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Daily News Photos by CHRISTINE LETT Crowds flock to the water at the first annual Reef Jam fundraiser at Rainbow Beach in Frederiksted.

ST THOMAS, USVI: As fuel prices continue to soar across the mainland and the USVI due to the increasing cost of oil on world markets, the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs on Wednesday made public the findings of its bi-weekly survey of gasoline prices across the territory.

A record number of walkers and runners turned out for the fifth annual Walk/Run Against Gun Violence, which took place Sunday afternoon on the Charlotte Amalie waterfront.

Residents will take a moment today - Memorial Day - to pay homage to those who have died in war, joining millions across the nation who will attend ceremonies and parades to remember America’s fallen soldiers.

ST CROIX, USVI: The owners of two Pueblo supermarkets on St Croix in the US Virgin Islands were fined after inspectors from the USVI Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) found instances where the stores had engaged in deceptive pricing.  Fines totaling more than $23,000 were assessed.

ST CROIX, USVI: Governor John deJongh has expressed disappointment that four St Croix district senators failed to see the potential for new investments in the territory when they voted against an Administration proposal that establishes tax increment financing in the US Virgin Islands.

ST CROIX, USVI: Acting Police Commissioner Novelle Francis on Thursday announced the arrests of four persons in the US Virgin Islands on illegal substances and possession of unlicensed firearms. Two weapons were recovered. The arrests followed Wednesday’s fatal shooting at the Juan F. Luis Hospital.

ST THOMAS, USVI: The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) announced on Friday that, after careful review of the status of the US Virgin Islands’ fisheries and fishery regulations, the prohibition of the use of gill and trammel nets for reef fish species will be strictly enforced.

ST THOMAS,USVI: Governor deJongh proclaimed Sunday, May 25, 2008 as “A Day of Healing and Prayer Against Gun Violence in the Territory,” to deplore the senseless acts of gun violence in the US Virgin Islands. "Safety in our homes, schools, and streets, and freedom from fear of gun violence is important…

Gov. John deJongh Jr. is proposing to swap potential national park land on St. Croix for national park land on St.

ST THOMAS, USVI: As the US State Department begins to produce new passport cards, the US Virgin Islands tourism department has reminded travellers that no passport is required to travel to the USVI. The cards are being issued by the State Department as an alternative to the traditional passport books.

As a precautionary measure, the Fifth Constitutional Convention has postponed all of its meetings until some of the $200,000 approved last week by Lt.

ST CROIX, USVI: The US Virgin Islands were still reeling on Thursday morning, from what was an apparent "hit" carried out in the early morning hours of Wednesday at Luis Hospital on St Croix. The public first began hearing the details following a mid-afternoon press conference held on St Thomas and St Croix.

Five masked gunmen invaded a U.S. Virgin Islands hospital before dawn Wednesday and killed a patient who was recovering from gunshot wounds, a police spokeswoman said.

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Cynthia Richards is honored Sunday as Librarian of the Year.

ST THOMAS, USVI: On Sunday, shortly before 10:30 p.m. US Virgin Islands police were dispatched and immediately responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Simmons Alley, St Thomas. The VIPD found the body of a black male lying face down, just east of the formerly known Fireman’s Bar.

“The Trunk Bay stamp re-emphasizes our American heritage for the country and the entire world.”

Photo Special to The Daily News by DENISE BARBIER Gov. John deJongh Jr., right, with students from Sprauve School on Friday at the unveiling of a new 94-cent postage stamp featuring the famous view of Trunk … via Virgin Islands Daily News

ST THOMAS, USVI: A US Bankruptcy Court, Chapter 11 trustee for the former Innovative Communication Corporation owned by Jeffrey Prosser, has filed papers with a federal court in Pittsburgh confirming that the popular, widely read Virgin Islands Daily News newspaper has been sold for $5.25 million.

“We believe that if we do not recognize and embrace the values of our own culture, it becomes much harder to persuade our potential visitors to visit our shores”

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ST THOMAS, USVI: The US Virgin Islands Department of Justice, in conjunction with the US Virgin Islands Police Department, on Friday announced the appointment of St John resident Iris Kern, PhD., as Domestic Violence Policy Advisor to Attorney General Vincent Frazer and Police Commissioner James McCall.