The V.I. Superior Court order that dismissed a challenge of Senator Alicia Hansen’s eligibility to run for office in the General Election has been appealed by St. Croix attorney Emile Henderson.
A bill allowing early voting in the Virgin Islands has been signed into law by Governor deJongh, a win for residents who, for whatever reason, will choose to cast their ballots before election day.
Gov. John P. deJongh on Wednesday signed a bill sponsored by Senator Terrence Nelson that places a medical marijuana referendum on the November 4th general election ballot.
Yesterday may have been one of sunshine in the Virgin Islands as is mostly the case, but for Virgin Islands Corrections Bureau Director Julius Wilson, the heat coming from members of the 30th Legislature scorched him for three hours on Tuesday, as he defended a $28.3 million budget for fiscal year 2015.
After hours of testimony from people on both sides of the hemp industry discourse, members of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Agriculture and Planning voted to hold the bill introduced by Senator Terrence Nelson that would legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp in the Virgin Islands.
The Virgin Islands Democratic Primary elections of 2014 have yet to be certified because the counting is still ongoing in both Districts, V.I. Elections Supervisor Caroline Fawkes said on Tuesday.
Centered about 30 miles northwest of Charlotte Amalie, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake rocked the Virgin Islands, shaking buildings for about 10 seconds just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday night.
Allegations by the Donastorg-Torres gubernatorial team that the August 2nd, 2014 Democratic primary election was rife with problems: from questions pertaining to ballot security following the election, whether the Elections System made the right call to move forward with the election when a tropical...
Unsuspecting to many, just as expected by the low-key superstar, he walked through the Christiansted town like a regular athlete visiting an exotic Island, looking for something “Caribbean” to eat. Only he’s not just any other athlete, he is St. Croix native and San Antonio Spurs superstar...
The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority is telling contracted trash haulers that it does not have enough money to honor agreements, and that cutbacks must be made, James Bates of Bates Trucking, the largest trash-hauling company on St. Croix said on Monday.
