Second-term Senator Kenneth “Kenny” Gittens, chair of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary, announced Friday the confirmation process of Governor Kenneth Mapp appointees are moving forward, with the first set of hearings scheduled for Feb. 12.
Dear Editor, In response to the article written January 2, 2015 titled, Mapp: Police Department Ill-Equipped for 21st Century, I would like to first begin by stating that the article identified issues that many of us living in the Virgin Islands are already familiar with — from the outdated equipment...
District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez Thursday sentenced Carlos Jamoi Norman, 23, to 30 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number; Edwin Monsanto, 54, of St. Thomas, to 33 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with...
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) is putting local retailers on notice of its intent to begin publishing a ‘blacklist’ containing the names of businesses engaging in unscrupulous practices so consumers would be able to make better informed decisions when shopping for goods...
The Caribbean Writer is now accepting submissions for its 30th Anniversary edition, and included in this year’s list of awards is a new annual prize being sponsored by VI Consortium in the amount of $500 for the ‘The Gilbert Literary Prize.’
On Thursday at around 8:20 p.m., 911 emergency received a call of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle on the North Side Road near the Agape Faith Medical Center on St. Croix, VIPD public information officer, Kevin Jackson has announced.
President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2016 budget allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to the territory, including $211 million in rum cover over payments and $103 million in annual appropriations for various programs.
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) officials and board members are praising the semi-autonomous entity’s latest audit that revealed its coverage ratio (the measure of a company’s ability to meet its financial obligations) was much higher than expected — reported at 225 percent...
Governor Kenneth Mapp Wednesday forwarded a proposal to the President of the 31st Legislature Neville James seeking authorization and appropriation of $1 million to retain counsel in the government’s intended litigation against Hess Oil “to enforce the rights of the people of the Virgin...
