A second batch of 10,000 stimulus checks worth $1,400 each will be sent to qualifying Virgin Islanders this week, said Lt. Governor Tregenza Roach during the Bryan administration’s weekly press briefing Monday. He said the administration was on track to mail out all stimulus checks connected to the $1,400 payments in the month of May, with the average amount going out per household equating to approximately $2,500, Mr. Roach said. The lieutenant governor also thanked Clarina Modeste-Elliot, assistant commissioner of the Dept. of Finance, who served as acting commissioner from Oct. 2020 until a replacement for Kirk Callwood was chosen. “She has done a great job of steering the department and performing her normal duties. I also wish to thank her personally for her service on the Banking Board, which I chair. We thank her dedication to the…
Senators in the Committee on Education and Workforce Development on Friday expressed frustrations with…
The Bryan administration will make the last set of $600 Covid-19 stimulus payments to Virgin Islanders…
The V.I. Dept. of Labor is nowhere close to start making federal unemployment payments from the American…
USVI Receives Funds for $1,400 Stimulus Payments;…
Kyle Murphy April 12, 2021ST. THOMAS — The Virgin Islands has received funding for the $1,400 stimulus payments through the Covid…
Is Private Mortgage Insurance the Path to Homeownership…
Kyle Murphy April 07, 2021The Senate Committee of Finance hosted top leaders from the territory’s banks Tuesday for a discussion…
Home Ownership Takes Centerstage at Senate Hearing…
Ernice Gilbert April 06, 2021Home ownership in the U.S. Virgin Islands comes to the forefront today at the V.I. Legislature, as Senator…
Eastern Caribbean Currency Goes Digital, With…
Staff Consortium April 05, 2021SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Eastern Caribbean has created its own form of digital currency meant…
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USVI Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, last week introduced several pieces of legislation aimed at improving the economy in the U.S. Virgin Islands,...
Last updated on Tues. Feb. 23, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Governor Bryan said Monday the Emergency Rental Assistance program is close to being ready, and provided an update on the number of coronavirus relief...
Wayne Biggs, CEO of the Economic Development Authority, told the Committee on Economic Development and Agriculture on Feb. 9 that the first draft of “Vision 2040” was being reviewed and is expecte...
Governor Albert Bryan announced Monday that the territory received $21 million from the federal government "to help people in distress with their (residential) rent. "The money is designed to help pay...
Governor Albert Bryan announced Monday that 10,000 stimulus checks totaling $9,426,324 were being placed in the mail today to be delivered to Virgin Islanders. The announcement, which Mr. Bryan said r...
The Bryan administration announced during its weekly Covid-19 press briefing Monday that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (B.I.R.) is expected to rollout the second round of CARES Act stimulus checks in...
What happens when an online chatroom convinces everyone in it to buy one stock simultaneously? Individual investors win and hedge funds lose big and people who have been trading stocks in suits rage a...
The VI Department of Labor said this week that as part of its fiscal year 2021 plan, it would become "more customer-centric" with a variety of services aimed at better helping Virgin Islanders with un...
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