In the 14-page “Official Campaign Platform” Albert Bryan Jr. printed, he identified not just the territory’s problems but also the specific changes he would make to solve them. It was so encouraging to voters who were weary of broken and misleading promises that they elected him.
On Aug. 1, 1930, friends J. Antonio Jarvis and Ariel Melchior Sr. printed and hand-delivered the first 200 copies of The Virgin Islands Daily News. Now, 90 years and more than 23,000 editions later, The Daily News continues to seek to be the conscience of the community.
