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September 1, 2018
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ST. THOMAS — During a press conference held in St. Thomas Friday, Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter announced the first phase of a new online system for the registration of business entities in the territory. The announcement is being received a welcome news by residents and business owners who have...
By Ernice /
September 1, 2018
ST. CROIX — Three new rum companies that desired doing business in the territory through new rum distilleries were turned away by Governor Kenneth Mapp, said the governor’s senior policy advisory, Frankie Johnson, above left, on Friday. The stunning revelation comes at a time when Mr. Mapp...
By Ernice /
September 1, 2018
ST. THOMAS — Senators who make up the 32nd Legislature met for what may be one of the body’s last sessions as election season takes hold and campaigning kicks into high gear, approving well over a dozen measures and giving the affirmative nod to two Horse Racing Commission nominees chosen...
By Ernice /
September 1, 2018
The Research Technology Park Board announced on Friday Peter H. Chapman as the new executive director of the Research and Technology Park (RTPark) of the University of the Virgin Islands. The announcement follows an intensive international executive search by The PACE Group, according to the release....
By Staff /
August 31, 2018
Governor Kenneth Mapp has extended the state of emergency declaration through October 1 — past one year since Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the territory. Hurricane Irma walloped St. Thomas and St. John on September 6, 2017, while Hurricane Irma ravaged St. Croix on September 19, 2017. According...
By Staff /
August 31, 2018
ST. CROIX — A young mother doing her best to raise her daughters searches for help from community programs that should be available, but finds none. She was a first-time mom with little knowledge on parenting and schooling. The years passed on and the daughters grew older, one of whom at the time...
By Staff /
August 31, 2018
United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge, Ivan J. Arvelo, announced on Thursday the upcoming Blue Campaign for the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Blue Campaign will focus on raising...
By Staff /
August 31, 2018
ST. CROIX — The two-day G.E.R.S. summit held at the Carambola Resort Wednesday and Thursday saw two of the most visible campaigns — the Mapp-Potter and Bryan-Roach teams — promoting their plans to save the system. The pension system, with its more than $4 billion liability and a collapse...
By Ernice /
August 31, 2018
A woman was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and possession of a dangerous weapon during the commission of a crime, after allegedly joining with another suspect to beat a woman, which led to the victim’s hospitalization for a laceration in her upper body, V.I.P.D. Public Information...
By Staff /
August 31, 2018
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