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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. is calling on all Virgin Islanders to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose birthday was on Friday, January 15 and is a national holiday celebrated this year on Monday, January 18, to invoke the teachings of Dr. King by reflecting on unity. The Martin […]

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. on Thursday morning took part in the ground-breaking ceremony for the Donoe Redevelopment Project, a three-phase public housing initiative that is part of the Virgin Islands Housing Authority’s (VIHA) effort to replace the housing in Tutu on St. Thomas that was destroyed by the hurricanes of 2017. Governor

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. welcomes The Moorings, an international luxury yacht charter company with locations throughout the Caribbean and around the world, to the company’s new location at Yacht Haven Grande on St. Thomas. The Moorings, which also sails out of Tahiti, the Seychelles, the Mediterranean, the Americas and Thailand, will begin

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued the following statement congratulating Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory and the incoming members of the 34th Legislature, who took their Oath of Office on Monday at Emancipation Garden on St. Thomas before convening their first session to establish the Senate leadership. “I want to thank and congratulate the

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — During his weekly press briefing on Thursday, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. said the victories of Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff in the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia on Tuesday, which gave the Democrats a majority in both houses of Congress, significantly raises the possibility of Virgin Islanders receiving additional Stimulus payments

Celebrates Virgin Islanders in Georgia as being among the voters who ushered in his historic win U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued the following statement Wednesday congratulating Senator-elect Reverend Raphael Warnock on his election to the U.S. Senate: “I am proud today, as the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and only

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. on Monday took action on 29 bills from the December 11, 2020, session of the 33rd Legislature, signing 23 of the measures into law and vetoing six of them. Among the bills Governor Bryan approved are a bill providing amnesty for property owners who have enclosed portions of

January 2, 2021 | 5:30 PM AST U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan issued the following statement condemning the practice of celebratory gunfire and praising the efforts of the Virgin Islands Police Department for a recent operation that netted 17 illegal firearms and the arrest of eight suspects on weapons charges: “There is nothing

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. said he welcomes the federal funding coming to the U.S. Virgin Islands from Congress’ $900 billion COVID-19 relief measure that President Trump signed into law on Sunday, and he said the much-needed federal assistance will bring some level of support to Virgin Islanders and local businesses as the

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. congratulated the Virgin Islands Hemp Commission on its action to issue the first license to produce hemp in the Territory after voting unanimously during a virtual meeting on Wednesday, December 23, and launching the Industrial Hemp Industry in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  The Hemp Commission received and reviewed