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Frank Crosswaith was born in 1872 in Frederiksted. He immigrated to the United States in his teens. He attended the Rand School of Social Science. In 1925, he founded an organization called the “Trade Union Committee for Organizing Negro Workers.” He later acc... More »
Government House has announced that the Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT) and a team of executives from Google and Google Cloud, will host a two-day workshop on September 12 at Government House on St. Croix for leaders from health IT and human ser... More »
ST. THOMAS — Police have arrested and charged a man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and the good Samaritans who came to her aid. Bryan Christopher Jr., age 23, was recently arrested and charged on Sept. 7 with third-degree assault, destruction of prope... More »
The National Hurricane Center is providing guidance on the trajectory of a tropical wave currently located more than 1000 miles east of the Windward Islands, which NHC says is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. According to the r... More »
The price of oil has tumbled from this year’s highs, resulting in the lowest point since January as a blurry outlook tied to supply and demand issues drove a 30 percent decline. In May, the cost for a barrel of oil on the Brent Crude Index, which is the global... More »
The V.I. Police Department and its federal partners have made some progress on the case involving the eavesdropping of government offices that stunned the territory early August, Police Commissioner Ray Martinez has confirmed to the Consortium. The matter invo... More »
