At least 22 retirees who were re-employed by the Government of the Virgin Islands continued to receive their annuities along with their salaries beyond permissible limits established by varying laws, costing the Government Employees' Retirement System millions in lost revenue and millions in unpaid contributions. That's according to an Office of the Inspector General (O.I.G.) report on G.E.R.S.'s procedures to control re-employment of retired government employees, which found failures on all sides of the program — including G.E.R.S., the central government, its departments and agencies and the executive branch. Semi-autonomous entities also have deficiencies that affect successful detection and elimination of double dipping. At least 65 re-employed retirees are being analyzed by G.E.R.S. for possible violations of the return-to-work law,…
The V.I. Energy Office this week announced that it was deferring a grid access charge (GAC) from its…
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Bill to Repay 8 Percent Pay Cut By End of 2021…
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A True Miracle on Main Street as Ribbon is Cut…
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Five out of 14 bills that Governor Albert Bryan recently signed into law include nearly $24 million for infrastructure projects territory-wide. Mr. Bryan vetoed two measures as he took action on a tot...
Members of the 34th Legislature on Thursday approved a bill sponsored by Senator Kurt Vialet whose aim is to make the process of buying a home in the USVI more attainable for residents of the territor...
The USVI is experiencing a surge in tourism as other Caribbean destinations remain shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, lawmakers during a Wednesday hearing sought to learn from Lisa Hamilt...
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 brie...
Senators in the Committee on Education and Workforce Development on Friday expressed frustrations with the Department of Labor on behalf of Virgin Islanders that have shared difficulties in receiving ...
The Bryan administration will make the last set of $600 Covid-19 stimulus payments to Virgin Islanders this week, meaning the $1,400 stimulus checks will follow next week, the administration revealed ...
The V.I. Dept. of Labor is nowhere close to start making federal unemployment payments from the American Rescue Plan Act to Virgin Islanders, and has only now started to issue payments to residents fo...
Governor Albert Bryan announced during the administration's weekly Covid-19 press briefing Monday a mortgage assistance program for Virgin Islanders struggling to make mortgage payments and those who ...
ST. THOMAS — The Virgin Islands has received funding for the $1,400 stimulus payments through the Covid aid bill signed into law by President Joseph Biden. The funding is part of the president's Ame...
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