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THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT “To Protect and Serve” Office of the Commissioner VIPD NEWS RELEASE - October 31, 2026 VIPD INVESTIGATING FATAL SHOOTING ON HULL BAY ROAD Sr. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred early Saturday morning on Hull Bay Road, resulting in the death of a 39-year-old man. At approximately 4:42 a.m. on Saturday, October 31, 2026, a concerned citizen contacte

M.A. Dworkin David Hamilton Jackson was born on September 28, 1884, in the Estate East Hill, on the island of St. Croix, in the Danish West Indies. He died on May 30, 1946, on the island of St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was vilified as a rebel to the Danish officials who ruled toward the end of the Danish era. Yet, he was lionized as a hero to the Black population who demanded their freedom from slavery in their homeland of St. Croix. Jackson’s maternal gran

M.A. Dworkin Big Oil Turns Big Profits - War Keeps Pump Prices High - No Relief in Sight Major oil companies have posted massive 3rd Q profits totaling $56.3 billion driven by spiking crude oil prices and record refining margins amid the ongoing U.S. war with Iran. Exxon Mobil reported $15.4 billion, more than doubling its earnings from a year ago. Chevron earned $10 billion nearly tripling last year's results. With Brent Crude approaching $120 per barrel, and the war in

THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT “To Protect and Serve” Office of the Commissioner VIPD NEWS RELEASE - October 30, 2026 VIPD Arrests Two Minors Following Assault Investigation; Hate Crime Charges Pending St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – The Virgin Islands Police Department advises the public that on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, the VIPD received information regarding an assault incident involving minors that occurred in August 2026. On October 28, 2026, members o

A.J. Pike St. Croix - A federal indictment accusing a postal worker of stealing more than $73,000 in USPS bank deposits has put a sharp spotlight on a problem most people only notice when a package goes missing: postal theft can reach far beyond a single mailbox. The case against 25-year-old Ramon Antonio Gantier Jr. centers on 12 felony counts tied to alleged thefts from four St. Croix post offices. Prosecutors say the missing deposits totaled $73,279.46, money that should h

A.J. Pike San Juan - A small fishing vessel off Puerto Rico can look ordinary from a distance. In the Caribbean drug trade, that same kind of boat can carry millions of dollars in cocaine and connect South American supply routes to street-level distribution networks in U.S. territory. That is what federal authorities say they disrupted on October 7, 2026, south of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations seized a yola-type fishing

THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT “To Protect and Serve” Office of the Commissioner VIPD NEWS RELEASE - October 29, 2026 VIPD Arrests Man in Connection with Stabbing Incident on St. Thomas St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands - On Monday, October 26, 2026, at approximately 4:58 p.m., detectives with the Virgin Islands Police Department’s (VIPD) Criminal Investigation Bureau arrested 27-year-old Osayande Francis and charged him in connection with a stabbing incident th

Letters to the Editor - October 30, 2026 Good Day, Inhabitants of the Virgin Islands and the Candidates vying for elective office in the General Election 5 days from today: In the late 1980’s I offered to help Democrat Governor Bruce King of New Mexico and the newly-formed New Mexico Border Authority, authorized by the Legislature and organized by the Lt. Governor’s Office without an appropriation, execute their plan to develop a temporary US/Mexico Customs and Border

PRESS RELEASE - Advertisement James Pledges Day-One Hospital Oversight and Accountability ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands - Raymond T. James, Esq., Republican candidate for the Legislature in the District of St. Croix, is calling for dedicated executive and financial leadership at each territorial hospital, stronger financial controls, and measurable improvements in patient care. Mr. James’s proposals follow the federal equipment-financing judgment involving Juan F. Luis Hos

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES ----------------- DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND NATURAL RESOURCES 4611 Tutu Park Mall 45 Mars Hill, Frederiksted Suite 300, 2nd Floor St. Croix, VI 00840 St. Thomas, VI 00802 (340) 773-1082 (340) 774-3320 dpnr.vi.gov Office of the Commissioner Thursday, October 29, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DPNR ANNOUNCES RENOVATIONS TO BOATING ACCESS DOCKS ON ST. CROIX Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of P

St. Croix Times Staff St. Croix - A $6.4 million default judgment against Juan F. Luis Hospital has put one of St. Croix’s most important public health institutions under fresh pressure. The ruling, issued by Judge Brandy R. McMillion, stems from a lawsuit over unpaid invoices tied to medical equipment, including gear no hospital can easily go without. The case is more than a billing dispute. It touches nearly every hard question facing a small island hospital: how to pay ven

M.A. Dworkin Ruwa, Zimbabwe - A schoolyard in Zimbabwe and a road trip with UFC fighters may sound like two unrelated settings. Yet both now sit inside the same growing conversation about UFOs, witnesses, and what people mean when they say they encountered something not human. The first story reaches back to September 1994, when children at Ariel School near Ruwa, Zimbabwe, reported seeing a strange craft and beings near the edge of their playground. One of those witnesses, P