The Legislature of the Virgin Islands has announced activities centered on the swearing in of the 31st Legislature, the first of which is scheduled to take place this weekend.
The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands Thursday upheld a decision made by the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands on Dec. 24 to grant petitioner, Sen. Nereida Rivera-O’Reilly, a writ of mandamus–an order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the government official to properly...
Former National Guard Major Sherrymae Morales has been served with a 38-count indictment for theft of public money, wire fraud and making false statements, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe has announced.
District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez Thursday sentenced Raheem T. Creque, 37, of St. Thomas, to 25 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for production of child pornography, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
The Caribbean Advertising Federation (CAF), a local chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), is now accepting entries for the 2015 American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs.
New beginnings often times produce excitement and great anticipation, as well as nerve-wracking uncertainty. The USVI’s new Governor, Kenneth Mapp, is entering office at a unique time in our territory. We seem to be at a tipping point in our recovery as a community, both economically and socially....
In the wake of the failed effort by Atlantic Basin Refining (ABR) to purchase St. Croix’s HOVENSA refinery when the 30th Legislature on Dec. 19 rejected the proposed Operating Agreement between ABR and the Virgin Islands Government, Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp., HOVENSA’s owners, has filed...
During Post Inaugural events in St. Croix on Tuesday, where Governor Kenneth Mapp and Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter were celebrated and where the two men also addressed the crowd, VI Consortium spoke to locals who were there to witness the ceremony, held in downtown Frederiksted, to learn their...
The VI Consortium recently reported on former two-term Virgin Islands Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr.’s decision to pardon 16 persons on his final day in office on Jan. 4. One reader has responded to the story, stating that de Jongh’s and all V.I. governors’ pardon power is unconstitutional.
If you failed to appear at any of the Crucian Christmas Carnival 2014-2015 events, Tuesday in downtown Christiansted was the last chance to jump and wave in the streets, as Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights led a sizable crowd from Basin Triangle beginning at 6 a.m. all the way to the Christian...
