…Evacuation Maps delineate the tsunami inundations and delineate coastline inundation as well as safe areas, evacuation route and assembly points. “Tsunamis are not like tropical storms or hurricanes where the territory is warned m…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp on Thursday reminded Virgin Islanders that March 1 marked the beginning of Virgin Islands History Month, and sought to encourage residents to reflect on the territory's storied past. Act 6802, s…
ST. THOMAS -- V.I. Superior Court Magistrate Carolyn Hermon-Purcell has ruled that there was sufficient evidence to move forward on rape and related charges against Shawn Tyson, V.I. Department of Justice Public Media Officer Corl…
ST. THOMAS -- Senators on Tuesday night forwarded multiple measures to Governor Kenneth Mapp for his approval or veto, and while the most consequential bills were the sin tax and property tax measures aimed at shoring up governmen…
ST. THOMAS -- V.I. Residents will be pleased to know that the Mapp administration's plan to tax internet purchases was not included in last night's final sin tax bill, which was favorably supported by Senate Democrats and forwarde…
…and employee contributions to the Government Employees' Retirement System in three months, GERS made known at a board meeting late Tuesday. The nonpayments put more pressure on a system that is already projected to collapse in a f…
ST. THOMAS -- Senate Democrats, as expected, tonight at the Earl B. Ottley Legislature voted by a 9-5 margin in favor of Governor Kenneth Mapp's five-year economic growth bill, commonly referred to as the sin tax measure, that wil…
The Virgin Islands Police Department has drastically cut its overtime operation, a document outlining the directive -- which was signed by V.I.P.D. Commissioner Delroy Richards and obtained by The Virgin Islands Consortium, has re…
…tax breaks, and encouraged both public and private sector investments during his current visit to Washington for the National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting, where he and other governors were to meet with President Don…
…of Planning and Natural Resources said on Friday that it only tested 14 beaches, with the only known unsafe area being the Buccaneer. D.P.N.R. did not say why it failed to sample its regular amount of 34 beaches. See safe beaches …
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp will meet with President Donald Trump as part of the annual National Governors Association meeting being held in Washington D.C. from February 24-27, Government House made known Friday. Above, M…
…than a decade to provide emergency services to residents and tourists who visit the island’s popular Honeymoon Beach. The 38-member team is the island’s first response to emergencies for close to 200 residents and for 600-plus tou…
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