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We don’t know whose behavior is more disgraceful – those in the system who executed this debacle against Sen. Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg or the way The Virgin Islands Daily News and The Source (STT and STX) have reported it. As events have unfolded since Donastorg turned himself in to police last Thursday on domestic violence...
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By Winston Nugent Roy Innis was born, June 6, 1934 on St. Croix. His father, Alexander Innis who was a police officer, died when he was only six years old, and so his mother, Georgianna Innis decided to leave St. Croix and move to New York. She did not send for him until 1947 as...
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Life in the Virgin Islands is very stressful lately and when we ran across this photo in the CIF archives of the “Brain Trust At The Bayside” we decided to offer it as a bit of stress relief and a reminder that on St. Croix, this is where the real decisions get made!  ...
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Well, here it is. Honestly, we haven’t had time to review but we will. Meanwhile, for your reading pleasure, the Governor’s response. Governor’s Response To IG Report Share on Facebook
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Maybe the Governor will finally get the message that “borrow and spend” is not the answer to the fiscal crisis in the Virgin Islands. The USVI’s Government Obligation (GO) bond rating has been downgraded by Fitch, one of three major national credit rating agencies for corporate and municipal bonds (the other two are Moody’s and...
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By Winston Nugent He was called “The Voice of Harlem Radicalism.” He was born in Estate Concordia, St. Croix during Danish occupation of the now U.S. Virgin Islands. When his mother and father died, he traveled to New York, an orphan at the age of 17 years old. He found odd jobs such as a bellhop...
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Crime Stoppers is asking your help to solve the following crimes. Even the smallest bit of information may be just what law enforcement needs to solve these cases. Share on Facebook
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The excise tax on gasoline exported from the Virgin Islands and the condition of public housing communities were the topics of a letter from Sen. Nellie O’Reilly to an official of the Secretary of the Interior.  In a letter dated February 1, 2010, O’Reilly thanked Anthony Babauta, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas,...
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You don’t need an economics degree to know that the current pattern of borrow and spend is a path to financial destruction for the Virgin Islands. The Territory started the fiscal year with a $280 million deficit, and it is predicted that the FY 2010 will duplicate that shortfall.  That’s a $600 million dollar hole. The...
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St. Croix Attorney Lee Rohn will plead in open court to criminal charges filed against her by the Virgin Islands government in April of 2003 for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. The Honorable Darryl Dean Donohue of the Superior Court, St. Croix Division, signed the order that schedules the hearing for...
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Senator Nellie O’Reilly  is sponsoring a series of workshops in February that are designed to encourage and assist the women of St. Croix who aspire to seek and serve in public office. The “Women in Politics” Shadowing Program during the month of February will offer potential public servants a look at the mechanics of the Senate...
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Crime Stoppers is asking your help to solve the following crimes. Even the smallest bit of information may be just what law enforcement needs to solve these cases. Share on Facebook
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In his hour long State of the Territory address, Governor John P. deJongh, Jr., recited an extensive list of achievements and planned progress. He covered all the expected areas, including crime; the financial state of the Territory; economic development, specifically the Diageo, Cruzan and Alpine projects;  the environment; agriculture; and tourism. What he did not discuss was the report from the...
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If anyone still has questions about the state of this Administration then they weren’t paying attention last night. There is now documented, irrefutable evidence of perjury, fraud, conflict of interest, obstruction of justice – we could (and will in later articles) go on. But for now, there is only one question. Share on Facebook
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Never mind all the weird stuff. We challenge you to replicate the lightning strike you felt the first time you saw the moon walk or the Thriller video. From child prodigy to international megastar, the man was an entertainer whose life was an intense combination of elation and tragedy. And while the media frenzy...
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