One of the V.I. government's success stories appeared before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday morning, as Inspector General Steven van Beverhoudt touted his office's achievements on "meager resources" and asked for a "slight increase" in its Fiscal Year 2001 budget. But in afternoon testimony, the V.I.'s public television station warned that its successes, and the station itself, will be a thing of the past without proper funding.

More than $300,000 from the federal government will help establish a marine park system in the territory.

Emergency medical technicians on St. Croix continued calling in sick Tuesday in protest over the Department of Health’s slow response to a private firm’s offer to maintain the island’s ambulances for free.

A high-ranking official of the Public Works Department said Tuesday that the weekend burglary at the PWD administrative complex was related to an ongoing public corruption investigation, targeting employees of the department.

Businesses in the territory are in for a welcome surprise from cyberspace come January 2001, according to Licensing and Consumer Affairs commissioner Andrew Rutnik. Rutnik testified Tuesday before the continuing Fiscal Year 2001 budget hearings in the Senate Finance Committee, which also heard testimony from the Public Services Commission and the Taxi Commission.

While no one really knows the environmental damage caused by the V.I. government’s decades-long struggle to operate its wastewater systems in compliance with federal regulations, the monetary impact is now surfacing.

Gov. Charles Turnbull confirmed rumors Tuesday evening that Tourism Commissioner Rafael Jackson has submitted his resignation.

Businesses in the territory are in for a welcome surprise from cyberspace come January 2001, Andrew Rutnik, commissioner of Licensing and Consumer Affairs said Tuesday. DLCA is completing the final stages of a website, which will allow businesses to apply for a new license, renew an existing license, or cancel a license, all from their own computers.

A Virgin Islands Police Auxiliary supervisor and former Public Works Department official has been charged with filing false claims against the federal government and mail fraud.

Adding to the fiscal problems emphasized in Tuesday's Senate Finance Committee meeting by Post Auditor Campbell Malone, came the announcement of a sharp increase in the cost of the government's health insurance program.