U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—The Virgin Islands Energy Office (VIEO) was chosen as a recipient of $625,000 in Fiscal Year 2019 funding under the Energizing Insular Communities (EIC) grant program. The EIC program is funded and administered through the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs. The VIEO will utilize the grant to develop a Solar […]
ST. THOMAS, U.S.VIRGIN ISLANDS— Governor Albert Bryan Jr., on Friday, submitted two major pieces of proposed legislation to dramatically overhaul emergency medical services in the Territory by merging two critical response apparatuses to increase available resources and manpower, and by creating a system that is more efficient and responsive to the emergency needs of residents
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has scheduled a series of meetings with various agencies and entities while he is in Washington, D.C. this week. Beginning Tuesday, October 29 through Thursday, October 31, Governor Bryan and some of his senior policy advisors and Cabinet members will attend 21 meetings, starting with a meeting with Delegate to
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CHRISTIANSTED—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. will be out of the Territory, beginning Friday, October 25, for a series of meetings with various agencies and entities in Washington, D.C. The trip is rescheduled from the Governor’s trip to Washington in September, when he returned to the Territory in advance of Tropical Storm Karen. During his absence Lt.
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ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Calvert White met Wednesday with representatives of DiamondRock Hospitality, which owns the Frenchman’s Reef Marriott Resort & Spa and the Noni Beach Resort, to accept a $45,000 donation to refurbish Joseph Aubain Ballpark in Frenchtown on St. Thomas.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—As part of the AFT Teach professional development day, school-based kitchen service workers throughout the territory participated in the second phase of the Shadow A Chef Enrichment Program, sponsored by the Office of the Governor, on October 18 on St. Thomas and October 21 on St. Croix. The training day was executed in
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Virgin Islands Fire Service Director Daryl George. announced during a press conference Wednesday at Omar Brown Sr. Fire Station that storm recovery supervising contractor VI AECOM made a generous donation of seven new automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) and seven sets of emergency lights to be distributed to the fire stations in the St.
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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has announced that the Virgin Islands Department of Property and Procurement has begun implementing the Government of the Virgin Islands’ new electronic contract processing system. Beginning November 1, 2019, all government contractors will be required to utilize the user-friendly electronic system to submit contracts to the Department of Property and Procurement, according
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and Sports, Parks and Recreation Director Calvert White met with Nels Hawkinson, the founder of the Paradise Jam Tournament that takes place every year during the Thanksgiving holiday on St. Thomas. The Division I NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament is celebrating 20 years of competition in the Territory
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr. held his final swearing in ceremony today, officially filling out his Administration’s 29-member Cabinet which has been charged with moving forward his transformative agenda to stabilize the Virgin Islands government and restore public trust and to rebuild and sustain a vibrant economy. “This is the final round of people
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