DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS  Office of the State Chairwoman  NOTICE TO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES  DPVI Requirements for Certification as a Democratic Party Nominee - 2026 Election Cycle  To: Prospective Candidates Seeking the Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands (DPVI) Nomination  From: Carol M. Burke , State Chairwoman, Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands  Date: February 20, 2026  Subject: DPVI Certification Requirements for Candidates Seeking to Run Under the DP

M.A. Dworkin Kennedy Space Center - Why it has taken over fifty years to finally decide it was time to go back to the Moon is the question that is sitting on most people’s minds nowadays. The official explanation has nothing to do with technology. It has more to do with funding, specifically cutbacks in the NASA budget over the years that moved away from deep space exploration towards operations in low-Earth orbit via the Space Shuttle and  the International Space Station (IS

M.A. Dworkin St. Thomas - Governor Albert Bryan Jr. used Monday’s Government House weekly press briefing on St. Thomas to address the recent repeated power outages in the St. Thomas-St. John District over the last two weeks, acknowledging the frustration and hardship experienced by residents and businesses.       The Governor said he has been briefed on the issues affecting the system, including the failure of Unit 15 at the Randolph Harley Power Plant, which left the distric

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - The battle over birthright citizenship has finally wound up before the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. In what could be one of the most significant cases of the 21st century, affecting life in the 50 States and the U.S. Territories, the highest Court in the Land will hear the argument whether President Donald Trump, by Executive Order (EO), has the right to end birthright citizenship as it is now implemented, and if that EO complies wi

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - The No Kings protests, also known as No Dictators or No Tyrants, which in reality are anti-Trump protests, drew more than 8 million people nationwide at over 3,300 rallies from Maine to California. The Trump protests also spilled over U.S. borders into European cities including Amsterdam, Madrid and Rome.       The first No Kings nationwide protest day was June 2025 organized on President Trump’s 79th birthday which coincided with a military parade he

One Man’s Vision        It takes a man of unusual vision to study the terrain, size up the possibilities, and see the future. It takes a man of even greater determination and drive to maneuver his way through all the obstacles, do an end-run around all the naysayers, and deliver his vision to the public as a finished project. Texas entrepreneur, Peter Zielke, of Z Property VI is just such a man. He has pulled a rabbit out of his Texas ten-gallon hat and is well on his way to