ST. THOMAS -- A V.I.P.D. operation conducted over the weekend led to the arrests of three young men on weapons charges, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman, and the V.I. Department of Justice announced in separate press rele…
…director and producer Netfa Romain is set to unveil his latest project “Passing the Torch: The Next Generations of VI Jazz Masters,” which explores Dion Parson’s United Jazz Foundation and Mentoring Through the Art of Music Progra…
The renewed relationship between Crime Stoppers USVI and the Virgin Islands Police Department has been a tremendous success in 2016, with V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glenn Dratte providing results of the partnership's effo…
ST. THOMAS -- Police on Monday were able to apprehend a 20-year-old man suspected of assaulting a Caucasian female victim, as the victim's husband and the establishment's management took action to prevent him from escaping, V.I.P.…
ST. THOMAS -- A bill that in some instances could drastically increase the cellphone bills of V.I. residents, was revived in the full Senate on Tuesday and approved by ten senators on Wednesday. Bill No. 31-0508 -- An Act relating…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Mapp in a press release issued late Wednesday continued his push of encouraging the community to report any information regarding all homicides in the territory, and more so the tragic death of the 17-month-…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Port Authority Board of Directors on Tuesday fired Port Authority Executive Director Carlton Dowe, above, giving no reason for the termination, and stating that it was done "without cause." The boar…
ST. THOMAS -- The 31st Legislature on Tuesday approved a number of Governor Kenneth Mapp's nominees who will serve in various areas of government. Inspector General Steven van Beverhoudt, who was recently roiled by a controversy s…
ST. THOMAS -- The 31st Legislature, called into special session on Tuesday by Governor Kenneth to take action on a sin tax measure that he proposed (that measure ultimately failed), took action on a slew of other measures on Tuesd…
ST. THOMAS -- Senators placed on hold Governor Kenneth Mapp's “Virgin Islands Revenue Enhancement and Economic Recovery Act of 2017”, a measure that seeks to raise some $250 million in new revenue (it was adjusted down from Govern…
North South Net, Inc. (NSN), an international custom publishing company, announced via press release today that it has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Virgin Islands Hotel & Tourism Association to develop an upscale desti…
ST. THOMAS -- The Committee on Rules and Judiciary on Monday approved and forwarded to the full Senate Governor Kenneth Mapp's renomination of the three Supreme Court Justices, giving little challenge to the justices' credibility.…
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