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August 4, 2019
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The recovery of the U.S. Virgin Islands has been hit with a major setback that could ripple through all aspects of the territory, following an announcement from U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson that H.U.D. has decided to delay billions of dollars in funding to the U.S. territories...
By Ernice /
August 3, 2019
ST. CROIX — Francis Williams, the former police officer found guilty for the murder of two of his colleagues, Officer Lesha Lammy, 30, and Kai Javois, 28, was sentenced today to 61 years in prison for his crimes by VI Superior Court Judge Harold Willocks. Judge Willocks sentenced Mr. Williams to 30 years...
By Ernice /
August 2, 2019
Were it not for hardcopies of important case files that V.I.P.D. Commissioner Nominee Trevor Velinor said the police department had saved for use as backup, an untold number of cases — involving everything from murder to rape — would have been lost, resulting in possibly a mass dismissal...
By Ernice /
August 2, 2019
Juli Campbell, the owner of Campbell Development who was charged with fraud and identity theft in February in relation to the VI Emergency Home Repair Program, was remanded to prison on Wednesday following a guilty plea in District Court on St. Croix. The plea agreement was entered into by and between...
By Ernice /
August 1, 2019
As promised by St. Thomas community organizers, dozens of angry WAPA customers showed up Wednesday morning outside of Suite 4, Barbel Plaza, to chant down the utility’s attempt to increase electricity rates on thousands of homeowners and businesses. Inside of the first-floor boardroom, five frustrated...
By Robert /
August 1, 2019
The Department of Tourism has announced the addition of a third American Airlines daily flight between Miami and St. Thomas in time for the winter season. D.O.T Commissioner Joseph Boschulte reported that effective December 18, 2019, the third daily flight will operate as a “same-day turn”,...
By Staff /
July 31, 2019
ST. CROIX — The Virgin Islands Police Department as of late Wednesday had no suspect in custody in connection with the Sunday night shooting that left 6 people shot during the Floatopia event at Fort Frederik Beach. V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte told The Consortium that no one had been...
By Staff /
July 31, 2019
ST. THOMAS — Today, Virgin Islanders will learn whether their overwhelming stance that the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority should not be given a base rate increase will be respected by the Public Services Commission, which will hold a meeting today in its office at the Barbel Plaza here...
By Ernice /
July 31, 2019
The U.S. Virgin Islands and other Caribbean islands are in the possible path of a system that the National Hurricane Center is giving a 40 percent chance of formation in the coming days. Currently a tropical wave, the system is located over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, a few hundred miles south-southwest...
By Staff /
July 31, 2019
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