Gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Mapp, in an exclusive interview with the VI Consortium on Wednesday, said his supporters should be prepared for a runoff because the race is simply too close to call.
Although the crowd was light at St. Croix’s first political town hall meeting, candidates running for office fielded a wide array of heavy questions from attendees on topics ranging from plans to revitalize the mental health system in the territory to solutions on combating government corruption,...
With the clock ticking closer to the General Election on November 4, it was revealed in Tuesday’s emergency Board of Elections meeting on St. Croix that the issue of cross voting currently hampering the use of the DS200 voting machines to correctly tabulate ballots marked with a Straight Party...
Mona Barnes, the first female State Command Sergeant Major of the Virgin Islands National Guard, and third in the 54 states and territories, wants to be the next governor of the United States Virgin Islands. She contends that a “transformation” is what’s needed to move the territory forward,...
When the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ordered that Sen. Alicia “Chucky” Hansen’s name be removed from the November 4 General Election ballot last Friday, it seemed that, after making the rounds through the court system and ultimately failing, Hansen was left with no alternatives...
St. Croix Senator Nereida “Nellie” O’Reilly on Tuesday issued an emergency written notice to the Honorable Jack Smith, Chief, Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, requesting the Federal authority launch an investigation into the Virgin Islands Board...
A Joint Boards of Elections meeting held Monday at Gertrude’s restaurant on St. Croix proved to be contentious and largely unproductive, as members from both the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John districts did not discuss or vote on key issues that could affect the upcoming November 4 General Election.
The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA) should be “reconstructed” to help local businesses in the territory, gubernatorial candidate Mona Barnes told the VI Consortium in a wide ranging interview.
In the wake of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court’s Oct. 24 ruling ordering Alicia “Chucky” Hansen’s name off the November 4 General Election ballot, Elections Supervisor Caroline Fawkes has suspended early voting in the St. Croix District, effective immediately.
In a statement released on Friday, President Barack Obama endorsed Delegate to Congress and gubernatorial candidate, Donna M. Christensen, to be the next Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
