On September 23 at around 3:56 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to Kronprindsens Gade in downtown Charlotte Amalie to a report of shots fired and a possible gunshot victim. Upon arrival, officers located an adult female with a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to the Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center for treatment.
This case is under active investigation. The VIPD is urging any and everyone who saw what happened to contact police by calling 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340) 774-2211, or anonymously to Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-TIPS. Please remember, if you see something, say something.
Grading for the 2020-2021 school year is not suspended and will remain in place. On two occasions, the V.I. Department of Education requested the Board of Education suspend its grading requirement for a period at the start of the 2020-2021 school year until the Department could provide every student with a laptop and ensure all students had access to the internet. The Department’s requests were denied.
In a memo to district leaders on September 22, Education Commissioner Racquel Berry-Benjamin wrote, “Students shall be graded on work taught to them and/or assigned to them by a teacher during all four marking periods or two semesters on the school calendar dated 8/26/2020.”
Students with devices will be graded on completed class assignments and tests, while students without devices will receive oral assessments via telephone contact from their teachers.
The latest COVID-19 numbers in the territory:
63 Active
19835 tested
18534 Negative
1290 Positive
1208 Recovered
19 Deaths.
The St. Thomas-St. John ferryboat operations face monumental financial headwinds because of the Covid-19 pandemic and are seeking government aid to keep daily operations going. The call for help was made during a Public Services Commission meeting Tuesday.
Attorney Maria Hodge, legal counsel for companies Varlack Ventures and Transportation Services, said in a letter addressed to Governor Bryan and read at the meeting that the pandemic had gravely damaged the firms' bottomline. "In the direct wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic and government ordered closures of the non-essential businesses, the economic foundation of the ferry companies has essentially collapsed," she said.
In other ferryboat matters, the Charlotte Amalie downtown schedule was modified from a 1:00 p.m. departure to a 3:00 p.m. departure. According to the PSC. This change will accommodate the St. Thomas Cyril E. King Airport arrivals, which are between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
This week At&T will be working at the Police Department intersection near Sandy Point. AT&T will be trenching approximately 200ft from Target Mini Mart and Gas towards the police station. The trench work will start after 9:00 a.m., so the job is not done during the morning's peak hour. Also, ending this week, the directional drill will begin in such an area.