Virgin Islands News Archives

Senate pushes back GERS reform Law passed by Legislature in 2005 was supposed to take effect Jan.

Senators passed a slew of bills at Wednesday's session, including measures to expunge arrest records with no conviction, ban texting while driving and appropriate money to various projects and programs territorywide.

Clad in bright red T-shirts and chanting "Down with dope, up with hope," a group of students made their way along Moravian Highway to the University of the Virgin Islands on Wednesday afternoon for a vigil and speakout contest to mark Red Ribbon Week.

An injured sea turtle is heading home to virgin Island after being nursed back to health in Florida.

You know the Dept. of Tourism Cent-Sation program is attracting a lot of interest.

A hawksbill sea turtle treated in the Florida Keys after a wild dog attack in the Virgin Islands is ready to return home.

True story: in 1979, I went on a vacation with my parents and sister to the Caribbean island of St.

A Virgin Islands judge has scheduled a re-trial in the murder case of Jamie Cockayne, a New Hope man who was stabbed to death in Cruz Bay in 2007.Superior Court Judge Brenda Hollar said the new trial for Jahlil Ward, Kamal Thomas and Anselmo Boston will be held Dec.

An annual forum aimed at drawing attention to the issues people with disabilities face in the territory - and at finding solutions - is scheduled for Oct.

Daily News Photo by CHRIS WALSH Faye Snow LaFever gives Benito Feliciano a haircut Friday during Project Homeless Connect at the University of the Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center on St.

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Good Hope School students Macdonald Taylor, 17, left, and Eric Guzman, 17, carry pieces of a discarded refrigerator during a Coastweeks cleanup at Salt River on St.

The Virgin Islands Police Department's Cold Case Squad in the St. Croix District is asking the public's assistance in solving the 2002 homicide of George Anduze.

As a policy, I'd never suggest a way to profit from someone else's misfortune. Certainly, blindness is not only unfortunate, but those who have sight might consider it an absolute tragedy.

Thomas, Virgin Islands, was stabbed to death Oct. 14 on a beach there and his female companion was raped.

With two ferryboats out of commission, ferry operators have canceled the downtown Charlotte Amalie to Cruz Bay run until further notice.

After nine months in operation, the new Crime Stoppers USVI program is clearing cases, saving money and proving a success.

Daily News Photos by CHRIS WALSH Some of the Virgin Island's best day-sail tour operators docked at Yacht Haven Grande on Saturday to show what they have to offer to potential customers in the Virgin Islands The first-ever Oktoberfest Day Sail Tour Operators' Showcase featured nearly a dozen charter boats along with dive shops and fishing charters ...

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU The St. Croix Majorettes perform during the V.I.-P.R. Friendship Village opening ceremony at the Agriculture Fairground on St.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - To celebrate the minting of the U.S. Virgin Islands quarter, the islands' Department of Tourism is promoting 25-cent room rates at participating hotels.

The commemorative quarter-dollar coin honouring the United States Virgin Islands was officially launched on Friday in Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

A ticket agent contractor who worked for Delta Air Lines in the U.S. Virgin Islands has pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

A St. Croix elementary school teacher, who is already facing multiple counts of sexual assault in connection with molesting nine girls at two schools where he worked, is now facing two more sexually related charges involving another minor.

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Katura George participates in a re-enactment of the 1878 Fireburn on Thursday in Frederiksted.

Acting-governor Dawson ratifies Cigna agreement With deJongh and Francis out of territory, Finance commissioner is top executive By ALDETH LEWIN Friday, October 2nd 2009 ST.

Daily News Photo by CHRIS WALSH Third-grade students at Jane E. Tuitt Elementary School look through their new dictionaries.

Arrangements are being made to extradite a Tortola man who is wanted by authorities there to face murder charges.

The Virgin Islands has received three grants totaling $843,331 from the U.S. Department of Justice.

The territory's consumers will see higher electric and water bills in October following a V.I. Public Services Commission decision Tuesday to increase the Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause on V.I. Water and Power Authority bills.