U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS–Governor Albert Bryan Jr., issued the following statement in support of the Bahamian community in the wake of Hurricane Dorian: “Having lived through many storms and most recently, the two Category 5 hurricanes that struck the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2017, we are very familiar with the physical and mental havoc they wreak. […]

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—President Donald Trump has approved the request made by Governor Albert Bryan Jr. to declare a federal emergency in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. The president ordered federal assistance to supplement response efforts in the Territory, and his declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate all disaster relief efforts and

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr., members of his Cabinet and Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett traveled through the St. Thomas-St. John District on Thursday assessing damage from Hurricane Dorian and found that, except for downed vegetation and trees, both islands were well on their way back to business as usual. Government of the Virgin

Project represents first step in WAPA’s Disaster Recovery Action Plan and first major project funded by HUD Community Development Block Grant funds U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS—Governor Albert Bryan Jr., the V.I. Water and Power Authority, the Office of Disaster Recovery and the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority held a joint press conference to provide updates to

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS–The 33rd Legislature’s Rules and Judiciary Committee on Monday approved the nomination of Trevor Velinor, who Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has tapped as commissioner of the V.I. Police Department. Committee Chairwoman Janelle Sarauw, Senate President Novelle Francis Jr. and Senators Myron Jackson, Kenneth Gittens, Alicia Barnes voted in favor of Mr. Velinor’s nomination,

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