When former V.I. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez ruled in April that the government of the Virgin Islands and its partner, VIGL Operations, LLC, violated the contract clause of the United States Constitution when the Legislature, through Act 7952, granted VIGL authorization to operate slot machines in St. Thomas in contravention of an agreement the GVI had signed with Southland Gaming in 2003, the judgement cast a cloud of doubt over the 2016 deal between the GVI and VIGL and the future of horse racing in the territory. But a July 28 ruling by the court's new judge, Robert Molloy, reversed the court's earlier decision, opining, "The Court is now of the opinion that the resolution of the VLT definition issue is not fully dispositive of Southland’s claims and that the Court erred in ruling that they were. As such, the Court finds it necessary…
The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) started…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s labor secretary resigned on Tuesday as tens of thousands…
Moody's, one of the most respected rating agencies in the world, on Thursday gave a bleak assessment…
Bryan Casts Some Blame for Territory's Economic…
Robert Moore May 19, 2020Governor Albert Bryan pointed to a court order forcing the central government to pay $63 million to…
V.I. Dept. of Labor in 'Final Phase' of Testing…
Staff Consortium May 13, 2020Virgin Islanders waiting to receive the $600 per week from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation…
After a Consortium Story, Bryan Holds Meeting…
Staff Consortium May 11, 2020Even as Governor Albert Bryan sought to cast blame on the Consortium for conflicting information coming…
Bryan Administration Gives Conflicting Information…
Ernice Gilbert May 11, 2020V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue Director, Joel Lee, says $5 million in stimulus payments to Virgin Islanders…
Governor Albert Bryan said last week Monday that the local government had been approved to receive the $84.7 million from the U.S. Treasury for stimulus check payments to Virgin Islands residents, and...
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) said Friday that it has issued a "notice to proceed" to the Department of Public Works for the first phase of the Design of Improvements for the Do...
The Bryan administration said Friday that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the Virgin Islands Department of Labor a $1.5 million National Dislocated Worker Grant to provide disaster-relief emp...
The territory's Unemployment Insurance Fund is woefully lacking and is not able to meet the overwhelming demand of laid-off Virgin Islanders seeking unemployment benefits. That's according to Governo...
TORTOLA, BVI — BVI Minister of Natural Resources, Labor and Immigration Vincent Wheatley on Sunday revealed that some 683 persons had lost their jobs as a result of the government’s mandatory one-...
Governor Albert Bryan has said he expects Congress to provide funding directly to states and U.S. territories to help the local governments recover from losses resulting from the coronavirus — fundi...
AP — Puerto Rico is taking its first tentative steps in relaxing a nearly two-month lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, while health experts warn that the U.S. territory is relying on faulty stat...
Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan on Wednesday laid out a plan for the phased reopening of the territory, the first step towards a new normalcy in the current coronavirus crisis. Beginning Monday,...
Though Virgin Islands residents may have to wait as late as June to start receiving the stimulus checks provided through the CARES Act, Governor Albert Bryan on Tuesday evening told the Consortium tha...
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