On Thursday at around 8:20 p.m., 911 emergency received a call of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle on the North Side Road near the Agape Faith Medical Center on St. Croix, VIPD public information officer, Kevin Jackson has announced.
At around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 1, automatic gunfire rang out at Hospital Ground, known to St. Thomas residents as ‘Round the Field’, near the Lionel Roberts stadium, leaving two men shot multiple times, sources with direct knowledge of the incident have revealed to VI Consortium.
Our government is nearing the brink of financial collapse. The Virgin Islands government is facing a budget shortfall of $91.2 million, Governor Mapp revealed during his first State of the Territory Address in St. Thomas on Monday night. In the almost 1-1/2-hour speech, he explained, in detail, the government’s...
Hess Oil wants to leave and, frankly speaking, the people of the Virgin Islands aren’t interested in forcing them to stay. In other words, as we say on the Big Island, it’s time to turn a page. During Kenneth Mapp’s first State of the Union Address in St. Thomas on Monday night, the eighth...
Governor Kenneth Mapp delivered his first State of the Territory Address at the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall in St. Thomas on Monday night, telling the story of a territory on the verge of financial collapse or “in critical condition,” according to the governor, making known a budget...
Police have ruled a death that occurred Friday morning on St. Thomas a murder after finding a woman’s body in a burning house in Estate Mandal, police spokesperson Melody Rames has announced.
At a press conference in St. Thomas today, former Judge Soraya Diase-Coffelt, who recently resigned her post as acting Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands, described the challenges she faced while trying to build the office she was tapped to lead. Her statement revealed broken promises by Governor...
Former Acting Attorney General Soraya Diase-Coffelt will hold a press conference on Friday, Jan. 23 in St. Thomas to “address the cries of the people for justice,” and to present her case for having an independent attorney general and Department of Justice, according to a press release issued...
A St. Thomas fisherman who had been reported missing on Jan. 19 is believed to have drowned at sea, according to information released by VIPD spokeswoman, Melody Rames. The victim has been identified as 50-year-old David Turbe of Frenchtown. Police received a 911 call at about 7:45 a.m. on Jan. 20 of a body...
Jose Miguel Hernandez Rosa, 29, of Marley Homes on St. Croix, was found fatally wounded by gunfire on Jan. 16 in Estate Whim, according to police spokesperson, Melody Rames.
