Leaders from across the U.S. and Canada will converge on St. Thomas this week to attend the Council of State Governments’ (CSG) Eastern Region Conference at Frenchman’s Reef Hotel.
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)-Phi Beta Lambda, St. Croix District, installed 36 new officers and inducted 81 members into the organization for the 2014-2015 school year, in a special candlelight ceremony held at the Arthur A. Richards Junior High School on Sunday.
The Coast Guard Reauthorization Act, which includes the Virgin Islands Six Passenger exemption, recently passed the House of Representatives with an overwhelming vote of 413-3. The legislation is considered to be one of the first steps in bringing large-scale yachting back to the territory, according...
Of the many questions and concerns some Virgin Islanders have raised about the Atlantic Basin Refining (ABR) Operating Agreement that was signed by Governor John de Jongh, Jr. and is now awaiting Senate approval, the one which remains an enigma, is that, according to Governor de Jongh, out of the 142 companies...
St. Croix entrepreneurs who participated in a Small Business Camp Weekend in October will be featured in a new book titled, “The 16-Week Challenge Launch Pad: Small Business Owners Pursuing Excellence” that will present the ideas, business ventures, goals and inspirational insights from...
As HOVENSA makes preparation to shut down the facility that it has used as an oil storage terminal since announcing it would cease oil refining operations in 2012, the company on Tuesday gave its remaining employees, approximately 100 workers, a 90-day notice letter, informing them that come March 1, their...
SAN JUAN–Banking customers on St. Croix and St. Thomas desiring to deposit cash and checks without the hassle of waiting in line at a local branch, will soon have the convenience of 24-hour, self-service depositing through Banco Popular’s Easy Deposit machines, which are expected to roll...
Governor de Jongh announced Monday that the 30th Legislature will meet on December 19 to either ratify or further table the Operating Agreement signed between the Government of the Virgin Islands and Atlantic Basin Refining (ABR). However, the Governor said he hoped the Senate would take up the issue...
Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has made a proposal to offer individual health insurance policies in the U.S. Virgin Islands through a three-tier product featuring bronze, silver and gold membership plans, Government House has made known in a recently released press release.
New York Times — Have Americans finally had enough of Black Friday madness? Sales, both in stores and online, from Thanksgiving through the weekend were estimated to have dropped 11 percent, to $50.9 billion, from $57.4 billion last year, according to preliminary survey results released Sunday...
