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From the Frederiksted Beach on the west end of St. Croix to Salt River on the north, Virgin Islanders — home for two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic — came out in large numbers for Easter camping, a tradition that some have said dates back to the 1940s ... More »
St. Thomas, USVI – Julius Alvarez-Gonzalez and Jimmy Garcia-Quinonez, of Vieques, PR, each entered guilty pleas to the charge of concealing over one million dollars in cash on a vessel outfitted for smuggling, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for ... More »
The Government of the Virgin Islands is requesting proposals for the management, operation and maintenance of the Waste Water Treatment Plant at Her Majesty’s Prison on Tortola, for a period of two (2) years. The proposed scope of works comprises of inspection... More »
Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has announced that all customs duties on imports that are above five percent (5%) will be reduced to five percent (5%) effective April 15 for three months in the first instance as the Government of the... More »
The BA.2 variant of Covid-19 continues to give rise to new infections in the U.S. Virgin Islands after being identified in the territory last week, but there are few signs that BA.2, which is a subvariant of the original Omicron strain of Covid-19, will cause ... More »
ST. CROIX — A Florida woman will be allowed to return home after being detained for allegedly assaulting her ex-boyfriend and a VIPD officer. Bobbi Bisnath was arrested last Friday after her ex-boyfriend requested police assistance twice. In the first instance... More »
ST. THOMAS — Julius Alvarez-Gonzalez and Jimmy Garcia-Quinonez of Vieques, PR, each entered guilty pleas to the charge of concealing over one million dollars in cash on a vessel outfitted for smuggling, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the Dis... More »
Government House announced this week that Office of Disaster Recovery Director Adrienne Williams-Octalien led a contingent of USVI agency and department heads on a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii to the Department of the Interior’s Climate and Infrastructure Conferen... More »
Governor Albert Bryan said this week that while gas prices have risen by at least 50 percent, the cost of electricity for V.I. Water and Power Authority customers have remained unchanged because his administration has been subsidizing those costs — essentially... More »
ST. THOMAS — A woman who allegedly stabbed a man in the neck multiple times has turned herself in to police. Court documents allege that Lydia Bell, age 56 stabbed the male victim during an altercation at Oswald Harris Court in February of 2022. The victim rep... More »
ST. THOMAS — Police have arrested and charged a man accused of pointing a firearm at his girlfriend’s 16-year-old son. According to documents before the court, Michael Johnson’s girlfriend alleges that he physically assaulted her teenage son on Tuesday night. ... More »
The V.I. Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs has notified the public of its latest territory-wide fuel price survey that was conducted on Wednesday. DLCA says fuel surveys are designed to inform consumers of the most affordable fuel prices throughout ... More »
