KINGSHILL — A St. Croix woman alleges that she was not offered a refund or a response after she took a few bites out of her McDonald’s McBurger Supreme and found that the meat was nearly completely raw. Noellia Prospere, who ordered the value meal combo of the day (McBurger Supreme) and Chicken McNuggets for […]
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VITRAN Works Out Holiday Service, None On Christmas Day Or New Year’s Day
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Public Works (DPW) is advising the community of VITRAN’s adjusted holiday schedule. Fixed route services will not be offered on December 25, 2020 or January 1, 2021. ADA Paratransit services will be available for certified passengers as scheduled. VITRAN will operate on an adjusted schedule on December 24 and December 31: […]
Unilever Expands Deal With Burger King To Launch Meat-Free Veggie Burger In Caribbean
SAN JUAN — Unilever said today it had expanded its partnership with Burger King to supply its plant-based meat patties for Whopper burgers at restaurants in the Caribbean, Latin America and China. The product, which will be called the “Plant-based Whopper” on menus, is made using patties from Vegetarian Butcher, a company Unilever acquired in […]
BIG KAHUNA BURGER?McDonald’s China Serves Burger Featuring Spam And Crushed Oreos
JIHAN — Just when we thought we couldn’t possibly be shocked by yet another bizarre fast food chain restaurant offering — remember Domino’s bubble tea pizza? — McDonald’s China has proved us wrong again. For one day only this week, diners were invited to gobble up Spam and Oreo burgers. You heard us right … […]
Trump Intercedes On Georgia Teen’s Behalf In Cayman Islands, Gets Her Prison Term Cut In Half
GEORGE TOWN — A U.S. college student who got four months behind bars in the Cayman Islands for skipping COVID-19 quarantine to watch her beau jet-ski just caught a break. Skylar Mack of Georgia — whose grandma had written a letter to President Trump asking him to help her granddaughter — had her sentence chopped in half by a […]
Nationstar Mortgage To Refund $73 Million To Borrowers Under Order
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nationstar Mortgage, which operates under the brand Mr. Cooper, was ordered to repay $73 million to roughly 40,000 homeowners for repeatedly failing to provide even the most basic operations as a mortgage servicing company over four years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday. The CFPB and 48 states alleged in their […]
All About 4 Different Types Of Rubber
When you remove a rubber band from your newspaper or fix a tire on your bicycle, you may understandably believe that rubber is a one-size-fits-all sort of substance. Now that you are in a business that uses o-rings and other materials made from rubber, you realize that this amazing and versatile material is available in […]
Bryan Calls Legislature Into Special Session On Debt Refinancing Plan For GERS
CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan on Monday said he is calling the 33rd Legislature back into Special Session on December 29 to re-address his proposal to refinance the government’s debt. Bryan’s plan is to get a better interest rate and generate funds from the savings that can be used to shore up the Government Employees’ Retirement System […]
VIPD Gets $17.4 Million For Overtime And Emergency Work Done In The Wake Of 2017 Hurricanes
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Office of Disaster Recovery announces the award of $17,451,154 from the FEMA Public Assistance Program to reimburse the Virgin Islands Police Department for emergency work performed territory-wide after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. After the storms, the VIPD worked tirelessly to protect public health. Officers led patrols and participated in […]
USVI Government Takes Out A $60 Million Line Of Credit At Local Banks To Make Payroll … Because It’s Broke!
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan and Lt. Governor Tregenza Roach closed on a $60 million line of credit with two local banks approved earlier this year by the 33rd Legislature, known as a Revenue Anticipation Note (RAN) to supplement government operations in anticipation of a potential decline in fiscal year 2021 second-quarter revenues as […]