ST. THOMAS -- A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to a murder in October 2015, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison by V.I. Superior Court Judge Michael Dunston, the local Department of Justice has announced. Jibri K. Ro…
ST. CROIX -- Senators met with G.E.R.S. board members, the system's actuary and an investment group on Monday, who attempted to explain in detail the ails of the system, where it has made gains and the cash infusion needed to save…
…the visit, Mrs. Nicholson-Doty met with approximately 20 journalists and influencers at a media mixer hosted by the department, and on one-on-one deskside appointments. Orlando journalists at the USVI Media Mixer. The journalists,…
ST. THOMAS -- Federal Judge Ruth Miller on Thursday ordered former Senator Wayne James to remain in federal custody pending trial, basing her decision on Mr. James being a flight risk because his ties to the territory, she opined,…
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp, who nominated Renee Gumbs Carty, above, to serve as a judge of the Superior Court in April, spoke highly of Ms. Gumbs-Carty at her investiture ceremony at the Alexander A. Farrelly Justice Cent…
ST. CROIX -- The beaches on this island were not tested this week, the Department of Planning and Natural Resources made known via press release on Friday, without given an explanation regarding why it had not conducted its weekly…
…the Zika virus this week according to the Department of Health's latest report, issued this afternoon. This week's spike is the second largest yet, with last week seeing the greatest one-week increase of 56 new cases. Breakdown pe…
ST. CROIX -- Davidson Charlemagne tells The Consortium he will not sign a document from the Government Employees' Retirement System that diminishes his annuity payments from a rate of 3 percent to 2.5 percent. "That's not what was…
ST. THOMAS -- The Public Finance Authority on Thursday approved contracts for Attorney Terri Grffiths, a former acting attorney general of the Mapp administration, and Peter Schultz, who was announced in March as acting CEO of the…
ST. THOMAS -- On September 8, Governor Kenneth Mapp announced that police had arrested Officer Francis Williams in connection with the homicides of two police officers, but that was not the only big news coming out of the press co…
ST. THOMAS -- The second man who admitted to breaking into “My Brother’s Workshop” and stealing a television monitor and other items has been sentenced for the crime. V.I. Superior Court Judge James Carroll III handed down a three…
ST. THOMAS -- Two men were shot here today in the area of the Paul M. Pearson Gardens Housing Community, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced. According to Ms. Freeman, at approximately 3:50 a.m. on Wednesday, two m…
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