Vernon Alexander, director of project management at the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority has told the Public Services Commission that the four Wartsila units or generators which arrived in the Virgin Islands last week will not be operational until February 2023. “We will be able to achieve substantial installation, substantial completion by December of 2022, and commercial operation by February 2023,” Mr. Alexander told PSC commissioners during the commission's regular meeting Friday. Noel Hodge, acting chief executive officer of WAPA had earlier informed the commission that the new Wartsila units had arrived in the territory. “They arrived in St. Thomas, those are four, 9 milliwatts Wartsila units which are being funded through a [U.S. Dept. of] Housing and Urban Development grant,” he said. “Those are highly efficient units that…
Government employees who suffered the 8 percent wage cut enacted during the former Governor John P.…
The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released the 2020 Census population and housing unit counts for the…
Governor Albert Bryan told the Consortium earlier this month he was prepared to ease Covid-19 restrictions…
Company Named 'St. Croix Energy', Comprised of…
Ernice Gilbert September 15, 2021ST. CROIX — A group of local and national businessmen with deep pockets have formed a company named…
V.I. National Guard Soldier Welcomed Home From…
Staff Consortium September 13, 2021V.I. National National Guard service member Capt. Kai Callwood was welcomed back home by family, friends…
Properties in USVI Owing Taxes From 2015 and…
Ernice Gilbert September 08, 2021Virgin Islanders whose properties have been delinquent from 2015 and before have up to 30 days to arrange…
Congresswoman Plaskett Presents Territory’s…
Kia Griffith August 17, 2021ST. CROIX — The Village—VI Partners in Recovery Inc./ WestCare was awarded a $545,000 Substance Abuse…
Come Wednesday, vaccinated Virgin Islanders traveling back home will no longer need to take a Covid test for clearance to travel. All they've have to do is insert their vaccination card information in...
Come September 19, Limetree Bay will let go its remaining employees, idle the refinery and proceed with its bankruptcy filing. The company is also hopeful that an investor will be interested in purcha...
U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Karima Greenaway Hantal, a native of St. Thomas, was promoted to commander, according to a release issued on June 14 by the U.S. Coast Guard’s 9th District G...
University of the Virgin Islands announced today that former Board of Trustees member Donald Sussman, a noted philanthropist, financier, and St. John homeowner, has made a $6 million donation to estab...
In an exclusive report published Thursday, Reuters said ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, which in 2016 purchased the mothballed HOVENSA refinery for $190 million with the hope of restarting the facility...
Friday just before noon, a shooting incident occurred in Estate Sion Farm on St. Croix that resulted in the lockdown of a nearby elementary school, the death of one man along with two other victims wh...
Eighteen-year-old St. Croix native Mackeel Rogers Jr. made the All Day baseball team this May for his second consecutive year in Miami Dade County, Florida. The All Day team is equivalent to an All St...
Virgin Islander and St. Croix native Jon F. Megahy was sworn in as a commander of the U.S. Navy at Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia on Wednesday, representing yet another notable Virgin Islander le...
Young Virgin Islands actor Kaden Hughes has landed a coveted guest star role on CBS Network drama series “BULL”, which is set to air on CBS Monday at 10:00 p.m. AST (Dish Network Channel 18, VIYA ...
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