CHRISTIANSTED — People in the U.S. Virgin Islands hoping that Hurricane Elsa would get close enough to the territory to effect heavy rainfall without the complimentary damaging winds — were disappointed to wake up and…
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Businessman Richard Branson on Wednesday urged Caribbean countries to be more LGBT-friendly as a report said anti-gay laws cost the region’s 12 English-speaking nations up to $4.4 billion a year in…
MIAMI — Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the season early this morning as makes its way towards the U.S. Virgin Islands, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The Category 1 storm unleashed heavy rains…
KINGSHILL — St. Croix Central High School Guidance Counselor Ancelma Elliot was awarded the General Colin L. Powell Service Award on June 24, making her the territory’s first recipient of the prestigious national award that…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Finance Commissioner Nominee Bosede Bruce delivered 7,395 income tax refund checks totaling $15 million to the Aubrey C. Ottley Post Office in Sugar Estate, St. Thomas today as the first of two mailings…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — My Brother’s Workshop (MBW) announces plans to build their new campus consisting of 30,000 sq. ft. in total which will be located mid island on Donoe Bypass and serve clients from St.…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Commissioner Richard Evangelista of the Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs said that effective today DLCA is ready to issue a business license for the operation of a short-term rental. A short-term…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Human Services’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, today announced that 499 households were not re-certified for SNAP benefits and were therefore not issued SNAP benefits on July…
SAN JUAN — The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter medevaced a crewmember from a 400-foot accommodation barge Monday, approximately 140 nautical miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS) Medical Assistance Program (MAP) today announced the launch of a critical messaging program for all Medicaid clients and providers called the “MedicaidNow” Text Messaging system.…