Shacoi E. Benjamin, 22, was shot and killed early Sunday morning near the Blitz Night Club located on Norre Gade, St. Thomas.
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October 19, 2014
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Sources inside the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility & Detention Center on St. Croix have confirmed that earlier today two detainees were involved in an altercation, and one was stabbed multiple times in the head in an apparent retaliation attack. The weapon used is described as a machete-like...
By Cynthia /
October 17, 2014
Every time we’ve asked about the details of the gift, we’ve been told that the agreement is confidential and that they are not able to share. These words would set the tone of an exclusive, hour-long interview the VI Consortium conducted with St. Croix Senator Nereida “Nellie”...
By Cynthia /
October 17, 2014
After much public outcry in recent weeks, on Wednesday night, Gov. John P. de Jongh, Jr. vetoed legislation that sought to remove the District Street Lighting Fund and allow the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority to charge its customers for maintaining and installing street lights in the territory. This...
By Cynthia /
October 16, 2014
In an evening filled with poetry, prose and a panel discussion of time, place and memory, Volume 28 of The Caribbean Writer book was officially revealed to the public at a launch party held on the St. Croix campus of the University of the Virgin Islands on Wednesday night. The event featured presentations...
By Cynthia /
October 16, 2014
Governor de Jongh has said he intends to pay back to the Virgin Islands Government the money the Department of Public Works used to erect a fence, build a guard house and install a security camera system at his private residence, the amount of which totaled over $490,000. But the manner in which de Jongh...
By Ernice /
October 15, 2014
Governor de Jongh, in his last few months as the leader of the territory, has been busy working on the government’s fiscal year 2015 budget sent to his desk by the 30th Legislature, signing most of the measures and vetoing two. There are other measures the Governor has yet to tackle, including...
By Ernice /
October 15, 2014
In taking action on a slew of bills as part of the government’s fiscal year 2015 budget, Governor de Jongh revealed that he had vetoed two of the measures, one of which is Sen. Terrence “Positive” Nelson’s marijuana decriminalization bill.
By Ernice /
October 15, 2014
Taxpayers who applied for the six-month automatic extension to file their 2013 income tax returns are reminded that the filing deadline is Wednesday, October 15. The reminder comes from Claudette Watson-Anderson, CPA, director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue. She noted that when filing...
By Cynthia /
October 14, 2014
The Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix and the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas are open and operating on normal schedules. The VI Consortium spoke with Monifa Marrero, public information officer for the Virgin Islands Port Authority, who confirmed Tuesday’s airport operations. According...
By Cynthia /
October 14, 2014
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