CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Frontline healthcare workers at the Schneider Regional Medical Center continued their efforts to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, which was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Virgin Islands Department of Health along with SRMC received the first of the territory’s […]
Category: Community Affairs
Let’s Preserve Point Udall’s Natural Beauty For Generations To Come: OP-ED
The other day, I got a text from a Crucian friend, Vivian St. Juste, now living in North Carolina. The text was in reference to me taking out her two friends who were visiting St. Croix for the first time. On the top of their list was to see the sunrise at Point Udall — […]
Profit Man Struck And Killed By Pickup Truck While Crossing Road At Night: VIPD
KINGSHILL — A St. Croix man wearing dark clothing was struck and killed by a pickup truck while trying to cross the road in Estate Profit on Thursday night, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of a vehicular-pedestrian accident in Estate Profit at about 7:41 p.m. Thursday, the Virgin Islands Police Department […]
VIPD’s Mobile Command Center Sent To Dorsch Beach To Enforce COVID-19 Protocols
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department’s “Mobile Command Center” was deployed to a waterfront area of the west end port town as part of its strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocols. The Mobile Command Center van was deployed to Dorsch Beach near the Fisherman’s Market upon the orders of St. Croix Police Chief Sidney Elskoe, […]
OBITUARY NOTICE: World War II Veteran Reuben B. Wheatley Dies In Hospital On St. Thomas At Age 95
The Virgin Islands community is advised of the passing of Reuben B. Wheatley on February 4, 2021, at St. Thomas’ Schneider Regional Medical Center (SRMC). He was 95 years of age and he led an active life until weeks before his death. Reuben lived through and played an important role in the transition of the […]
Ambulance Boat Captain Returns Home To St. John In A Casket Via The Vessel He Used To Pilot: VIDOH
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. John man whose body was prepared at a funeral home in St. Thomas made the journey back to his home island in a casket on the boat he used to pilot. Captain Ceneca E. Lindo, 36, died in a motorcycle accident in Estate Adrian on St. John on January 26. […]
Police Need Your Help To Find Daniym ‘Paka’ Heywood, Wanted On Illegal Gun Charge: VIPD
FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help to find an “armed and dangerous” St. Croix man who is wanted on an illegal gun charge, authorities said. Daniym “Paka” Heywood, 23, of Frederiksted is wanted for “carrying a firearm openly or concealed,” the Virgin Islands Police Department said. Police warned that the public should consider Heywood “armed […]
St. Croix Native Dance Choreographer Wins Prestigious Art Fellowship
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois — Although she has been dancing since age of 5, performer and choreographer Cynthia Oliver never thought she could make a career out of it. Decades later, Oliver has been recognized for her outstanding contributions in the field of dance as a 2021 U.S. Artist Fellowship recipient The St. Croix native is one […]
Police Remind Residents Not To Drink And Drive Over President’s Day Weekend
FREDERIKSTED — This President’s Day weekend, Police Commissioner Trevor Velinor and the Virgin Islands Office of Highway Safety (VIOHS) asked motorists throughout the territory to always be vigilant and safe. “Safe driving practices preserve the lives of drivers, their passengers, and all who share our roads, ” they said. In Fiscal Year 2020, the VIPD recorded […]
FEMA Gives $2.9 Million For Needed Repairs To Turnbull Library On St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Office of Disaster Recovery announces the obligation of $2,902,538 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Program (FEMA) to the Department of Planning and Natural Resources to complete repairs to the Charles W. Turnbull Regional Library on St. Thomas. The three-story, 40,000 square foot facility was impacted by strong winds […]