ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Port Authority has received the green light to begin major renovations at the Gallows Bay Marine Facility in Christiansted, VIPA Executive Director Carlton Dowe announced Monday. On Thursday, Decemb…
ST. CROIX -- The U.S. Virgin Islands is in full holiday mode now, and Governor Kenneth Mapp this afternoon has added even more cheer to the season for government employees, announcing four days of holiday-season leave to non-essen…
ST. THOMAS -- Senators who make up the Committee on Rules and Judiciary on Thursday approved and forwarded multiple bills to the full body aimed at better regulating the insurance industry, and one measure to bring local credit un…
…management development program open to managers in federal, state, and local government agencies. The V.I. CPM is also open to managers in non-profit and private sector organizations. The program’s primary goal is to improve the p…
…anticipates that negative environmental impacts will be caused by storm-water runoff. DPNR has advised the public to use caution when using the coastal waters throughout the territory until further notification. The government dep…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has submitted to the Legislature his proposed “Virgin Islands Revenue Enhancement and Economic Recovery Act of 2017”, which the governor, in his transmittal letter to Senate President Nevillle J…
ST. THOMAS -- A bill sponsored by Senator Novelle Francis that would have in some instances drastically increased the cellphone bills of V.I. residents, was killed in the Committee on Rules and Judiciary on Thursday, following a C…
ST. THOMAS -- Senator Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly's bill seeking to eliminate customs duties was voted favorably out of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary, and forwarded to full Senate on Thursday at the Earl B. Ottley Legislative H…
ST. THOMAS -- The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported on Wednesday that after declining for four consecutive years, the U.S. Virgin Islands economy grew in 2015, bolstered by tourism and consumer spending. The estimate…
St. Thomas police are seeking the community's assistance in locating a 17-year-old minor who was in the custody of the Department of Human Services, but ran away, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced via press relea…
ST. THOMAS -- Senators who make up the Committee on Finance, chaired by outgoing Senator Clifford Graham, met at the Earl B. Ottley Legislative Hall on Wednesday as they sought to take immediate action on the problems at the Juan …
…Reef executives from a wide range of departments mentored students at the Administration and Conference Center building on the St. Thomas Campus. Hospitality and Tourism students and other business majors attended the panel discus…
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