ST THOMAS, USVI -- On Friday, Governor John de Jongh received notification from the Office of Insular Areas of the Department of the Interior that the government of the US Virgin Islands would shortly receive $165 million for estimated rum excise tax cover-over for fiscal year 2015....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- While the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital (JFLH) in the US Virgin Islands continues to grapple with serious financial challenges, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue took action against the hospital’s cash assets as part of an ongoing effort to collect outstanding taxes....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Health Commissioner Darice Plaskett reported on Monday that US Virgin Islands health officials investigated the first confirmed imported case of chikungunya in a return traveler to St Thomas that was associated with a recent cruise to the Caribbean....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- The former executive director of the Legislature of the US Virgin Islands has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the USVI for accepting bribes and engaging in extortion in the award of contracts with the Legislature. The indictment charges Louis “Lolo” Willis......
ST THOMAS, USVI -- US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh submitted on Friday written testimony to a US Senate Committee urging Congress to intervene in the long-simmering dispute between the government and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over the responsibility for financing......
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Governor John de Jongh said on Friday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has notified the Department of Human Services that the US Virgin Islands is eligible to receive a 2.2 percent funding increase to further expand the......
ST CROIX, USVI -- US Virgin Islands Attorney General Vincent Frazer and Director Claudette Watson Anderson, of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, on Wednesday announced the arrest of Jonathan Cohen, sole owner of JKC Communications (parent company of Isle 95......
ST THOMAS, USVI -- US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh has hailed the action taken by the US Senate Finance Committee to extend the rum cover-over rate for two years without limitations or restrictions. The bill makes the extension retroactive to January 1 of this year....
CHRISTIANSTED, USVI -- This week, US Virgin Islands author Rev. Seaton D. Wilson celebrates the nationwide release of his new book on Christian living, “Soar Like an Eagle, Reign Like a King,” where he uses analogies from the life of the golden eagle to reveal amazing truths about the human and Christian life....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- In a letter addressed to the president of the United States, US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh and 49 other governors of states, territories and commonwealths expressed their strong opposition to "the potential cuts to the Army National Guard advocated by the US Army's......
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Governor John de Jongh submitted a detailed memorandum of critical issues of concern to the US Virgin Islands to Lorraine Faeth, acting assistant secretary for insular areas, in advance of Tuesday’s 2014 senior plenary meeting of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, joined in announcing on Tuesday the implementation of the international Travelers Don’t Pack a Pest outreach program....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Attorney General Vincent Frazer said on Friday that Louis Willis, former director of the US Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Gerald Castor, president of Balbo Construction, Inc., had been arrested on charges of conspiracy to evade gross receipts tax....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- On Tuesday, US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh said he heard the varied comments from the members of the 30th Legislature with regard to the tone and content of his annual State of the Territory Address delivered on Monday night. The governor also highlighted the fact that......
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Government House responded on Saturday to US Virgin Islands Senator Shawn Malone's news release in which he stated that the "Senate awaits accurate financial data from the Administration" by noting that the Senate is regularly updated on the financial situation....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Explorer of the Seas, made a scheduled port call in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands on Saturday and, while in port, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) health officials will evaluate reported symptoms resembling norovirus....
MIAMI, USA -- US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty and the leaders of both the Virgin Islands Port Authority and The West Indian Company Limited, held meetings with cruise line executives in Miami, Florida, last week....
ST THOMAS, USVI -- US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh has expressed disappointment with the decision by Seaborne Airlines to relocate its corporate offices from the USVI to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The regional airline announced the move on December 18, which will mean the loss of about 88 jobs....