Senators-elect Form Majority Caucus, Name Gittens Senate President
Eleven of the 15 incoming senators to the 33rd Legislature formed a majority caucus Wednesday, naming Sen. Marvin Blyden as majority leader and returning Sen. Kenneth Gittens as Senate president.
Ponteen Steps In as AG Walker Steps Down
Attorney General Claude Walker resigned the post of attorney general in the U.S. Virgin Islands, effective Dec. 8. Deputy Attorney General Joseph Ponteen has been named acting attorney general.
Merchants Measure Progress on Main Street
December came to Main Street, St. Thomas, and with it thousands of visitors. But merchants along the famous commercial strip say they’re not sure the resurgence of customers will be enough to ensure a successful winter tourist season.
Man Shot to Death on St. Thomas
A man was shot to death Wednesday morning while driving in the area of Lilliendahl and Marienhoj, the V.I. Police Department reported. The name of the victim was withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Senators-Elect Tackle Parliamentary Procedures, Sunshine Act
Senators-elect reconvened Tuesday for the second day of the two-day 2018 Pre-Legislative Conference, which featured meaty sessions that fueled spirited exchange, from the limits of the public’s right to know to the nitty-gritty of parliamentary procedures.
PFA Increases Investment Earnings
At least one V.I. government agency has increased its earnings over the last few years. Board members of the V.I. Public Finance Authority learned Tuesday that since a new investment advisor was hired, the agency earned $5 million instead of $1.5 million.
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Now that we’re bent on changing course
Let us amend our wicked ways.
You may live on St. Thomas or St. John
St. Croix, Water Island, or even
At your mother’s house;
Let’s drop the chicanery in the sea
And row towards this treach’rous shore.
It’s hard enough to battle boist’rous waves
Let us not risk our boat with broken oars.
Our blessing can indeed become our curse
If we look unto Man instead of Christ.
For Man with all his foibles seems
So strong; even the moon could come
Out in the day, thinking it’s night.
Changing Course (A Reader's Poem of Hope)
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Now that we're bent on changing course Let us amend our wicked ways. You may live on St. Thomas or St. John St. Croix, Water Island, or even At your mother...
