Author name: Richard Motta

October 9, 2020 | 4:37 PM AST US VIRGIN ISLANDS — Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion on Friday issued a Public Health Order prohibiting live bands at outdoor events and clarifying guidelines for DJ performances and food and alcohol sales.   The Order prohibits live bands at outdoor events from Saturday, October 10, through Friday, November 6 and sets parameters for […]

October 9, 2020 | 12:39 PM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has nominated former Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Director Marvin Pickering to be the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Casino Control Commission.  In addition to his role as the BIR director from 2015-2019, Mr. Pickering was a senior vice-president

October 6, 2020 | 5:00 PM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS —  The 33rd Legislature met in session on Tuesday and approved the request of Governor Albert Bryan Jr. to extend the State of Emergency for 60 days until December 8. With the extension, the Governor’s current Executive Orders remain in effect in an effort to mitigate the

Governor Bryan Thanks Community For Prayers While He Was Out of the Territory October 6, 2020 | 3:30 PM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS —  During the weekly press briefing on Tuesday, Government House Communications Director Richard Motta Jr. delivered a message from Governor Albert Bryan Jr., who is self-quarantining after returning to the Territory from the

October 1, 2020 | 4:30 PM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The Government of the Virgin Islands, as part of its bond covenant, made the $85 million debt service payment to holders of its Internal Revenue Matching Fund Bonds Thursday. Thursday’s debt service payment comes less than a week after Governor Bryan announced that he

Administration issues 24,718 refunds totaling $68.7 million for FY ‘20 September 30, 2020 | 9:20 AM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced Wednesday that the Virgin Islands Department of Finance has issued $10,101,884 in income tax refunds. Wednesday’s disbursement comprises 3,838 individual refund checks towards the issuance of refunds to tax

September 28, 2020 | 3:11 PM AST US VIRGIN ISLANDS –– Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued the following statement Monday on the passing of Wayne “Facts Man” Adams: “Wayne had a gift that he selflessly shared with all in our community. His penchant for information and his love of Virgin Islands history made him a

September 28, 2020 | 12:00 PM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS —  Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued the following statement Monday on the status of the Internal Revenue Matching Fund securitization transaction: “As Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, I want to advise our citizens and our investors that the anticipated transaction set forth in Act No. 8329 and Act No. 8330 related

September 23, 2020 | 2:45 PM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr., on Wednesday issued the following statement extending condolences to the family and friends of Virgin Islands sports icon, Eugene “Genix” Thomas: “To call Eugene “Genix” Thomas a sports icon in our Virgin Islands, is to tell of just one of

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. said Monday, during his weekly press conference, that the pilot phase for COVID testing at the territory’s airports began this weekend. In June, the VI Department of Tourism created a portal where travelers can upload negative tests prior to travel into the territory. Since then, the VI