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The Elections System of the Virgin Islands announced Sunday that over ten thousand Virgin Islanders had voted early ahead of the last day to cast ballots before election today. Early voting ends today, Oct. 31, and the next opportunity to vote will be on elect... More »
The owners of the Westin Resort & Spa at Frenchman’s Reef Resort, and the Autograph Collection at Frenchman’s Reef in St. Thomas were granted an extension of their full-time employment requirement waiver by the Economic Development Authority during a meeting l... More »
The Southern Equity and Startup Battle named its first winner in the U.S. Virgin Islands last week, months after it set out to launch a competition that would help startup businesses expand or improve their services by providing an avenue for financing. After ... More »
The V.I. Economic Development Authority Board on Thursday approved a waiver of the full time employment requirement for Salt Pond Holdings, LLC for the period Jan 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, after the firm said the Covid-19 pandemic had taken a toll on its ... More »
Now that two senior public servants have been arrested and charged, other employees in the public sector of the British Virgin Islands are afraid to do their jobs. That’s the claim from Deputy Premier Kye Rymer, who spoke on the issue during a meeting of the t... More »
ST. JOHN — The Cinnamon Bay Beach and Campground facility in St. John was burglarized Saturday morning, with the suspects — believed to be several males wearing ski masks — damaging and removing an ATM machine from the site and leaving with it, according to V.... More »
The now-defunct Hibiscus Hotel in La Grande Princesse was once a popular spot on St. Croix, with its restaurant drawing large crowds on the weekends while its enticing beach landscape kept visitors coming back for more. On Thursday, the owners of The Market St... More »
In a move aimed at building on the region-leading tourism growth the U.S. Virgin Islands experienced during the pandemic, the V.I. Department of Tourism is launching a bold, new marketing campaign that includes a distinctive tagline, a social media campaign an... More »
The V.I. Water and Power Authority moved forward with a number of extensions that will allow it to continue working on several projects to improve its services to the public. On Thursday, WAPA board members voted to extend lines of credit needed to sustain ope... More »
Senator Donna Frett-Gregory, who sponsored legislation to ascertain that retirees over the age of sixty receive their statutorily mandated bonuses made available through V.I. Lottery funds, lashed out at the Government Employees’ Retirement System this week, c... More »
ST. THOMAS — Details of a violent knife fight at a nightclub in St. Thomas were detailed in court on Wednesday, where man appeared to face charges of assault and reckless endangerment. Kehli Ublies, age 41, was arrested and charged on October 25 on two counts ... More »
The V.I. Water and Power Authority is seeking to transition to renewable energy in as large a scale and as quickly as possible, as the authority executes one of the top items on Governor Albert Bryan’s agenda. In that regard, the V.I. Public Services Commissio... More »
