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BIR Reminds Businesses of Postal Excise Taxes

         The Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue reminds the business community that items imported into the territory via the United…

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The V.I. Police Department has a theme song, "Don't Run, Don't Hide," written by local musicians Fusion Band for use in the government television channel documentary, "V.I. Cops."

 
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Some Thoughts on Signatures Needed for Board of Elections Recalls

Mathematics are universal and I think it might be helpful to discuss the question of just how many signatures will be needed to put the proposed recall on the ballot.

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2012-02-03 00:02:07
Police Arrest Two in Cruz Bay Park

St. John police on Saturday arrested Steven Dean Reichel, 47, and Scott Chamberlain in Cruz Bay Park after an alleged public disturbance.

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2012-01-30 21:13:42
Mango Tango Art Gallery Opens Art Jamboree Featuring Five Artists

Mango Tango Art Gallery on Raphune Hill (Route 38) will hold an opening reception from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, as part of the St. Thomas-St. John Art Jamboree.

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2012-01-26 11:41:30
Commentary - Editorial — St. John
Picture This: Politician Can't Complain When in the Public Eye

Adelbert Bryan doesn't like having his picture taken. But as a public official performing his duties at a public meeting, he really has no room to complain about being in the public eye.

Read entire articleNov 4 2011 - 5:18pm
Whining in Paradise

Faced with the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, it's time for each and every one of us to stop whining and pay up.

Read entire articleJun 22 2011 - 10:28pm
The Strange Economics of the Prosser Bankruptcy

If you despair over the economics of the U.S. budget, you will find them refreshingly rational compared to the ongoing saga of the Prosser bankruptcy case.

Read entire articleApr 25 2011 - 3:19pm
Take a Stand Against Senseless Violence ... Now!

Although our hearts are broken tonight by the loss of another innocent child through the insanity of wanton gunplay, we cannot afford to be numb over this.

Read entire articleJul 12 2010 - 8:33pm
Small Intrusions Lead to Large Ones

If we don’t learn to consider how our behavior impacts those around us, we are doomed – at best – to lives that lack peace.

Read entire articleJun 20 2009 - 8:36am
Time to Stop the Carnival

I am personally very proud to have a governor who didn’t embarrass the people of the Virgin Islands by passing along the severely flawed draft constitution hammered out in the carnival atmosphere created by a small group of die-hard disrupters.

Read entire articleJun 12 2009 - 8:34am
Dead Being in the Middle of Road

While bicycling this morning, my husband and a companion came upon a severely injured, apparently stray dog lying in the road. Whoever left her there broke the law; but there's more to it than just that.

Read entire articleJun 5 2009 - 10:13am
Education? Carnival? Why Can’t We Have Both?

Cranford High School seniors in the 60s had a tradition of skipping school on a certain day in June every year. On that day classrooms were lonely places for those whose parents forbade them to participate in the annual final act of defiance and celebration before going on to the "real" world.

Read entire articleApr 28 2009 - 3:43pm
My Hometown -- Binghamton – Will Never Be the Same

I was born and spent the first 13 or so years of my life in Binghamton, New York. Terrorism brought about by the stupefying availability of guns in our country has forever changed my childhood memories of that little city in New York's Southern Tier.

Read entire articleApr 3 2009 - 10:54pm
We are Not Serious; We are Not Correct

A few delegates are making a mockery of the Constitutional Convention process.

Read entire articleMar 31 2009 - 10:29pm