The VI Department of Labor said this week that as part of its fiscal year 2021 plan, it would become…
When former V.I. District Court Judge Curtis Gomez ruled in April that the government of the Virgin…
Unemployment Crisis in Puerto Rico Forces Resignation…
Staff Consortium June 11, 2020SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s labor secretary resigned on Tuesday as tens of thousands…
VI Government Risks Default Because of Mounting…
Ernice Gilbert May 29, 2020Moody's, one of the most respected rating agencies in the world, on Thursday gave a bleak assessment…
Furloughing Gov't Employees is Last Resort For…
Ernice Gilbert May 29, 2020Things haven't changed much relative to the territory's weak financial standing. Two weeks ago Governor…
Bryan Casts Some Blame for Territory's Economic…
Robert Moore May 19, 2020Governor Albert Bryan pointed to a court order forcing the central government to pay $63 million to…
Virgin Islanders waiting to receive the $600 per week from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program, will have to wait a bit longer as the V.I. Department of Labor finalizes imple...
Even as Governor Albert Bryan sought to cast blame on the Consortium for conflicting information coming from his administration, the governor — following a widely-read article on this publication on...
V.I. Bureau of Internal Revenue Director, Joel Lee, says $5 million in stimulus payments to Virgin Islanders will be released every week and that the bulk of the money will be issued in four months. G...
Governor Albert Bryan said last week Monday that the local government had been approved to receive the $84.7 million from the U.S. Treasury for stimulus check payments to Virgin Islands residents, and...
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...
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