At a time when recovery and rebuilding remain a top priority for the Territory, the Virgin Islands Police Department is pleased to announce that a new recruit class has commenced training at the Police Academy. This is the first group of recruits to train since Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Virgin Islands last fall. Classes started […]
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he U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in the Virgin Islands that working capital loans are still available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. “Businesses that suffered economic losses as a result of the disaster and want to apply
Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has issued proclamations recognizing National Nurses, Hospitals and Tourism Weeks. The week May 6-12, 2018 has been declared National Nurses Week with the theme “Nurses Inspire, Innovate, Influence”. The American Nurses Association, Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center and the Roy Lester Schneider Medical Center will join forces to
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Three days of training for tourism industry professionals will help boost tourism to even greater heights in the United States Virgin Islands. Offered by Aquila’s Center for Cruise Excellence and supported by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism during National Travel & Tourism Week (May 6 to 12, 2018), “Customer Service & Frontline Training”
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The Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has engaged St. Croix cultural preservationist Julio Encarnacion III to catalog and manage the Territory’s collection of antique artifacts and paintings. Governor Kenneth E. Mapp announced the appointment of the Chief Conservator on Tuesday in a letter to Senate President Myron Jackson, and Encarnacion officially assumed his duties on April 16. Earlier this week, the Governor vetoed a
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The Virgin Islands Next Generation Network, Inc. (viNGN) provided world-class connectivity on its 100% fiber-optic network for live streaming of local and international artists to the world from St. Thomas Carnival Village, according to Omari Hicks, CEO of entertainment media outlet MDM, Inc. The partnership included the Virgin Islands Carnival Committee under Executive Director Halvor
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Nelson Petty Jr. has been officially sworn in as Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works and Julio A. Rhymer Sr. as Director of the VI Office of Management and Budget. At a Government House ceremony on Tuesday, the Honorable Maria M. Cabret, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
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Local resident Kurt Marsh appointed to Task Force More than 100 St. Johnians came out last week for the third community meeting of Governor Kenneth E. Mapp’s Hurricane Recovery and Resilience Task Force. During the meeting at the Julius E. Sprauve school, Governor Mapp’s Chief of Staff Eugene Farrell pledged more communication between the St. John community and
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Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has vetoed a bill that would allow tax breaks to be extended for ten additional years without the approval of the Economic Development Commission nor the chief executive. Bill No. 32-0175 purports to grant the commission more autonomy, but instead loosens the requirements for renewing tax benefits. “Dangerous and concerning is
The Disaster Recovery Reform Act would amend the 1988 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which regulates how disaster recovery dollars are spent throughout the United States and its territories. Soon after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated much of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp began lobbying Congressional members and the Trump Administration to revise
