Virgin Islands News

Wayne James, fashion designer, lawyer, former US Virgin Islands senator, historian, and author of the soon-to-be released book on men's manners, Manly Manners: Lifestyle and Etiquette for the Young Man of the 21st Century, has been invited to deliver the keynote address at the October 11-12, 2014, conference in Oslo, Norway.

Honeymoon Bay and Solomon Bay are among the beaches that see little foot traffic on airport-less St. John, a short ferry ride from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

All four men on trial for the armed robbery of the Imperial Jewelry Store were convicted by a federal jury late Wednesday afternoon.

More than a dozen board members and officials of the V.I. Water and Power Authority were on hand Wednesday morning for the arrival of the first eight of 18 liquid propane gas storage tanks being delivered to the territory.

The Obama administration is coming under fire for once again making a unilateral change to ObamaCare -- this time, quietly exempting the five U.S. territories and their more than 4 million residents from virtually all major provisions of the health care law.

Sen. Terrence Nelson once again is pushing for a ballot referendum involving marijuana, this time to get voters' opinions about legalizing medical marijuana in the territory.

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

Delegate to Congress candidate Stacey Plaskett sent this photo, taken by her husband, to local media and claims a man she says is a Bureau of Corrections inmate is erecting a tent for opponent Sen. Shawn-Michael Malone's campaign on Dec. 29 at Randall "Doc" James Racetrack on St. Croix.

"Land of Love and Drowning" , by Tiphanie Yanique For most of us, if we think about the U.S. Virgin Islands at all, we think just of tropical resorts and hurricanes.

Despite a request from the Legislature to push the date back, Gov. John deJongh Jr. is sticking with his decision to call the Senate into special session Wednesday.

GXG Markets runs an SME dedicated exchange that operates a European Regulated Market, as well as two junior markets regulated under GXG Markets' Multilateral Trading Facility authorization.

The V.I. Port Authority board approved a number of leases, contracts and change orders and also directed staff to provide a summary of all capital project budget transfers, along with staff summaries, to the board for review and approval.

For most of us, if we think about the U.S. Virgin Islands at all, we think just of tropical resorts and hurricanes.

To the Editor: Chikungunya virus , a mosquitotransmitted virus , was first isolated >60 years ago in Africa and is responsible for epidemics of acute polyarthralgia.

In the part of the meeting closed to the public, the board discussed the still-unsigned management contract with the West Indian Co.

The Holidays in July rate starts at $223 a night, including tax and hotel fee; usual rate starts at $426.

Daily News file photo Alicia Barnes, commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, testifies before the Senate in July 2011 at Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas.

"There's no better place to get married than the Caribbean ," says Jessica Feirtag, 30. For her June 27, 2013, wedding to Daniel Tyler, 31, Jessica planned a small ceremony and reception at the Pranja Estate in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Gov. John deJongh Jr.'s failure to respond within the time period allowed by law has made all of his vetoes of the bills passed by the 30th Legislature at its last session null and void.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 15--ST. THOMAS -- The territory's open-access broadband network has met its first big deadline, completing construction on the network by June 30. V.I. Next Generation Network President and Chief Executive Officer Lawrence Kupfer said the government entity met its deadline and is now in the 90-day "close out" period ... (more)