ST. CROIX -- The Casino Control Commission has been out of control with the people's money, if an audit report from the Office of the Inspector General is to be believed. The report, revealing an eye-popping waste of Virgin Island…
ST. CROIX -- A scathing audit report of the Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission (V.I.C.C.) conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (O.I.G.), revealed a flabbergasting array of what appeared to be questionable actions…
A weather system that could potentially impact some Caribbean islands continues to take form in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Weather Service (N.W.S.) gave the system a 40 percent chance of tropical depression formation in the …
ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp has approved contracts to oversee the reconstruction of Government House on St. Thomas and the Battery on St. John, which houses the Office of the Governor, Government House announced Tuesday. B…
…Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to provide an enhanced customer experience for its domestic and international travelers. Starting today, Seaborne’s main check-in counter will be located in Terminal B and arrival/departure g…
…to Governor Kenneth Mapp following an all-day Senate session last week, and while the fate of many remains unknown, the governor is expected to veto a measure introduced by Senator Tregenza Roach, a candidate in the gubernatorial …
A few and inconsequential weather systems have formed in the Atlantic during the 2018 hurricane season, including Tropical Storm Florence which is expected to curve northwards without impacting land. But a new system, which the Na…
ST. THOMAS -- The Legislature of the Virgin Islands will host a hurricane observance service at the Earl B. Ottley Legislature on Wednesday, one day before the September 6 anniversary of Hurricane Irma's landfall on St. Thomas and…
ST. CROIX -- Three new rum companies that desired doing business in the territory through new rum distilleries were turned away by Governor Kenneth Mapp, said the governor's senior policy advisory, Frankie Johnson, above left, on …
Governor Kenneth Mapp has extended the state of emergency declaration through October 1 -- past one year since Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the territory. Hurricane Irma walloped St. Thomas and St. John on September 6, 2017, w…
ST. CROIX -- The two-day G.E.R.S. summit held at the Carambola Resort Wednesday and Thursday saw two of the most visible campaigns -- the Mapp-Potter and Bryan-Roach teams -- promoting their plans to save the system. The pension s…
…Governor Kenneth Mapp in 2015, continues to move forward and the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Hurricane Maria has focused greater attention on local efforts to reduce the risks associated with the world’s changing wea…
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