With oil prices seeing precipitous declines in recent months, prices at the pump on the mainland have followed suit, leading to some stateside consumers paying as low as $1.49 per gallon.
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), a U.S. government agency, will pay retirement benefits for more than 1,600 current and future retirees of HOVENSA.
Deputy Chief of Police Arthur S. Hector, Sr. Wednesday announced the VIPD’s juvenile curfew violation initiative already in effect for parts of St. Croix.
The Virgin Islands Police Department has announced the arrest of a man suspected of killing a St. Thomas woman and leaving her body in a burning house in Mandahl Bay, according to the department’s public information officer, Kevin Jackson.
The University of the Virgin Islands will host its first annual “Hackfest” at the Administration and Conference Center on the St. Thomas Campus, Feb. 6-7.
Governor Kenneth Mapp has sent two additional nominees to the Senate for approval, and said he would like them to receive, along with those already sent, a “prompt and favorable confirmation process, thus allowing us to meet mandates and better serve the people of the Virgin Islands.”
Juan F. Luis Hospital (JFL) officials, at a press briefing Tuesday at the Cardiac Center on St. Croix, revealed the breakdown of costs making up the hospital’s almost $11 million tab to correct its deficiencies and non-compliance as part of the Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) entered into...
The Virgin Islands Department of Labor Tuesday announced that a settlement has been reached in the government’s case against Triangle Construction & Maintenance, Inc., stemming from a 2011 suit the government brought against the HOVENSA contractor for violations of the Virgin Islands Plant...
The University of the Virgin Islands is one of 19 land-grant universities to receive the 2014 Experiment Station Section Excellence in Multistate Research Award. In addition to having the UVI project name, “Scaling Micro Irrigation Technologies to Address the Global Water Challenge,” added...
St. Croix Sen. Kenneth Gittens has called upon VIPD Commissioner Designee Delroy Richards to increase enforcement initiatives following two homicides in St. Thomas over the weekend, including one on Saturday night at Coki Point Beach and the other, a gang-related killing, near Hospital Ground.
