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Funding will leverage public and private investments to keep lead and other contaminants out of drinking water and upgrade aging water infrastructure The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of funding that could provide as much as $5.5 billion in loans, which could leverage over $11 billion in water infrastructure projects through the Water

Marvin L. Pickering, EA, PHR, Director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue, is reminding all income taxpayers that Tax Day, which is normally on April 15, has been extended to June 29, 2018. The extended tax date also applies to calendar-year corporations. This means that taxpayers will have until June 29 to file

Three new members have been elected to serve on The West Indian Company, Ltd. (WICO) Board of Directors with immediate effect.  Commissioner of Sports, Parks and Recreation Pedro Cruz; businessman Vivek A. Daswani of Royal Caribbean; and former senator and business consultant Celestino A. White, Sr. were elected during a meeting on March 14 by the

Governor Kenneth E. Mapp thanked members of the 32nd Legislature for their support and congratulated all nominees confirmed during Wednesday’s Legislative Session. “I appreciate the Legislature’s action on these important nominations so that those appointed can move forward with confidence,” Governor Mapp said. “The Department of Public Works, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority

Signs of the Virgin Islands’ long history have been preserved in architecture and artifacts.  Many of these were damaged, in some instances severely, by hurricanes Maria and Irma. But all is not lost. Numerous agencies are collaborating to assure that the islands can restore, to the extent possible, these important cultural resources.  Under the leadership

Thanks to the anonymous donor that gave our students 20 ukuleles and 10 accompanying method books! Territorial Director of Music Education Dionne Donadelle, split the donation, giving both the St. Thomas – St. John and St. Croix districts ten instruments each. Monica Casey of the Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School in St. Croix and Georges

By the Caribbean Journal staff The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeing a new airlift boom, and the island of St Thomas is the latest beneficiary. Florida-based Spirit Airlines has officially launched new daily nonstop service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and St Thomas’ Cyril E. King Airport. It’s another big step for the US Virgin

U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp will be traveling out of the Territory from today, April 2 to Tuesday, April 3 to attend the Clinton Global Initiative Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery in Miami. In his absence, Lieutenant Governor Osbert E. Potter will serve as Acting Governor through April 3.

When the electric power system in the U.S. Virgin Islands is rebuilt, it will be stronger than it has ever been.  The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, with help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, plans to harden the power grid so it can withstand hurricanes with 200-mile-per-hour winds. Critical transmission lines will be