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Education
…referring to funding provided to the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and $541 million as part of Covid-19 relief funding which governments were given wide latitude to expend. "We want a change in government. W…
Environment
…are essential, as climate change impacts of drought, wildfire, hurricanes, and sea level rise cross many boundaries," said William A. Gould, director of the USDA Caribbean Climate Hub. According to the release, Puerto Rico and the…
Health
…to fruition, and said if the integration was in place for the 2017 hurricanes, there is the possibility that death would have been reduced. “Fifteen years we have been trying to get this bill passed. I remember way back in the Joh…
Caribbean
…the problems the island's electric grid has faced following Hurricane Maria in 2017. Additionally, the Costa Sur power plant was damaged by earthquakes in 2020. Puerto Rico residents protested in front the San Juan office of the P…
Disaster Recovery
…Hi-Rise and Ras Valley housing communities that were destroyed by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. “Along with these funding opportunities, I was excited in our discussion to focus on other areas – such as providing technical assistance…
Crime
…that Abiff had been stationed in several locations, even providing hurricane relief to Haiti before he was honorably discharged from the army this year. After affirming that the defense’s arguments were best suited for trial, judg…
Disaster Recovery
…as well as HUD's commitment to the territory as it recovers from the hurricanes of 2017. The U.S. Virgin Islands has received hundreds of millions of dollars from HUD as part of disaster recovery funding. In August 2021, HUD appro…
Business
…the Virgin Islands through various recovery projects stemming from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The influx, he believes will be linked directly to the construction sector and the people who will be moving are mostly coming from the …
Business
…resurgence of the hotel industry in St. Croix not seen since before Hurricane Hugo in 1989,” the governor said. The King’s Alley Hotel was run by King’s Alley Management, Inc. (KAMI), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the PFA,…
Business
…show some rent prices in the USVI have doubled since 2017 following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. He also said that homeownership in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which is already lower than the U.S. mainland, continues to decline. "Since…
Coronavirus
…These issues have been compounded by rapidly rising rent since the hurricanes and are now being coupled with the impact that Covid-19 has had on employment,” she told the committee. It was also pointed out that in addition, the hi…
Business
…Ten years ago the mall used to gross $9 million per year before the hurricanes [of 2017]. It went down to $5 million… Right now we are projecting this year to collect $3.9 million; our goal is to bring it back up to that $9 millio…
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