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USVI Gov Mapp wants to shut down gov’t for 1 day every 2 weeks
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— US Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Kenneth E. Mapp at a press conference held at Government House today, February 22, 2017 revealed that his administration has been considering shutting government operations down one day every two weeks until September 30, 2017 to help keep the government afloat.
3 St Croix women jailed for kidnapping & assaulting female victim
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Three women who kidnapped, assaulted and robbed a female victim on Monday night, February 20, 2017 on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) were arrested and jailed for their alleged crimes, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced via press release on February 21, 2017.
Podium finishes for three VI Optimist sailors @ Crucian Open
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Seven Team Virgin Islands Optimist sailors from the Royal BVI Yacht Club travelled to compete in the 2017 Crucian Open at the St Croix Yacht Club, from February 18-19, 2017.
One dead, another critically injured in St Croix vehicle accident
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A young woman lost her life this morning, February 20, 2017 on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) while her friend, who was sitting in the passenger side of the vehicle that they were traveling in — an old, red Suzuki Vitara — was said to be in critical condition, The Virgin Islands Consortium has learned.
USVI men accused of shooting @ family, including children, jailed
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix— Two of three men accused of shooting at a woman, her boyfriend and the woman’s children who were riding bicycles while the family gathered outside their apartment in the Marley Housing Community in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI), were arrested, charged and jailed, [US] Virgin Islands Police Force (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced Saturday, February 11, 2017.
Shootings in STT & St Croix leave 2 victims injured
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Separate shooting incidents in St Thomas and St Croix, US Virgin Islands on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 left two victims with gunshot wounds, the [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) announced Thursday, February 9, 2017. Both victims were shot in the left leg.
Constitution has to be amended before USVI can vote for president
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — US Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonya M. Sotomayor, who was invited to the US Virgin Islands (USVI) by the District Court of the Virgin Islands and is hosting events on St Thomas and St Croix dubbed, “An Evening with the Honourable Sonya Sotomayor”, spoke to a packed room at the Juan F. Luis Hospital Cardiac Center on Wednesday night February 8, 2017.
LIAT cuts flights to USVI, Dominica & Guadeloupe
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — LIAT, the Antigua-based Caribbean airline company announced on Tuesday February 7, 2017 that come March, its flights to and from the US Virgin Islands will no longer be available, as well as flights between Guadeloupe and Dominica.
Woman shot multiple times on St Croix
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A woman was shot multiple times in the wee hours of Sunday morning, Febuary 5, 2017 in Golden Rock, near the John F. Kennedy Housing Community in St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
USVI police trying to locate ‘armed & dangerous’ 19-year-old man
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) is seeking the St Croix community’s assistance in locating a man who it believes may have been involved in a homicide incident, VIPD Public Information Officer Glen Dratte, announced late Saturday February 4, 2017.