l…
ST. THOMAS -- The Virgin Islands Next Generation Network (viNGN), revealed during a board meeting held on June 1 that it had extended its fiber optic broadband service to 12 local internet service providers (ISPs), with company Pr…
ST. THOMAS -- The Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority has approved the allocation of $954,365.48 to finance the emergency infrastructure repairs and replacements required at the Schneider Regional Medical Center (S.R.M.C.) The…
ST. THOMAS -- V.I. Superior Court Magistrate Henry V. Carr III found that there was sufficient probable cause to move forward on rape and related charges against a mentally-ill man, Wingrove Clarke, V.I. Department of Justice Publ…
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