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USVI Attorney General Claude Walker resigns
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI – United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Attorney General, Claude Walker has resigned, The VI Consortium has learned. Mr Walker, who served from August 2015, resigned on Friday, December 8, 2018, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
10 years for Tortolain Ashley Warner in USVI cocaine case
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Ashley Warner, 54, of Tortola, was sentenced today, December 6, 2018, in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to conspiracy and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney, Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
Report: 59% USVI children lived in single-parent homes in 2014
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - According to the 2016 USVI Kids Count Data Book published by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (C.F.V.I) on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, as of 2014, more than half of the territory’s children — 59 percent— were living in single-parent homes, even as the number of children in married-parent families increased to 39 percent.
Man shot dead in Bovoni, USVI
VI Consortium
ESTATE BOVONI, St Thomas, USVI - A man was shot to death in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Estate Bovoni in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.
Kenneth E. Mapp Out! Albert Bryan Jr In! as USVI Governor-Elect
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Albert Bryan Jr, the Democrat who beat his competitors during the August 4, 2018, Democratic Primary Election to face the Independent Candidates and sitting Governor during the General Election went head-to-head with Governor Kenneth E. Mapp in the runoff.
USVI voters go to poll today, November 20, 2018, to choose a Governor!
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Voters will go to the polls, today Tuesday, November 20, 2018, one last time this year, to decide the fate of Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, who is being challenged by former Labour Commissioner, Albert Bryan Jr, bringing to a close, what has been one of the most exciting campaign seasons in the United States Virgin Islands’ (USVI) history.
Torrential rainfall leads to flooding across USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI: Torrential rainfall throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, November 8, 2018, has led to flooding across the three islands, with St. Thomas and St. John experiencing the more severe cases, according to multiple videos posted by residents.
USVI Elections: Bryan & Mapp head to runoff with Bryan in lead
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI: Governor Kenneth E. Mapp and Albert Bryan Jr. will face off in a runoff election, after the respective teams failed to collect the required 50 plus 1 percent of the votes needed for victory.
Mapp-Potter team to host 'Meet & Greet' for VI Voters on Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: The countdown is on for the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) election for Governor on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
USVI man pleads guilty to raping girl, 13
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI: Osvaldo Tavarez, age 48 of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty in District Court before Judge Curtis Gomez, to one count of transporting a minor for illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced Tuesday.
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