VI CONSORTIUM Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory has advised the public that committee meetings and official activities on the legislative calendar through the rest of the week have been postponed due to Covid-19 exposure on Monday. “Out of an abundance of caution, Legislature buildings in the Thomas-St. John and St. Croix districts are being cleaned and … Continued
Travel demand for the U.S. Virgin Islands remains strong, said the V.I. Dept. of Tourism Thursday, citing recent data in Condé Nast Traveler, a luxury and lifestyle media outlet. The data, from travel search site Kayak, reveal St. Thomas as the No. 1 destination where flight searches are recovering the fastest, according to D.O.T. “As … Continued
Ten countries across the region will get a major boost to their Covid-19 vaccination programmes as a result of a USD$500, 000 donations from regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean. The donation to national vaccination programmes is being made by the bank through its charitable arm the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation, and will support the purchase of … Continued
Senator Samuel Carrión, a longtime advocate for peace, is urging the Governor to move forward with implementation of the new Office of Gun Violence Prevention, established under Act 8423 in January. “What local law enforcement has been doing is clearly not working,” Senator Carrión said. “This means it is time to try a different approach. … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM St. Croix has lost a sixth person in five days through gun violence following a shooting around the 11: a.m. hour today in Estate Carlton that left a male victim dead. According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, at around 11:17 a.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center received notification from an adult … Continued
Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — Legendary reggae singer Bunny Wailer died in the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston this morning. He was 73. “Yes. He died about 8:00 this morning. I’m still right here with him,” his manager Maxine Stowe told OBSERVER ONLINE a short while ago. Bunny Wailer had been in and out of … Continued
“I long to sing me some love songs man,” an exuberant Beres Hammond exhaled during his ‘Love from a Distance’ virtual YouTube concert last night, and over a 100,000 attendees longed to hear him sing them. The lovers rock charmer offered the consummate end to reggae month with a 90-minute concert from his Kingston-based Harmony … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM ST. CROIX — Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St. Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences. V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima stated that one man was dead Saturday night after … Continued
A helicopter crash in the Botany Bay area Monday afternoon took four lives, the V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency confirmed, but little else had been released officially about the incident as of Monday evening. At 6:45 p.m. the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency sent a statement saying only that the crash had taken place at … Continued
Since the hurricanes of 2017, the number of hotel rooms in the U.S. Virgin Islands has fallen from 4,500 to 2,450, according to the USVI Hotel and Tourism Association, and travel to the territory has fallen by more than 60 percent. Lisa Hamilton, president of the association, says it is time to be optimistic. Lemonade … Continued
