U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS– Governor Albert Bryan Jr announced more than $1.2 million in grant funding from the Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Friday, including $300,000 to the Department of Agriculture for the purchase of farm equipment and $600,000 the territory’s hospitals for hazardous waste disposal.  The announcement came after the governor met […]

August 16, 2019 | Rick Grant U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – First Lady Yolanda Bryan has partnered with the Department of Education to host the 2019 Shadow A Chef Enrichment Program. The program will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at the Charlotte Amalie High School Auditorium and Cafeteria and on Thursday, August 22, 2019,

August 14, 2019 | Richard Motta U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Since being displaced on Saturday from Schneider Regional Medical Center because of ongoing repairs, Emergency Medical Services on St. Thomas has been working out of the Omar Browne Fire Station, and both V.I. Fire Service Director Daryl George Sr. and Department of Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion said

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS– Governor Albert Bryan Jr, issued the following statement concerning school maintenance and other updates provided by the Department of Education during a press conference on Tuesday: “Our administration shares the concerns families have for a safe and conducive school environment for their children and continues to make the safety of the students,

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr held his second meeting of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy group (CEDS), recently in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, where a group comprising about 30 local business owners, members of non-profit foundations, representatives from the Tourism industry, government officials and other community stakeholders heard presentations about the plans to upgrade

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr issued the following statement in response to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson’s announced intent to delay billions in disaster mitigation aid to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: “The statement by Secretary Ben Carson announcing HUD’s intent to delay the Federal Register Notice

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr, along with Department of Education Commissioner Racquel Berry-Benjamin and other Department of Education officials hosted an awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of Valedictorian and Salutatorian graduates from the territory’s high schools Friday at Government House in St. Croix. District Insular Superintendents Stefan Jürgen (STT/ STJ) and Carlos McGregor