Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. has vetoed legislature limiting the amount of money an outgoing administration can spend–only up to 25 percent–calling the action taken by the Senate “lamentable.”
The Brian v. Fawkes lawsuit that has consumed the Territory since August continues three weeks away from the General Election, as the case has, for the third time, been appealed to the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands.
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On Wednesday night, Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. took action on the final pieces of legislation that comprise the Fiscal Year 2015 budget for the Virgin Islands government. In approving Bill 30-0463, the largest of the budget bills for the operations of the central government, which also contained...
Governor de Jongh has said he intends to pay back to the Virgin Islands Government the money the Department of Public Works used to erect a fence, build a guard house and install a security camera system at his private residence, the amount of which totaled over $490,000. But the manner in which de Jongh...
Governor de Jongh, in his last few months as the leader of the territory, has been busy working on the government’s fiscal year 2015 budget sent to his desk by the 30th Legislature, signing most of the measures and vetoing two. There are other measures the Governor has yet to tackle, including...
Late on Friday, Superior Court Judge Douglas Brady released what appears to be the final ruling on the matter of Bryan v. Fawkes, denying Bryan the motion to remove Sen. Alicia “Chucky” Hansen from the Nov. 4 ballot, after District Court of the Virgin Islands Chief Justice, Wilma Lewis, granted...
Ernice Gilbert’s wardrobe provided by Strictly the Best, Sunny Isle, St. Croix. Tel # 340-778-0613. Video & Photo Credit: Kendall Jones. As part of the VI Consortium’s big interview with Delegate to Congress and 2014 gubernatorial candidate, Donna M. Christensen, I also had a chance to speak...
Governor de Jongh on Monday expressed surprise and disappoint by the 30th Legislature’s controversial ‘Streetlights Bill’ that gives WAPA the authority to charge residents for street light usage, saying that it is not something his administration “ever envisioned,” and was another...
The hiring of Nedra Dodds by the Juan Luis Hospital was a “failure in management,” Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen told VI Consortium in an exclusive interview, adding that in most places, the persons responsible for such a hire “would not be working.”
