Jose Miguel Hernandez Rosa, 29, of Marley Homes on St. Croix, was found fatally wounded by gunfire on Jan. 16 in Estate Whim, according to police spokesperson, Melody Rames.
The staff at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in St. Thomas is in “open revolt” following Governor Kenneth Mapp’s selection Friday of Attorney Terri Griffiths as Acting Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the aftermath of the resignation of Soraya Diase-Coffelt, people with...
Soraya Diase-Coffelt has resigned her post as Virgin Islands Attorney General, two weeks after being appointed to the position by Governor Kenneth Mapp. According to a press release issued late Thursday by Government House, Diase-Coffelt cited among reasons for resigning, “a staffing conflict with...
At a press conference held today on St. Thomas, Governor Kenneth Mapp sought to inform Virgin Islands residents on matters discussed at a meeting he and senior staff members conducted with the owners of HOVENSA Wednesday. The governor announced he has ordered Attorney General Soraya Diase-Coffelt to file...
Although construction of WAPA’s propane storage facility on St. Croix has been underway since last June, reports are surfacing of disparities between local and imported workers, unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, improper equipment and tool supplies, and other problems at the Christiansted...
Following a press briefing at Government House on St. Thomas Wednesday morning, Governor Kenneth Mapp met privately with Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. and PDVSA, owners of the defunct HOVENSA refinery on St. Croix. Late Wednesday, Government House announced Gov. Mapp would address the territory on Thursday...
At a press briefing convened at Government House on St. Thomas Wednesday morning, Governor Mapp announced Vivian Ebbesen-Fludd as Commissioner of Human Services, replacing Christopher E. Finch, who led the department during the de Jongh administration. Mapp also revealed his picks for the Department...
Acting Attorney General Soraya Diase-Coffelt Wednesday announced the first two V.I. Department of Justice arrests under her leadership for crimes stemming from the processing of unauthorized tax refund checks and Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers from the Government of the Virgin Islands’...
Golden Grove prisoner Avery Monsanto, 51, was sentenced to an additional four months in prison for Possession of Prison Contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent-in-Charge Vito S. Guarino announced Tuesday. Monsanto’s sentence...
Innovative has been working to restore cable, phone and internet service to many of its customers on St. Croix who lost connection after gunshots fired on Old Year’s Night left wires severely damaged, according to an Innovative field employee who spoke with the VI Consortium.
