With the government losing millions of dollars, the Bryan administration is hoping for a favorable outcome.
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February 8, 2019
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ST. THOMAS — Braulio Martinez, 33, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today in District Court before Judge Curtis V. Gomez to possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Judge Gomez sentenced Mr. Martinez to 46 months followed...
By Staff /
February 7, 2019
ST. THOMAS — Domingo Diaz Diaz, 40, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Mr. Diaz was remanded pending a sentencing hearing set for June 13, 2019. According to court records,...
By Staff /
February 7, 2019
ST. THOMAS — John A. Jackson, a Virgin Islands boxer and son of boxing legend Julian “The Hawk” Jackson, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with second-degree aggravated rape after the father of a 15-year-old minor told police that Mr. Jackson had sexual intercourse with his daughter,...
By Staff /
February 7, 2019
The Virgin Islands Department of Education has invited the public to attend the 2019 MATHCOUNTS chapter competitions held in both the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John districts. St. Croix District Thursday, February 14 University of the Virgin Islands Great Hall Beginning at 9:00 a.m. Students representing...
By Staff /
February 7, 2019
Department of Finance Commissioner nominee Kirk Callwood told lawmakers during a Committee on Finance hearing Tuesday that pay raises implemented by Governor Kenneth Mapp and further solidified by the 32nd Legislature, whose senators codified the governor’s action, will be hard to sustain once...
By Ernice /
February 7, 2019
A jury on St. Croix returned a verdict on Tuesday in favor of a former USVI employee of Liat, who had worked for the airline for 47 years and was suddenly let go. The plaintiff, William Cherubin and his attorneys alleged that Liat, who argued that Mr. Cherubin was fired because of poor performance, actually...
By Ernice /
February 7, 2019
Tryone Lake, a 12-year-old Virgin Islander in 2018 won a Caribbean-wide poster competition sponsored by the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association. On Tuesday, Tyrone, his former classmates, teachers and parents, were taken aboard the Serenade of the Seas in Frederiksted, where he was presented with a check...
By Staff /
February 7, 2019
ST. CROIX — Tyrone Lake III and his former classmates at Alexander Henderson Elementary School had the time of their lives on Tuesday. Taken aboard the Serenade of the Seas cruise ship in Frederiksted at about 10:30 a.m., the hours that followed saw Tryone and the other students being treated...
By Ernice /
February 7, 2019
Lieutenant Governor Tregenza A. Roach on Wednesday reminded Virgin Islands property owners who have not previously applied for property tax credits, that applications are available to file for property tax credits against their 2019 property tax bills. Property owners of record have until Friday,...
By Staff /
February 6, 2019
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