The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) started implementation on Monday, the V.I. Department of Labor has announced. The PUA program provides unemployment assistance to those not ordinarily eligible for them. This includes self-employed individuals, gig workers, 1099 independent contractors, taxi drivers, employees of churches, employees of non-profits, or those with limited work history who do not qualify for our regular unemployment benefits program, according to the department. During a phone interview with the Consortium Tuesday, Labor Commissioner Gary Molloy explained the process and how benefit seekers could speed up their approval. He said implementation took this long because the system had to be programmed to process the new payments. States on the mainland have faced similar…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s labor secretary resigned on Tuesday as tens of thousands…
Moody's, one of the most respected rating agencies in the world, on Thursday gave a bleak assessment…
Things haven't changed much relative to the territory's weak financial standing. Two weeks ago Governor…
V.I. Dept. of Labor in 'Final Phase' of Testing…
Staff Consortium May 13, 2020Virgin Islanders waiting to receive the $600 per week from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation…
After a Consortium Story, Bryan Holds Meeting…
Staff Consortium May 11, 2020Even as Governor Albert Bryan sought to cast blame on the Consortium for conflicting information coming…
Bryan Administration Gives Conflicting Information…
Ernice Gilbert May 11, 2020V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue Director, Joel Lee, says $5 million in stimulus payments to Virgin Islanders…
Bryan Administration Now Says Stimulus Checks…
Ernice Gilbert May 11, 2020Governor Albert Bryan said last week Monday that the local government had been approved to receive the…
The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority (VIHFA) said Friday that it has issued a "notice to proceed" to the Department of Public Works for the first phase of the Design of Improvements for the Do...
The Bryan administration said Friday that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the Virgin Islands Department of Labor a $1.5 million National Dislocated Worker Grant to provide disaster-relief emp...
The territory's Unemployment Insurance Fund is woefully lacking and is not able to meet the overwhelming demand of laid-off Virgin Islanders seeking unemployment benefits. That's according to Governo...
TORTOLA, BVI — BVI Minister of Natural Resources, Labor and Immigration Vincent Wheatley on Sunday revealed that some 683 persons had lost their jobs as a result of the government’s mandatory one-...
Governor Albert Bryan has said he expects Congress to provide funding directly to states and U.S. territories to help the local governments recover from losses resulting from the coronavirus — fundi...
AP — Puerto Rico is taking its first tentative steps in relaxing a nearly two-month lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, while health experts warn that the U.S. territory is relying on faulty stat...
Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan on Wednesday laid out a plan for the phased reopening of the territory, the first step towards a new normalcy in the current coronavirus crisis. Beginning Monday,...
Though Virgin Islands residents may have to wait as late as June to start receiving the stimulus checks provided through the CARES Act, Governor Albert Bryan on Tuesday evening told the Consortium tha...
Over 88.1 million stimulus checks had gone out to Americans on the U.S. mainland as of Monday, with millions more going out daily as the U.S. Treasury works to fulfill the obligation of the $2.2 trill...
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