The Pfizer vaccine has been approved for emergency use and it is expected that the Moderna vaccine will soon follow. If you want our lives to get back to some semblance of normal, please plan to take the vaccine when it becomes available. Unless a significant number of us do, the pandemic will continue to plague and take our lives. Yes, the vaccines were developed in record time, but that is something that needed to happen. Back in 2004, I joined a colleague, Jim Turner, in introducing HR. 4258, The Rapid Pathogen Identification to Delivery of Cures Act. One summary describes its purpose this way: To promote technological advancements that will dramatically reduce the timeframe for the development of new medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that, through natural processes or intentional…
Dear Editor, As you may be aware, VIGL has decided not to seek a renewal or extension of the Temporary…
Dear Virgin Islands Community, I am writing this letter on behalf of all the Substitute Teachers in…
Dear Editor, At a time when new national and local representatives are set to take office, the sobering…
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Staff Consortium November 15, 2020Dear Editor, Recently one particular family suffered a tragic loss. On Friday October 23, 2020 we gathered…
Veterans Day Special: To Anyone Who Says 'Thank…
Staff Consortium November 11, 2020Leaving the military is similar to immigrating to a new country: the reputation you earned, the education…
Where is the Compassion for Struggling Virgin…
The Editorial Board October 01, 2020Labor Commissioner Gary Molloy won't allow employees to go outside to address burdened and struggling…
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Senators Criticize Bryan's Debt Refinancing Plan,…
The Editorial Board September 29, 2020Governor Albert Bryan burned a lot of political capital on the failed debt refinancing attempt. But…
Governor Albert Bryan's debt refinancing deal that he pitched to the bond market has turned up empty. The plan sought to refinance debt backed by the territory's Internal Revenue Matching Fund to real...
The 2017 hurricane season was one of the most challenging missions in FEMA’s 40-year history. In less than three weeks hurricanes Irma and Maria would leave trails of devastation across the entire t...
Dear Editor, There can be little doubt that USVI is in a financial crisis. In such a situation, when the Government’s revenues and funds are insufficient to cover expenses, priorities must be clear...
In 2017, as a member of the Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission, I had the pleasure of participating in the 100th anniversary celebration of the transfer of administration of the...
I am sure I am one of many that have had this experience. Yet, I believe it is an experience worth sharing for it speaks to the person that Joe Biden is. In 2004, I was chosen from hundreds of nation...
Did you know you could see your work history online all the way back to your first job? Your earnings history is a record of your progress toward your Social Security benefits. We keep track of yo...
Certainly feels like déjà vu all over again. Virgin Islanders awoke on Wednesday to read headlines detailing the awarding of a lucrative no-bid contract to a friend/ relative of the Governor. Peop...
Blood is saturating our streets and bullet-ridden bodies are filling our cemeteries. And before we can mourn one life –another is quickly taken. The recent murder in broad daylight of two young men ...
Dear Editor, Over the last few days, I couldn’t shake the thought of all the people in the Virgin Islands whose lives were taken, senselessly. The hundreds over the past 20 years. Many so young,...
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