[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate. These four hurricanes brought death and destruction to parts of the United States and the Caribbean last year. Those names will no…
CHRISTIANSTED — If you’re a Virgin Islands government employee who will be eligible for a pension when you retire, there is only one thing on your mind: Will the Government Employee Retirement System (GERS) still…
Te’Myah and her father, Travis L. Plummer [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Police identified the body of a girl found in a suitcase near train tracks in New Jersey as a…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Finance Commissioner Valdamier Collens said that just about $5 million in tax refunds will be sent out tomorrow. Collens said about 1,500 refund checks will be mailed out totaling $4.95 million, Collens said. About on-third of the…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican Republic national deported in 2014 admitted in federal court that he tried to illegally enter the United States in St. Thomas in February. Gustavo Adolfo Jimenez Polanco, 30, a Dominican…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Kenneth Mapp addressed the League of Women Voters of the Virgin Islands during their annual meeting at E’s Garden Teahouse on Saturday. Governor Mapp touched on…
CHRISTIANSTED – The Hurricane Recovery and Resilience Task Force has held its first three community meetings on St. Croix as part of Governor Kenneth Mapp’s promise to ensure public input in plans for the long-term rebuilding…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (VIDHS) Commissioner Felecia L. Blyden announced Friday that the department is the recipient of a $11.5 million grant award from the U. S. Department of…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PONCE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO)and the U.S. Coast Guard collaborated to intercept Saturday a go-fast vessel seizing 1,084 pounds (491.5kilos) of cocaine and 19…
UNDER CONTROL: A Virgin Islands Fire Services firefighter re-arranges the hose to attack the brush fire today. VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS photos by ROBERT NEAL. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — A three-alarm brush…