ST. THOMAS -- The West Indian Company, Limited will host its 32nd annual Christmas Tree Lighting from 12 noon to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7 at the West Indian Company dock, WICO announced Monday. This year’s festivities repr…
ST. THOMAS -- The Virgin Islands Department of Education in partnership with the Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has launched the “Clean Places. Happy Faces.” anti-litter campaign at elementary schools across the territory, D…
…Virgin Islanders who have them, as it attempts to modernize its system to fight fraud. D.O.H. says it expects to start the process of issuing the new cards -- at no extra cost to cardholders -- by the end of the holiday season, or…
Andre Toussaint of St. Croix, Elvis Sprauve of St. John and Nico VanHolten of St. Thomas are the first round of winners in the Department of Tourism's inaugural "Taxi-Text-To-Win" incentive promotion, designed to enhance the USVI …
…of a deceptive trade practice is called a “bait and switch.” First, customers are "baited" by merchants’ advertising products or services at a low price, but when customers visit the store, they discover that the advertised goods …
…anticipates that negative environmental impacts will be caused by storm-water runoff. DPNR is therefore advising the public to use caution when using the coastal waters throughout the Territory until further notification. The gove…
…33 new cases of the Zika virus this week, a marked decrease from last week's 100 surge, although the Department of Health's director of public relations, Nicole Tyson, said the latter number was a result of cases that were backlog…
ST. THOMAS -- The Virgin Islands Legislature, led by the Democratic Party with its current majority of 11 senators, has chosen Senator Myron Jackson as Senate President of the 32nd Legislature, current Senate President Neville Jam…
On November 3, senators who make up the 31st Legislature passed a debt financing measure of $247 million, of which $147 million was set aside for government operations. Out of that amount -- through an amendment sponsored by Senat…
ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Police Department's Economic Crime Unit on Friday arrested a man and woman, who had allegedly teamed up to swindle money from the Divi Carina Bay Casino, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dra…
ST. THOMAS -- A homeschooling measure sponsored by senators Nereida Rivera-O'Reilly and Novelle Francis, which first came to the Senate floor on October 1, has been forwarded to the full body for ratification after being approved …
…safe for swimming and fishing this weekend, except Dorsch Beach in St. Croix, which did not meet standards considered safe. D.P.N.R. also said that it could not assure the status of Princess Condo Row beach because it did not have…
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