Territory May See Veterans Cemetery Through DeGazon-Sponsored Bill
Limetree Bay Willing To Provide $10 Million To Help Add Life to a Dying G.E.R.S.
American Airlines to Serve St. Croix With New Flights Next Summer
Arthur A. Richards K-8 School Hosts Anti-Bullying Campaign
Man Dies During Early Morning Car Accident on St. Croix; Driver of Car Arrested (Updated)
Bill Aimed at Regulating Credit Use by Gov't Departments and Agencies Among Others Held in Committee
Juan Luis Hospital Announces Completion and Availability of Mobile Dialysis Facilities
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Tuesday released the findings of a new, in-depth study titled “Rigorously Valuing the Role of U.S. Coral Reefs in Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction,” – funded in part by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Office of Insular Affairs – demonstrating annual...
ST. CROIX — Acting Juan F. Luis Hospital CEO Dyma Williams during a hospital board meeting on Tuesday outlined a series of actions taken to better prepare JFL to handle disaster emergencies in an effort to avert the mishaps the hospital experienced following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, especially...
ST. CROIX – The first order of business discussed at the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority governing board meeting held at the authority’s Sunny Isle offices on Monday, was a measure to secure another meeting with the Public Services Commission (P.S.C.) to request yet another electric...
A bill that seeks to turn unspent sick leave and vacation days of educators to cash payable to newly retired teachers, if the Government Employees Retirement System does not start paying these educators their annuities within 90 days, while well intentioned, is not workable and would cause a number of problems...
The Government Employees’ Retirement System is preparing a proposal that seeks a $5 billion bailout from the federal government, a last-ditch effort to save itself from imminent collapse as the Government of the Virgin Islands, which is the plan sponsor, has failed to meet its obligation of funding...
Young government employees with less than ten years in the Government Employees’ Retirement System (G.E.R.S.) are leaving the pension system en mass, G.E.R.S. Administrator Austin Nibbs said during a board meeting on Thursday. The exodus, he said, was putting additional strain on a system whose...
ST. CROIX — Bohlke International Airways (B.I.A.) recognized “Take Your Daughters and Sons To Work Day” on Thursday at its hangar located at St. Croix’s Henry E. Rohlsen Airport. The company invited its 55-person team to bring their children, grandchildren, and neighbors to see where...
The Bureau of Information Technology experienced an interruption on Wednesday, causing the disruption of government operations territory-wide. According to a person with first-hand knowledge of the matter, the interruption at B.I.T. affected most, if not all, government websites and email addresses....
The Bryan administration is looking into ways of curbing excessive overtime spending by government departments and agencies, chief among them the Virgin Islands Police Department. That’s according to Office of Management and Budget Director Nominee Jenifer C. O’Neal, speaking to senators...
Governor Albert Bryan’s reappointment of Judges Kathleen Mackay and Douglas Brady to continue their service in the territory’s Superior Court garnered enough support to be voted favorably out of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary during a hearing on Wednesday. But it was not all smooth...
