The Government of the Virgin Islands will start issuing income tax refunds to territory residents, as many have not seen a refund check in years, Governor Kenneth Mapp announced Thursday at a press conference held at Government House on St. Croix.
The Government of the Virgin Islands has been paying $12,500 per month for the St. Thomas rental home in which Governor Kenneth Mapp resides. The price is well over $8,000 more than the amount the governor’s spokesperson, Kimberly Jones, reportedly told a local newspaper. Mapp made the revelation Thursday...
Governor Kenneth Mapp, at a press conference held Thursday at Government House on St. Croix, revealed he has halted the long-awaited and recently started reconstruction of the Paul E. Joseph Stadium in Frederiksted.
Governor Mapp Thursday at a press conference held at Government House on St. Croix acknowledged the rise of violent crime in the territory and made known, through Police Commissioner-designee Delroy Richards, that action was being taken to stop the bloodshed.
In a wide-ranging press conference held Thursday at Government House on St. Croix, Governor Kenneth Mapp announced two new members of his cabinet, including Commissioner-designee of the Department of Labor Catherine Ann Hendry and Director of the Virgin Islands Lottery, Juan Figueroa, Sr.
The Virgin Islands have gotten off to a rough start, as it relates to violent crime in 2015. With more than eight homicides already recorded this year, not to mention other crimes that did not lead to death, it has been an uphill battle for police officers who must respond to these incidents on a daily...
Former Virgin Islands Attorney General Soraya Diase-Coffelt released a statement Wednesday in light of escalating gun violence in the territory, tying many of the killings to gang-related activity, and calling upon the territory’s leaders to take swift action in quelling the mounting blood shed...
Over the weekend, there was an attempted burglary at the sporting equipment storage facility at the Canegata Ballpark on St. Croix. On Monday night, the thieves came back, this time making off with more than 50 tennis rackets and about 200 balls belonging to the after-school tennis youth program. As a result,...
The University of the Virgin Islands and the Bureau of Internal Revenue are once again teaming up to provide territory residents with the free filing of their 2014 income tax returns.
The Virgin Islands Department of Sports, Parks & Recreation (SP&R), under the leadership of Commissioner-designee Pedro Cruz, has revived its boxing program on St. Croix after eight years of the sport disappearing from the roster of options for the island’s youth.
