HOUSTON — Texas power providers Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and Entergy Corporation have been hit with a $100 million lawsuit accusing them of gross negligence in the death of a…
Category: Humanitarian News
Cuban Anti-Communist Jam Featuring Gente de Zona Goes Viral, Sparks State Fury
HAVANA — A group of Miami-based Cuban musicians including reggaeton duo Gente de Zona launched an impassioned anti-Communist anthem this week that has gone viral, sparking a furious state response. Gente de…
Bernie Sanders’ Mittens, Memes Help Raise $1.8 Million For Charity
About those wooly mittens that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They’ve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for…
Virgin Islands Association DC Donates 10,000 Face Masks To Territory
WASHINGTON — Virgin Islands Association DC Inc. donated 10,000 disposable three-ply masks to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health to help halt the spread of COVID-19 in the territory. Virgin Islands…
United Nations Urges Dominican Republic To End Practice of Child Marriages
SANTO DOMINGO — The Dominican Republic needs to change its culture so that women are seen as more than housewives for this week’s ban on child marriage to work, girls’ rights campaigners…
An Ode To Violent Crime In The U.S. Virgin Islands: OPINION COLUMN
There are some folks going around this land Who have no fear of God or man Waving around a gun in their hand Steal, kill and destroy seems like the plan Trying…
Free Gifts To Frenchtown Residents On Christmas Day Wins Over St. Thomians
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Virgin Islands Police Department holiday gift drive got a 630-gift response in time for Christmas, organizers of the event said. Local businesses and private citizens generously donated to…
Community Foundation’s 1st Annual Virtual Giving Tree A Resounding Success At Christmas Time
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands celebrated 30 years of serving the community today, a milestone highlighting its decades of collecting, distributing and managing funds by partnering donors…
Trinidad To Impose Stiffer Penalties On Trafficking Of Venezuelans
PORT OF SPAIN — Trinidad and Tobago said it would impose stiffer penalties on those trafficking migrants from neighboring Venezuela, days after a Venezuelan boat headed to the Caribbean twin-island nation sank,…
VIDOJ Adopts 2 Single Parent Families For The Christmas Holidays
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — V.I. Attorney General Denise George is pleased to announce that the Department of Justice has once again adopted two families as a participant of the Adopt-A-Family program through the…