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March 10th, 2024
USVI: St Croix drivers clash with unlicensed rivals amid industry crisis

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Stakeholders in the taxi industry convened on Friday evening, March 8, 2024, for the final iteration of a series of townhall meetings intended to discuss the state of the Taxicab Commission, the industry’s governing body.

February 8th, 2024
CBP seizes counterfeit luxury goods valued over $1.2M in San Juan

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- The US Customs and Border Protection officers in the San Juan Field Office have successfully intercepted and seized three shipments containing counterfeit luxury brand merchandise. The seized items, which included jewelry and sunglasses, have a combined manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of over $1.2 million, had they been genuine.

January 31st, 2024
Moleto A. Smith is Executive Director of USVI Law Enforcement Planning Commission

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- In a recent announcement, Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr named Moleto A. Smith Jr as the new executive director of the [US] VI Law Enforcement Planning Commission.

December 21st, 2023
Final round of water testing for Lead & Copper in St Croix

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr announced this week that the Water and Power Authority and its local and federal partners are now seeking approximately 80 homes on St Croix to conduct the final round of testing for lead and copper contamination in the water.

November 30th, 2023
USVI: Woman charged with Neglect after wandering child found & returned several times

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A woman is facing charges of child neglect after two of her children were found wandering around the community.

November 28th, 2023
USVI: Major class action lawsuit filed against WAPA over contaminated water

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A significant class action lawsuit has been filed against the [US] VI Water and Power Authority and Seven Seas Water Solutions USA LLC, alleging widespread lead and copper contamination in the drinking water supplied to residents of St Croix.

November 12th, 2023
USVI man jailed for smuggling machine gun conversion kits

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— US Attorney for the [US] Virgin Islands Delia Smith on Thursday, November 9, 2023, announced that 33-year-old Princeton Jameson of St Croix has been sentenced to 38 months in prison. Attorney Smith confirmed that the sentence was handed down by Judge Wilma A. Lewis following Jameson's guilty plea for possession of a machine gun.

November 5th, 2023
USVI: St Croix's Arab community rallies in solidarity with Gaza

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Joining other Palestinians on the US mainland, where tens of thousands marched in Washington protesting what they described as Israel's genocide of innocent civilians in Gaza, St. Croix's Palestinian community staged their own protest action against Israel on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

October 20th, 2023
VI delegation off to Hansen’s funeral; USVI-BVI Friendship Day postponed

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) is leading a small delegation today, Friday, October 20, 2023, to St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) for the funeral of popular USVI former Senator Alicia Hansen aka ‘Chucky’.

October 19th, 2023
USVI: 17 shots fired @ VIPD officers near Home Depot on St Croix

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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers came under heavy fire Wednesday night, October 18, 2023, at the Sugar Mill Estate in Barren Spot, in the vicinity of Home Depot, with preliminary reports suggesting that a total of 17 shots were fired in the officers' direction.

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