Explore The Beautiful US Virgin Islands
Richard Branson, the adventuring chairman of the Virgin Group of companies, says his two private Caribbean islands have a higher purpose than serving as ultra-luxury retreats for entertainment and business …
Gov. John deJongh Jr., in his second press conference of the week concerning a landmark private-public partnership between the Virgin Islands government and Diageo PLC, introduced key players that helped seal …
ST THOMAS, USVI: The House Appropriations Committee has included $1.45 million in special project funding for the US Virgin Islands in the first two spending bills reported by the Committee in the FY 2009 appropriations process. The two bills include funding for a new "911" emergency communications system.
ST CROIX, USVI: Governor John deJongh Thursday submitted legislation to the US Virgin Islands Senate which, if enacted, will realize the most significant economic development project in the Territory in fifty years. The legislation would ratify the agreement entered into with Diageo for the construction of a distillery.
There’s been no official casualty report from this week’s meeting of National Guard leaders in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but the damage could be high.
Investigative journalism revealing that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff lied under oath in a costly lawsuit against the city has earned the Detroit Free Press a Public Service award from …
It’s the kind of place many people wish they could live. However, it turned out to be the place where Earl Rhode’s son, Dustin, died.
Downtown Hinesville’s Bradwell Park will come alive with a calypso rhythm and the smooth sound of steel drums at a “Lunchtime Concert in the Park” on Thursday, July 10.
ST CROIX, USVI: Governor John deJongh made a televised address to the US Virgin Islands on Monday night to announce that he has just signed a landmark public-private partnership with Diageo, PLC for the construction of a state-of-the-art, environmentally sound, $165 million rum distillery on St Croix.
June 23, 2008 — US Airways has joined American Airlines in exempting boxes of duty-free liquor purchased in the Virgin Islands from checked bag charges, but other airlines have not followed suit.
ST THOMAS, USVI: US Virgin Islands Governor John deJongh wrapped up a three-day trip to the nation’s capital on Thursday afternoon following a meeting with US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. The officials discussed a range of key economic development initiatives, the energy crisis, air transportation…
June 20, 2008 — In addition to paying back the full $1.2 million he siphoned off from a local-government account for his own personal use, former government aide Alric V. Simmonds will have to serve eight …
ST THOMAS, USVI: Governor John deJongh has announced the results of the Territory’s community-wide voting to select a design for the US Virgin Islands Commemorative Quarter. The deadline for input on the final selection ended on Friday, June 13, 2008. The “VI Beauty” is a geographical rendition of the Virgin Islands.
ST THOMAS, USVI: Superior Court Judge James Carroll III sentenced Alric Simmonds, a former aide to former US Virgin Islands Governor Charles Turnbull, to eight years in prison on Friday, on charges of conversion of government property, embezzlement or falsification of public accounts, and grand larceny.
Residents took time out this weekend to remember fathers and positive role models in the community with a number of activities.
An Air Force reservist apparently drowned June 8 while on a training mission that stopped over in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
ST THOMAS, USVI: Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) Commissioner Kenrick Robertson on Thursday, issued an order to gasoline wholesalers and retailers in the US Virgin Islands establishing a procedure for fuel price increases. Robertson’s order spells out requirements for written authorization.
Praising the Senate for forward thinking in matters of economic development - but keeping a close eye on the dwindling financial resources of the territory - Gov.
Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Efren Feliciano fills up Wednesday afternoon, ahead of the next price increases.
ST THOMAS, USVI: On Tuesday, US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress, Donna Christensen, Chair of the CBC Health Braintrust and the only African-American physician currently serving in Congress, participated in a hearing on issues related to health disparities, particularly in areas of access to health care.
