U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — As the territory enters Alcohol Responsibility Month this April, Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea is taking a proactive stance on adolescent health. Rhea has partnered with the national nonprofit Responsibility.org to…
By THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS EDITORIAL BOARD Editor’s Note: The following is a condensed and edited version of a six-letter exchange between the VIFP Editorial Board and the Office of the CEO at GoDaddy.…
By JOHN McCARTHY / @ the V.I. Freep Investigative Desk It’s been decades since John Lennon sang about the layers of truth in “Glass Onion,” but the song’s core lesson—that looking through a lens doesn’t…
By V.I. Free Press Staff KINGSHILL — The Superior Court of the Virgin Islands saw a flurry of activity today as multiple defendants appeared for Advice of Rights hearings in Estate Kingshill. Judge Yolan C.…
As the publisher of the Virgin Islands Free Press, I’ve spent 37 years translating the staccato of the night—the sirens in Frederiksted and the 200 rounds fired at a Peter’s Rest crime scene—into actionable information.…
SAINT THOMAS — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) is officially inviting residents to apply for temporary employment positions for the upcoming 2026 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The program, which is sponsored by…
FREDERIKSTED — The St. Croix Sun has been met with an unprecedented outpouring of community testimony following its report on Victor Cruz Jr. While “internet skeptics” and cynical trolls have attempted to dismiss the reality…
CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) confirmed that a “lethal kinetic strike” on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday, March 25, has left four people dead. The strike, ordered by…
CHRISTIANSTED — Arson investigators are combing through the charred remains of two downtown properties Thursday after a pair of suspicious blazes struck the historic district within a 12-hour window, leaving one man dead and a…
KINGSHILL — A former security officer once tasked with protecting the public stood before a judge today to answer for allegations of violent “acting out” that resulted in her own arrest—a position she has reportedly…