Virgin Islands News

Forced secrets Court blocks mother's search for son taken from her at birth By JOSEPH TSIDULKO Tuesday, July 15th 2008 Infant Sherman, as he is named in court documents, is a 38-year-old man who may have strong ...

Prince Charles has invited noted social worker and actress Shabana Azmi and her husband Javed Akhtar as his personal guests in Bakingham Palace for consultation in this connection.

Main Street will lose a long-time - and oftentimes criticized - fixture on July 31.

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU The Virgin Islands Cardiac Center at Luis Hospital on St.

An autopsy has confirmed that a former U.S. Air Force reserve sergeant from Bay City drowned while off duty in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Air Force said this week.

The Catholic Diocese of St. Thomas announced Monday that the Rev. Monsignor Herbert Bevard of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will serve as the Virgin Islands' fifth bishop.

Despite the promise of white-sand beaches and palm trees, Bishop-elect Herbert A. Bevard knows that he is not going on vacation.

WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 7, 2008 .- Benedict XVI named a Philadelphia priest to be the bishop of St.

How to Recognize a Virgin Islands Delegate: Blown off course during his second voyage, Christopher Columbus chose a religious theme and named this grouping of islets for the virgin handmaidens of some obscure ...

Third suspect charged with Cockayne murder on St. John Investigation on St. John under nationwide scrutiny since murder a year ago By JOSEPH TSIDULKO Monday, June 30th 2008 ST.

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 ...

The project of the complete purchase and development of the airport started in 2002; now, by words of Premier, the new airport will replace a narrow 1960-era airstrip built by administrators of the high-end ...

The third man implicated in Jamie Cockayne's murder on St. John appeared in V.I. Superior Court more than a year after the fatal stabbing that made national headlines.

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling for changes to a House tobacco-regulation bill, demanding that the legislation place restrictions on menthol cigarettes, the type heavily favored by African-American ...

John has been charged in the June 2007 slaying of a Pennsylvania man. The three-island territory's Justice Department says Jahlil Ward was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of ...

Legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday that could have students across the United States learning about D. Hamilton Jackson and Alton Adams in their history books alongside Rosa Parks ...

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 ...

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 ...