Category: Business News

Ranger American Security Guard Wins $25K Prize In Vax To Win Education Lottery

KINGSHILL — A security guard who also works for a St. Croic high school won $25,000 in the USVI Vax To Win School-based lottery, officials said. Joseph Auguste, Sr. of the St. Croix Educational Complex High School won the special August 9 drawing, according to the Virgin Islands Lottery. Auguste also works as a security […]

Coast Guard Reopens Maritime Ports In The U.S. Virgin Islands And Puerto Rico

Tropical Storm Grace left minimal damage SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port San Juan has set Port Condition FOUR in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands reopening the area’s maritime ports, following the passing of Tropical Storm Grace near the islands. Now a tropical depression, Grace continues its path just […]

ROACH COACH ATTACKED! 1 Woman Tackled To Ground, 1 Robbed @ Gunpoint

CHRISTIANSTED — One food van worker was tackled to the ground while another was robbed at gunpoint near the Christiansted waterfront Thursday night, authorities said. Officers were dispatched by the 911 Emergency Call Center to investigate an armed robbery in downtown Christiansted at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said Two female employees […]

Police Investigate Broad Daylight Armed Robbery Of Bar Owner Near Project: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating an armed robbery of a restaurant owner as she was leaving with the daily proceeds Thursday afternoon. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers to the Belly Full Bar & Restaurant in Estate Smithfield to investigate a robbery at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. “The owner […]

Electronic Device Distribution Postponed at Pearl B. Larsen Due to COVID-19 Exposure

TIDE VILLAGE –—The Pearl B. Larsen PreK-8 School will postpone laptop and MiFi distribution to parents, effective immediately, due to a confirmed case of COVID-19 exposure on the school’s Estate Peter campus. Teachers conducting virtual classes from their classrooms will resume working from home, the Department of Education said. The campus will be thoroughly sanitized […]

3 Retirement Planning Tips For Women From The Social Security Administration

One day in 1939, Ida May Fuller stopped by the local Social Security office in her hometown of Rutland, Vermont to inquire about Social Security benefits. She knew she had been paying into Social Security and wanted to learn more. The following year, she received the very first Social Security benefit payment — $22.54 — […]

Attorney General Denise George Says She’s Been A Victim Of Identity Theft On Twitter

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Attorney General says that she’s been a victim of identity theft. AG Denise George said scammers are sending text messages attempting to impersonate her with a fake Twitter account. “The fraudulent messages in the name of Attorney General George, encourage some of the recipients to donate toa charity and […]

United States To Deliver Nearly 837K Pfizer Vaccines To The Caribbean

SAN JUAN — The U.S. government said today that it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources struggles with a spike in COVID-19 cases amid violent anti-vaccine protests. The Bahamas will receive 397,000 doses followed by Trinidad and Tobago with more than 305,000 doses. Barbados will receive […]

DPW Has High Hopes New Software Will Help It Track Road Work Projects Better

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Public Works (DPW) said it is implementing “strategic initiatives geared towards preserving, maintaining and strengthening the territory’s infrastructure.” The most recent is the iWorQ Asset Management System, which launched internally in May of this year. iWorQ is a cloud-based, asset management software that will allow the department to manage […]

France Needs Volunteers To Help Battle COVID-19 In Its Caribbean Territories

FORT-DE-FRANCE — France’s health minister on Sunday appealed for volunteer doctors and nurses to travel to the overseas territories of Guadalupe and Martinique as a wave of COVID-19 infections overwhelms hospitals on the two Caribbean islands. Health Minister Olivier Veran said the first medical staff would fly out on Tuesday, as health authorities race to […]