I stood outside the Legislature’s building on St. Thomas for 1 ½ hours protesting against the proposed “sin tax” bill on February 15 and then I went in and testified against it before the Committee on Finance. Most of my testimony…
ST. THOMAS -- V.I. Superior Court Magistrate Henry Carr III found probable cause to move forward on false imprisonment and related charges against Elijah Henry, above, who is accused of beating a female victim while detaining her …
ST. CROIX -- Lloyd Bough Jr. has been formally nominated to serve as the territory’s commissioner of the Department of Property & Procurement, Governor Kenneth Mapp announced during a press conference held at Government House here…
ST. CROIX -- The Government of the Virgin Islands had already spent over $200,000 to purchase two new Chevrolet Suburbans for Governor Kenneth Mapp late last year, which a Property and Procurement invoice said were retrofitted wit…
ST. CROIX -- Kevin Williams, Jr. has been playing steel pan for a long time although the youngster is still in 9th grade. His talent sees him serenading incoming tourists at the territory's various ports; he has traveled to Denmar…
ST. THOMAS -- V.I. Superior Court Magistrate Carolyn Hermon Percell ruled that there was sufficient evidence to move forward on burglary and related charges against Tyshown Belle, V.I. Department of Justice Public Media Officer Co…
ST. THOMAS -- Construction of the Red Hook parking garage is set to begin next week, Virgin Islands Port Authority Acting Executive Director David Mapp, announced Friday. V.I.P.A. announced the project in October of last year, but…
…complaint that Virgin Islanders have voiced for years: tremendous waste, on various levels, that has permeated multiple branches of government. It had been brushed aside in the past, but now that the territory's financial crisis i…
ST. THOMAS -- Following the sin tax bill's successful passage in the Committee on Finance on Wednesday, with Democrats Kurt Vialet, Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly, Neville James, Marvin Blyden and Brian Smith supporting the measure, Gove…
While Virgin Islands lawmakers and the Mapp administration continue to debate a contentious sin tax bill, which culminated in a massive protest in St. Thomas on Thursday, and which continues to be passionately opposed by the busin…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Sea Star Holdings Inc., parent company of Seaborne Airlines on Thursday announced the appointment of Ben Munson as its acting CEO. The leadership change comes on the heels of a public relations disaster fo…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp on Tuesday convened the first meeting with tourism experts and stakeholders to begin the formulation of the US Virgin Islands Tourism Master Plan, with the aim to map out a comprehensive strateg…
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