Virgin Islands News

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)

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

The 190-foot roll-on/roll-off cargo freighter Sabre Spirit is moored in Crown Bay, St Thomas, July 11, 2014, after the ship ran aground during the morning off Current Cut, located between the islands of St Thomas and Great St James in the US Virgin Islands, and was later refloated with the rising tide.

The identity of a man fatally shot at noon Sunday on St. Thomas has not been released by police.

I have not done this out of country thing for a long time. I used to travel when it was $10 a day, when sleepy fishing villages were villages and sleepy, when you could hitchhike to Panama from Nogales.

Three decades into the Lancaster Festival, organizers know they have to work even harder to keep their programming fresh and appealing from year to year.