…document, with everything from an overhaul in the education system, including all schools K-12 free for all students, to public finance -- refinancing public debt at lower interest rates with ‘Mosler bonds", which the candidate sa…
The Small Business Administration (S.B.A.) has approved over $43 million in loans for the territory's residents and businesses since Hurricanes Irma and Maria ravaged the islands. Now, as the deadline to apply approaches, the fede…
…approved the Department of Human Services' (D.H.S.) waiver request for an extension of the Virgin Islands’ Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP), D.H.S. announced Monday. “We continue to press forward with our…
…pleads with Governor Mapp and members of the legislature to resist pressure from FEMA and the US Army Corp of Engineers and not approve the incineration of hurricane debris. The majority of debris is clean wood from fallen trees a…
…over the course of several days, beginning next month, to hear testimonies from persons for and against inmates incarcerated at various penal institutions. During the following days, the board will be meeting at the Golden Grove C…
…Virgin Islands (CFVI) announced on Tuesday the expansion of its long-standing "Rapid Response" grant program in the modified form of "Hurricane Relief Rapid Response Block Grants", funded through the CFVI Friends and Family Fund f…
ST. THOMAS -- The Department of Education (D.O.E.) on Tuesday announced the opening of the Lockhart Elementary School on Monday, November 13, a move that sees all the territory's schools -- though in double sessions -- opening to …
…with help from federal government officials, rolled out the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Program on Monday, with D.H.S. Commissioner Felicia Blyden announcing that the department served 2,228 individuals territory-wide on the f…
ST. CROIX -- All nine Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) across the territory will be closed on Sundays starting this Sunday, November 12. The centers provide information and help for survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Feder…
The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said on Monday that restoration work continues today and traffic flow will be affected in and around the work areas as a result. On St. Croix, crews will continue work in Hannah’s Rest,…
ST. CROIX -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (D.P.N.R.) announced recently that salvage operations for vessels displaced by Hurricanes Irma and Maria began on Thursday in the areas of Salt River Bay and Long Reef …
ST. CROIX -- The deadline for Virgin Island hurricane survivors to sign up with Operation Blue Roof for free temporary roofing repairs to their homes has been extended to Thursday, November 23, the Federal Emergency Management Age…
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