Commissioner-designee of the Virgin Islands Department of Finance Valdamier O. Collens Thursday revealed that the V.I. government has only 16 days of cash remaining in its coffers, but ideally should have at least 180 days.
The Government of the Virgin Islands has been paying $12,500 per month for the St. Thomas rental home in which Governor Kenneth Mapp resides. The price is well over $8,000 more than the amount the governor’s spokesperson, Kimberly Jones, reportedly told a local newspaper. Mapp made the revelation Thursday...
Governor Kenneth Mapp, at a press conference held Thursday at Government House on St. Croix, revealed he has halted the long-awaited and recently started reconstruction of the Paul E. Joseph Stadium in Frederiksted.
Governor Mapp Thursday at a press conference held at Government House on St. Croix acknowledged the rise of violent crime in the territory and made known, through Police Commissioner-designee Delroy Richards, that action was being taken to stop the bloodshed.
In a wide-ranging press conference held Thursday at Government House on St. Croix, Governor Kenneth Mapp announced two new members of his cabinet, including Commissioner-designee of the Department of Labor Catherine Ann Hendry and Director of the Virgin Islands Lottery, Juan Figueroa, Sr.
As junior and senior high school male students across St. Croix Wednesday attended the Fifth Annual “Man Up” conference hosted by the University of the Virgin Islands, female students on the campuses of Central High School and the Educational Complex were treated to a day of empowerment that...
The Virgin Islands have gotten off to a rough start, as it relates to violent crime in 2015. With more than eight homicides already recorded this year, not to mention other crimes that did not lead to death, it has been an uphill battle for police officers who must respond to these incidents on a daily...
Hugo Hodge, Jr., executive director of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, has come under fire from members of the Senate for employee complaints and recently published reports from VI Consortium about unfair hiring practices at WAPA’s propane conversion facility being constructed in Estate...
Former Virgin Islands Attorney General Soraya Diase-Coffelt released a statement Wednesday in light of escalating gun violence in the territory, tying many of the killings to gang-related activity, and calling upon the territory’s leaders to take swift action in quelling the mounting blood shed...
Over the weekend, there was an attempted burglary at the sporting equipment storage facility at the Canegata Ballpark on St. Croix. On Monday night, the thieves came back, this time making off with more than 50 tennis rackets and about 200 balls belonging to the after-school tennis youth program. As a result,...
