The Mapp-Potter Inaugural Committee will be providing free transportation to the Ecumenical Service today at Miracle Revival Deliverance Tabernacle, located at 22a Beeston Hill, the new administration has announced.
I Kenneth Mapp do solemnly swear that I will support, obey and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States applicable to the Virgin Islands, and the laws of the Virgin Islands. That I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will faithfully...
The V. I. Economic Development Authority (VIEDA), through its Economic Development Commission’s Board of Directors, recently held its final regular public hearing and decision meeting for 2014, where it decided on application matters concerning 13 businesses. See the first six decisions here. The...
In one of several final actions taken before vacating office today, Gov. John P. de Jongh, Jr. on Sunday vetoed Bill 30-0561, which sought to increase the height of casinos in certain zoning districts on St. Croix from six stories to eight stories. In a transmittal letter to Senate President Shawn...
Aside from pardoning 16 people of criminal records incurred after being convicted of various offenses, Governor de Jongh, on Janauary 3, 2015 signed a document ordering the commutation of Jeremy M. Chiuk -Davis, a move that orders the Bureau of Corrections to release Davis from prison.
John P. de Jongh, Jr., on his last day as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, has released the names of 16 criminals he pardoned before leaving office–people with crimes ranging from fraud and grand larceny, to second-degree murder.
You would not have known that the St. Croix Carnival Committee suffered a budget shortfall for the Crucian Christmas Carnival festivities, because the 2014-2015 events, which culminated with the Adult’s Parade in the town of Frederiksted on Saturday, has been one of the most successful, colorful...
The V. I. Economic Development Authority (VIEDA), through its Economic Development Commission’s Board of Directors, recently held its final regular public hearing and decision meeting for 2014, where it decided on application matters concerning 13 businesses.
After years of discussion and negotiations, the federal government has agreed to fund pre-clearance and other federal CBP activities through federal appropriations and user fees, allowing us to retain more of our own customs duties for our General Fund needs, as Congress intended. -Gov. John de Jongh,...
Reggae music is considered by many to be the Caribbean’s anthem, so it was no surprise that the biggest crowd seen at the Romney’s World Carnival Village in Frederiksted, St. Croix, came out on Friday night, where top local reggae artists serenaded residents and visitors alike with their...
