Former Virgin Islands Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen has joined St. Croix-based Kalalloo Network & SEDI Broadcasting (Caribbean Public Broadcasting), and Center for Caribbean Studies & Development as a regular contributor and co-host.
After VI Consortium reported on the purported “open revolt” and “turmoil” at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in St. Thomas last Friday, the story continues to unfold as two Department of Justice prosecutors resigned on Tuesday and Wednesday, one a senior attorney who has prosecuted high-profile...
With concern for the high unemployment rate on St. Croix and a struggling economy, some local workers employed at WAPA’s propane conversion facility construction site in Christiansted are voicing their disapproval of an influx of imported workers from neighboring islands, as well as hazardous...
At a Public Finance Authority (PFA) meeting held Wednesday, Governor Kenneth Mapp, in his capacity as chairman of the board, moved to appoint new members to several governing boards, including the aforementioned PFA, the Virgin Islands Next Generation Network (ViNGN) and the West Indian Company (WICO).
Delroy Richards, who was only recently tapped by Governor Kenneth Mapp as Police Commissioner-designee, found himself today dispelling rumors that he had resigned his position.
When Jeffery Prosser, the former owner of then-Innovative Communications Corporation (ICC), lost the company in bankruptcy to Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (RTFC) in 2008, a number of firms and persons connected with the bankruptcy proceedings received millions of dollars for their work. However,...
Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett will address constituents tonight at the close of President Obama’s State of the Union Address, according to a press release issued Tuesday from the congresswoman’s Washington, D.C. office.
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) on St. Croix, located at the Patrick Sweeney Police Headquarters, is currently closed, Government House has announced. The closure is due to building maintenance.
In 1969, one year after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated and more than a decade before the United States would designate an official holiday in his name, the U.S. Virgin Islands was first to move to establish a holiday in the civil rights leader’s honor.
In commemoration of the 2015 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Governor Kenneth Mapp issued a message to residents of the territory recognizing the work of the civil rights leader.
