Category: News
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NEW CONTRACTOR AT DUMP AFTER S & S WALKOUT
S & S Services Corp. employees at the Bovoni landfill walked off the job at 6 p.m. Tuesday and did not return…
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SENATORS OK FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved federal grant applications totaling about $1.5 million. The grants seek financialhelp in the areas of…
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AUDITOR TO AG: CONSIDER PROSECUTION
The territory's inspector general has referred the Schneider administration's Dec. 30 lump-sum payments of about $380,000 in unpaid leave to the attorney…
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FIRED WORKERS TO RETURN TO POSTS
Dozens of workers who were fired by Gov. Charles W. Turnbull, ostensibly due to political ties to the former administration, got a…
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ALL'S STILL UNWELL AT BOVONI DUMP
Nothing has changed at the Bovoni landfill, but Sen. Adlah "Foncie" Donastorg says he will continue to hold meetings every six to…
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TURNBULL SIGNS BILL AUTHORIZING BORROWING
Gov. Charles W. Turnbull on Monday signed into law the measure giving him power to shift funds to meet payroll and establish…
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PROPERTY TAX FORUMS TO BE HELD
Lt. Gov. Gerard Luz James II has announced that his office will hold a series of public forums on property tax issues…
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DONASTORG SEEKS SUPPORT FOR PSC HEARING
In a bid to convince Senate President Vargrave Richards to have the Committee of the Whole review controversial practices of the Public…
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JUNIOR SAILORS WIN BVI REGATTA FOR ST. CROIX
Jersey Devil, skippered by 17- year-old Chris Stanton, won the 1999 BVI Spring Regatta. The overall Regatta win is the first by…
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UNITED SETS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH TURNBULL
United Airlines' entry into the Virgin Islands travel market will be officially announced at a Government House press conference Wednesday afternoon.
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SONIA JACOBS DOW NAMED LABOR COMMISSIONER
Gov. Charles W. Turnbull completed his Cabinet nominations Monday with the choice of Sonia Jacobs Dow of St. Croix to be Labor…
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CHAMBER HONORS 8 FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Coral World was magically transformed into an elegant outdoor "festival of lights" Saturday night, as the four owners of St. Thomas's newest…
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WALLACE TWINS NAMED PRINCE AND PRINCESS
For perhaps the first time in Carnival history, a set of twins was named Prince and Princess of Carnival ‘99. The sister…
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COMPASS POINT MAN, 21, IS DROWNING VICTIM
The body of a man was brought into the beach at Sugar Bay about 4:15 p.m. Sunday, the victim of an apparent…
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WOMAN, 19, IS ISLAND'S 2nd HOMICIDE VICTIM OF '99
The naked body of a 19-year-old woman was found Sunday morning on the porch of the Midas Muffler shop in Tutu. Police…
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POLICE APPREHEND 38 MORE ILLEGAL ALIENS
V.I. police picked up 38 Chinese nationals — all men — early Sunday morning in the Tabor and Harmony area and turned…
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SENATE STAFFERS GOT RAISES DESPITE DEFICIT
Despite the government's burgeoning debt and inability to pay its bills, the 22nd Legislature gave $256,000 worth of raises to 152 central…
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DPNR WHELK SEASON ADVISORY
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Environmental Enforcemnt Division, advises commercial fishermen and the general public that the harvesting of whelks…
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TWO NEW FEDERAL AUDITS HIT PERSONNEL, GERS
Two of four audit reports released Friday by the U.S. Interior Department's inspector general found the Virgin Islands government seriously deficient in…
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SINBAD SHIFTS LOCALE TO LIONEL ROBERTS
Sinbad is shifting the locale of his Soul Music Festival in late May from the Crown Bay area to Lionel Roberts Stadium.
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LOCAL MUSEUM TO BE FEATURED IN PBS SERIES
St. Thomas is going to be featured, and a little local museum is going to be highlighted, at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday,…
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GERARD, CHINNERY, ANDREWS GET HIGH POSTS
Gov. Charles W. Turnbull on Friday nominated Frandelle L.T. Gerard, a St. Croix insurance executive, to be director of the Industrial Development…
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ALL SAINTS' JONES WINS GEOGRAPHY BEE
All Saints student William Dennis Jones Jr. won the Virgin Island Geography Bee on Friday, taking the 1999 title in a last-minute,…
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UNPAID WORKERS STILL AT LANDFILL
S & S Service Corp. workers remained on the job Friday at the Bovoni landfill, despite the fact that they had not…
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SENATE OKS $35 MILLION LINE OF CREDIT
Government workers should have their late paychecks by Monday.After more than seven hours of testimony, questioning and debate, the Senate voted 13-2…
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GEOGRAPHY BEE IS TODAY
Student geography buffs will compete today in the 1999 State Geography Bee at the E. Benjamin Oliver School.
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TURNBULL NOMINATES CHRISTIAN TO HEAD POLICE
Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has nominated Franz A. Christian, his acting Police commissioner, to fill the post permanently.
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AGENCIES PITCH IN TO EASE THE PAIN
Virgin Islands agencies, organizations and businesses are pitching in to assist government workers whose paychecks, due Thursday, were deferred until next week.
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UVISION SEEKING ADS TO STAY AFLOAT
The University of the Virgin Islands student publication UVISION will not publish its last two issues of the academic year unless its…
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WICO RENTING HOME FOR TURNBULL
The West Indian Co. has signed a six-month lease for a home in Estate Elizabeth for Gov. Charles W. Turnbull until repairs…