St. Croix, Virgin Islands News

Daily News Photo by SEAN McCOY Naiandrah Jackson gets a present from Santa at the St.

Senators closed out 2009 with an omnibus bill making various policy changes and a few appropriations.

A St. Croix tavern has to remain closed until it becomes fully complaint with licensing laws, Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs officials said Tuesday.

'Tis the season Early numbers bolster cautious optimism By CONSTANCE COOPER Monday, December 21st 2009 On the windward side of an economic hurricane, the Virgin Islands' businesses are riding out the storm.

The Pee Wee winner is Noel "Junito" Tirado. In Pee Wee One the winner is Deonandre Cascen calling herself "Young Scrabbie'. The Pee Wee two winner is Gira "Think - "a-cute" Newton.

It is ALMOST open a ' Centerline road is ready to come back as a two way road. The contractors finished all the underground utility conduit placement, the new drainage is in place, the road was leveled and resurfaced and yesterday they painted temporary stripes a ' now it is ready to reopen as a two lane road from Mandela Circle to K-mart. One can ...

Police on St. Croix arrested a man and a woman Saturday and charged them with first-degree murder.

A Caribbean vacation may seem out of reach - it's such an exotic getaway. But a slumping economy is the driving force behind affordable travel prices.

This weekend was the beginning of Crucian Christmas Festival with a mini-village in Christiansted and a parade Saturday night that got festivities going.

Police are investigating a Monday night shooting in Frederiksted that wounded a 39-year-old man and his 58-year-old mother.

Updated at 12:22 p.m. on Dec. 9. It's hard to imagine the Virgin Islands -- of aquamarine waters and calypso drums -- at war, but the U.S. territory has been locked in a rum-fueled brouhaha with neighboring Puerto Rico for months.

Dear Sir: Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 8, is a historical date in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, when the Oasis of The Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world is scheduled to make her maiden voyage to the Caribbean with her first stop in the US Virgin Islands Incidentally it is the anniversary of the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ ...

The Governor announced that he is very pleased that Central High School has received full accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.

Governor John DeJongh says the 911 emergency center on St. Thomas has reached an agreement with Puerto Rico to manage calls from here that get routed to Puerto Rico.

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU VICARE executive director Sandra Phaire, left, and other participants place electric candles on the steps of the Eliza McBean Clock Tower in Frederiksted during a World AIDS Day vigil .

Daily News Photo by CRISTIAN SIMESCU With a contractor now in place, work will soon resume on the Christiansted Bypass.

Coastal Zone Management Commission approved plans for the Port Authority to modify Crown Bay Dock .

The V.I. Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs has completed a special Thanksgiving food basket survey focusing on the types of items that residents may typically buy for their holiday meals.

ST. THOMAS, Nov 26, 2009 -- Gov. John deJongh Jr. took action on 19 bills Wednesday, striking seven of them down with his veto pen, including multiple appropriations -- citing lack of funds -- and a bill to ban texting while driving.

The forgotten Virgin, St. Croix-ogled by Columbus, boyhood home of Alexander Hamilton, getaway to Richard Nixon-is making a spectacular comeback.