A bill that decriminalizes the use of marijuana in the U.S. Virgin Islands is now the law of the land, as the full Senate body voted on Dec. 19 to override Governor de Jongh’s previous veto of the measure.
Theirs is a musical delegation that’s a part of a higher purpose. Something bigger than themselves. A spiritual calling. It’s music they’ll create anyway, even if no one is watching. But, isn’t it nice when others can recognize the dedication and commitment that goes into putting...
After a 13-2 Senate vote Friday against the Operating Agreement reached between Atlantic Basin Refining and the Government of the Virgin Islands for the purchase of St. Croix’s HOVENSA refinery, Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. expressed his disappointment with the decision made by the 30th Legislature....
On December 19, 2014, in the final Senate hearing of the 30th Legislature, where the Atlantic Basin Refining (ABR) Operating Agreement signed between the firm and the Government of the Virgin Islands faced ratification or rejection, an overwhelming majority of the members of the law-making body voted...
A bill sponsored by Senate Vice President and Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary Sen. Sammuel Sanes, seeks to amend a portion of Virgin Islands Code relating to the unauthorized practice of law to allow attorneys practicing law in other jurisdictions of the United States to do the same...
Just hours ahead of the 30th Legislature’s vote to approve or disapprove the proposed Operating Agreement signed between Atlantic Basin Refining and the Government of the Virgin Islands for the purchase of HOVENSA, Gov. John P. de Jongh, Jr. on Thursday night submitted a copy of a legal memorandum...
Tiphanie Yanique, assistant professor of writing at The New School in New York City and a graduate of All Saints Cathedral School in St. Thomas, is the recipient of the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize presented by The Center for Fiction for her 368-page debut novel, “Land of Love and Drowning.”
They cyan done we and we cyan done it. -Tina Encarnacion Tina Encarnacion, like so many other Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights fans, could not get enough of the infectious quelbe music the legendary band played for hours on end during its two-night annual “Crucian Christmas Foreday Serenade”...
The St. Croix Landmarks Society’s Annual Old-Time Crucian Christmas celebration kicks off today at the Estate Whim Museum and promises to give locals and visitors a taste of what Christmastime used to be like on St. Croix…way back when.
After over nine hours of hearing testimony from Atlantic Basin Refining (ABR) principals, government officials and residents for and against the Operating Agreement reached between ABR and the de Jongh Administration, the 30th Legislature’s Finance Committee, chaired by St. Thomas Senator Clifford...
