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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. on Wednesday resubmitted proposed legislation asking the Legislature to appropriate $1.75 million to repair the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility and construct a new service pier at the site in Frederiksted. Governor Bryan had submitted the proposed legislation to the 33rd Legislature in November 2020, but it was […]

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. on Monday submitted proposed legislation to the 34th Legislature calling for a $2.6 million appropriation from the Communities Facilities Trust Account to be used to fund a number of infrastructure projects on St. Croix. “This is just the start of a series of infrastructure projects the Bryan-Roach Administration

Waiver could free up hundreds of millions for critical disaster-related recovery projects U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. on Monday sent a letter to President Joseph Biden requesting that the president waive the local match provision regarding the remaining federal funding from the 2017 hurricanes. In his request, Governor Bryan said freeing up

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Governor Albert Bryan Jr. is scheduled to deliver his third State of the Territory Address Monday, January 25th, in the Earl B. Ottley Legislative Hall in Charlotte Amalie. Attendance at the governor’s third State of the Territory Address is limited to the members of the 34th legislature, the Governor himself and a handful

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett are working with the National Park Service to make available additional resources to ensure the safety of visitors to the Buck Island Reef National Monument in light of recent incidents on the island just off of St. Croix. Governor Bryan has pledged his support

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — During the Government House weekly press briefing on Thursday, January 21, 2021, Communications Director Richard Motta Jr. said that Governor Albert Bryan Jr. met with Acting FEMA Regional Administrator David Maurstad and the men discussed the Territory’s hurricane recovery progress, the STEP (Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power) program and other issues. The

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — As part of the nationwide “COVID-19 Memorial to Lives Lost,” which will be part of the inauguration events for President-elect Joe Biden and Vide President-elect Kamala Harris, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and Lt. Governor Tregenza Roach placed luminaries and candles to remember the 24 Virgin Islanders who died from the virus. On

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and Americans With Disabilities Act Coordinator Julien Henley were joined by Cabinet members of the Bryan-Roach Administration at Magens Bay Beach on Tuesday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil new accessibility aids for disabled persons that are part of the Virgin Islands Accessible Beaches Initiative. Also on

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