[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — After spending more than three months in St. Croix, the ASPCA®(American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) has concluded its disaster relief efforts to help displaced animals…
Category: Community Affairs
VIPD Employee Arrested and Charged With Domestic Violence In Same Sex Bottle Assault Case
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas woman arrested in connection with a domestic violence assault works for Virgin Islands Police Department, the Virgin Islands Free Press has confirmed. At about 9:30 p.m….
Divi Carina Bay Resort & Casino Might Not Re-Open Until Last Three Months of 2018 … Caravelle Is Open, Must Upgrade New Hotels By August
CHRISTIANSTED — It was a tale of two casino hotels. The first casino hotel ever in St. Croix — Divi Carina Bay Resort & Casino on the East End — suffered “significant”…
Gerber Family Donates Work Time To The Queen Louise Home For Children on St. Croix
[ad name=”HTML-68″] FREDERIKSTED – Between sporadic showers on Thursday, members of the Gerber family painted a colorful picket fence at Queen Louise Home for Children. The fence is one of the first…
Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission To Hold Special Meeting in St. Croix on Friday
CHRISTIANSTED – The Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission announces that it will hold a Special Commission Meeting on Friday December 29, 2017 beginning at 11:00 a.m. The Commission will consider approving casino…
CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY: ‘Accidental Death’ Ruled In BVI Case Where Mom’s Few Seconds Of Inattention Cost Her Beautiful Toddler Ellie Her Life
ELLIE PERKINS: Died the day before her second birthday in a freak accident as her mother idly chatted to a day care center worker in the British Virgin Islands. [ad name=”HTML-68″] ROAD…
YEAR OF THE HURRICANE: 2017 Was A Whopper The Likes Of Which We’ve Never Seen Before, It Knocked Our Socks Off And Left Us A Little Wet
CHRISTIANSTED — We certainly aren’t going out on a limb to call the Year 2017 the Year of the Hurricane. Not when you live here. Two Category 5 storms smacked down St….
Virgin Islands GOP National Committeeman Jevon O.A. Williams Returns From Washington After Meeting With President, Vice President and French Ambassador
WHITE HOUSE ACCESS: Vice President Mike Pence (left), Karen Pence (middle) and Virgin Islands GOP National Committeeman Jevon O.A. Williams meet for the Christmas holidays. [ad name=”HTML-68″] WASHINGTON — Virgin Islands GOP…
OPINION: Puerto Rican Americans Can’t Be Second-Class Citizens Forever … Now’s The Time To Do The Right Thing By Its People
[ad name=”HTML-68″] By JACQUELINE N. FONT-GUZMAN SPECIAL TO THE V.I. FREE PRESS SAN JUAN — Hurricanes do more than destroy homes, daily routines, power lines, agriculture, communication systems and levees. Hurricanes…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Governor Please Reconsider Your Order To Burn Tree and Plant Debris Because It Is Dangerous To The Health Of The People
By POLLY HOPPIN As health professionals with expertise in the links between air pollution and human health, we are writing to express our grave concern about and opposition to the proposed plan…