A streetlight affixed to a WAPA pole in Christiansted, close to Sonya’s Jewelry, fell from the pole Friday afternoon and crashed into a car, then a taxi bus, stalling traffic for about an hour while police investigated the incident.
The Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority (PFA) recently closed on its sale of $247 million of gross receipts taxes bonds, Government House has announced.
The Democratic Party has formed its Majority following a solid victory in the 2014 General Elections, after 11 of the 15 senators elected to be part of the 31st Legislature were Democrats.
In October, the VI Consortium reported on the lack of equipment that had stalled work and the “ill treatment” Department of Public Works (DPW) employees in Frederiksted say they received on the job. A week after the story was published, the VI Consortium followed up with the workers and learned...
HOVENSA says until Friday, Oct. 24, it had been selling gas to local gas station owners using fuel purchased in June 2014, “when the cost of this fuel was higher than it has been recently.”
It’s that time of year again when all roads lead to the Virgin Islands for some of the best pre-season hoops action in the Caribbean. The University of the Virgin Islands will host the 15th Annual Paradise Jam Basketball Tournament at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas Campus, beginning...
Major Crime detectives in the St. Thomas-St. John District have identified 60-year-old Edward H. Netherland as the homicide victim who was found Tuesday at his home, located on the east end of St. John. Autopsy results released Thursday list blunt force trauma as the cause of death. Police say one of Netherland’s...
FirstBank VI is in the middle of a massive security breach crisis, with many of its Visa Debit card customers blocked from using their cards and some customers claiming to have had “thousands of dollars” stolen from their personal accounts. Banco Popular and Scotia Bank on St. Croix are also...
Governor-elect Kenneth Mapp, who defeated Delegate to Congress Donna M. Christensen in a hard-fought campaign, said no one will be “punished” because they exercised their right to vote for the candidate of their choice, and that there will be “no scores to settle” when he takes...
Governor de Jongh has signed a lease agreement for the reconstruction of a boutique resort on Water Island, marking the first time since hurricane Hugo struck the Virgin Islands 25 years ago that a hotel will be built there. The signing ceremony took place Wednesday at Government House in St. Thomas.
