Major Crime detectives on St. Croix are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred outside the Chris Hideaway sports bar located in La Grande Princess early Saturday morning.
The Virgin Islands Department of Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty has lauded the Dec. 17 move by President Barack Obama to normalize relations between the U.S. and Cuba, which will see the communist Caribbean island becoming a new destination for travel and commerce, saying that it raises...
The historic move by President Barack Obama on Dec. 17 to lift a 50-year embargo on Cuba and normalize U.S. relations with the communist country has been praised as well as decried by many. As a result of the move, Congresswoman-elect Stacey Plaskett sees trouble for the territory’s tourism product,...
On Dec. 19, the 30th Legislature made law a bill sponsored by Senator Nereida “Nellie” Rivera-O’Reilly that allows business owners in Christiansted and Frederiksted to obtain a special license to build and operate casinos in St. Croix’s two historic towns. The bill was previously...
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...
A St. Lucian-born man living on St. Croix who police say beat his wife leaving “visible injuries” on her body, has been evading police capture as Domestic Violence detectives continue to pursue him in connection with the assault, police spokesperson Melody Rames announced Friday.
St. Thomas resident, 36-year-old Ishmell A. Sasso, was found shot to death in the Tutu Hi Rise Apartments, near Bldg. 5, at about 11:45 a.m. on December 19, police spokesperson Melody Rames said Friday.
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...
