Category: News
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ZONE A COP SHOP MOVING; REPAIRS TO START
Officers in the decrepit, rat-infested Zone A police headquarters on Norre Gade will move around the corner next month to the Criminal…
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SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS AGAIN DEMAND ACTION
Despite concerns about the potential effectiveness of the Economic Summit and grandstanding by the usual detractors, the private sector made a strong…
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DELAYED CHECKS FOR IFG APPLICANTS
Individual and Family Grant Program applicants awarded assistance between Dec.2 and Dec. 28,1998, should receive their checks by March 31.
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EARTHQUAKE AWARENESS SEMINAR
VITEMA invites commissioners, directors and emergency managers to an Earthquake Seminar scheduled on Thursday,March 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the…
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FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
FEMA will sponsor a Floodplain Development Workshop March 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Blue Marlin Room at the…
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TWO NAMED TO EDUCATION POSITIONS
It was announced Thursday that William Frett had been named Deputy Superintendent of schools for the St. Thomas-St. John school district and…
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DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM LONDON START IN MAY
Come May, direct flights to and from London's Gatwick Airport could bring 350 passengers into the territory every other week. It will…
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13-YEAR-OLD RAPED FRIDAY MORNING
Another rape, this time of a 13-year-old in the residential area of Anna's Retreat, has raised the ire of police officials, who…
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HUMAN SERVICES GRANT CHECKS DELAYED
Individual and Family Grant program applicants who were awarded assistance between Dec. 2 and 28 should receive their checks by March 31,…
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DELEGATE: NO INTERNET REGULATION IN WORKS
In response to the high volume of inquiries about a rumored Internet long-distance charges, Delegate Donna M. Christian-Christensen said Friday that Federal…
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HOUSE PASSES WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER BILL
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to improve the Small Business Administration's Women's Business Center program, V.I. Delegate Donna Christian-Christensen announced…
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AT&T PAYING ONLY $2 MILLION IN 'PENALTIES'
Of the $8 million that AT&T will pay as its settlement of a 1996 mud spill case, only $2 million is in…
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WORK STOPS ON HULL BAY SEWER PIPE
Though Public Works announced earlier this week that work had started at Hull Bay to stem the flow of effluent from a…
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ATTORNEY AWARDED $600,000 IN GERS SUIT
The attorney who represented employees in a 3-year-long class-action suit against the Government Employees Retirement System was awarded $600,000 in fees for…
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DPNR WANTS TO MOVE TO AIRPORT
Planning and Natural Resources could consolidate five locations by moving to the Cyril E. King Airport and save $460,000 a year in…
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AFTER ALL THE TALK, CRY IS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
After a full day of speeches and talking, speakers at the end of Thursday's Economic Summit said the key to solving the…
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DERRICK, CLAIRE ROMNEY PLEAD IN FRAUD CASES
St. Thomas entrepreneurs Derrick and Claire Romney have pleaded guilty in connection with two cases pending in District Court, one involving bankruptcy…
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OLD LAND BATTLE RESURFACES
Crop farmers in Bordeaux voiced their dismay Wednesday night over a lease agreement approved several years ago favoring livestock farmers. The growers…
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CHAMBERS WILL ATTEND SUMMIT; LABOR WON'T
Despite misgivings, officials from the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John Chambers of Commerce say they'll participate in the Economic Summit that…
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COMMITTEE PASSES HOSPITAL AUTONOMY BILL
A bill giving the territory's hospitals power to hire, fire and buy their own supplies and equipment was approved Wednesday by the…
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DISCUSSIONS REOPENED ON YACHT HAVEN
Tan Kay Hock and his representative, Ian Peacocke, are in St. Thomas and are expected to offer a revised proposal to the…
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DON'T PENCIL IN LAKERS FOR TITLE YET
Jerry Fordyce, former sports editor at the Virgin Islands Daily News, goes against conventional wisdom and picks the Spurs to win this…
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AT&T, GOVERNMENT SETTLE FOR $8 MILLION
AT&T has agreed "in principle" to settle its environmental violations case with the Virgin Islands government, according to Shelly de Chabert, public…
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LABOR, CHAMBERS MAY BOYCOTT SUMMIT
The territory's two chambers of commerce and the Central Labor Council may not participate in the Economic Summit set for Thursday and…
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DONASTORG TAKES ON VITELCO — AGAIN
Sen. Adlah "Foncie" Donastorg has filed new complaints with the Federal Communications Commission and the V.I. Public Services Commission against the V.I.…
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THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PERB BOARD
Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has appointed three people to fill vacancies on the five-member Public Employees Relations Board, subject to Senate confirmation.
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DELEGATE HAS OUT-PATIENT KNEE SURGERY
V.I. Delegate Donna M. Christian-Christensen received out-patient knee surgery Tuesday to correct an injury she received during a celebrity softball game last…
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DISCHARGE ACT LED TO FEW REINSTATEMENTS
Only 3 percent of employees were reinstated under the Wrongful Discharge Act between 1995 and 1998, according to statistics offered by the…
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TURNBULL: NOT BEST OF TIMES BUT NOT WORST
Despite the enormity of the territory's financial debt, now surpassing $1 billion, Gov. Charles W. Turnbull reiterated his faith Monday in the…
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TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR JULIAN JACKSON FETE
Tickets are still available for the Julian Jackson Retirement Banquet Saturday, March 20.