The Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands on Friday castigated party member Senator Marvin Blyden, condemning the Senate majority leader for putting Virgin Islanders at "deadly risk," and for acting "selfish and careless" when he attended a function with scores of people last Saturday after testing positive for Covid-19 two days earlier. "The senator has apologized and expressed regrets and has made it clear it was not intended to be malicious," said the Party. "However, it is the responsibility of the Legislature and other relevant authorities to impose pertinent forms of reasonable sanctions against Senator Blyden after a thorough investigation of this selfish and careless action that has put countless individuals at deadly risk." The statement was issued by Democratic Party State Chairman Cecil R. Benjamin. It added, "We emphatically,…
V.I. Attorney General Denise George announced Thursday what she described as "pending action brought…
Originally written on January 23, 2021. Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett has written to President…
A piece of legislation forwarded to the Senate this week by Governor Albert Bryan whose purpose is to…
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Bill Calling for Turnaround Company to Assess…
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Governor Albert Bryan has named former Senator Allison DeGazon to take the position of director of the Division of Economic Research effective Monday, February 15, Government House has announced. The...
The nine House Democrats serving as impeachment managers in the case against former President Donald Trump delivered their most gripping evidence for convicting Mr. Trump in the Senate chamber Wednesd...
The U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands, Gretchen Shappert, who has served since 2018, is most likely safe from President Joe Biden's request Tuesday that all but two U.S. attorneys appointed by Pres...
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who has been vacationing on St. Croix since Wednesday, was spotted dining at the Duggan's Reef Restaurant Sunday night, where he told a family as he was exiting the r...
Governor Albert Bryan will deliver his third State of the Territory Address tonight at 7:00 p.m. as he marks his third year as governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The event, being held at the Legisla...
V.I. Republican Gordon Ackley, who in 2016 criticized Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett when her privacy was criminally invaded by disgruntled staffers in 2016, is embroiled in ano...
"With God's grace... I'm ready," USVI Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett wrote on her Facebook page in the wee hours of Wednesday. She was referring to the strength needed to perform in her new role...
The Democratic Party district chairs of all three islands expressed the importance of the 34th Legislature of the Virgin Islands having a Democratic majority in an interview with the Consortium after ...
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