SAN JUAN — In many cultures and geographic regions, it’s customary to shoot guns into the air to celebrate New Year’s Day or other holidays. The purpose of what is called “celebratory gunfire” is to make loud noise to mark a joyous occasion. However, what people don’t often realize is that those bullets will eventually […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Health Department Won’t Answer Important Questions From Public On COVID-19
CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Department of Health has had the number of COVID-19 cases on St. John pending for six days now. People on social media were publicly asking the VIDOH how does coronavirus testing “work” on St. John. “Wondering how testing works on St. John?” Jane Porter Roskin asked. “We have had […]
Kirwan Terrace Residents Get Free Boxes Of Food From The Virgin Islands Police Department
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Christmas season is the time for giving. And Police Commissioner Trevor A. Velinor and the Virgin Islands Police Department continued that tradition this weekend by providing boxes of food to needy residents. Commissioner Velinor himself was in the spirit of giving Saturday at Michael J. Kirwan Terrace where free boxes of […]
UK Issues Travel Warning About U.S. Virgin Islands Due To 108% Increase In COVID-19 Cases Here
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands saw a 108 percent increase in COVID-19 cases in late November. So many coronavirus cases, in fact, that the British government has warned its citizens to only travel to the territory if it is “essential.” And people arriving from St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John and Water Island […]
MORE BRITISH HOGWASH! Georgia Teen Gets 4 Months Hard Time For Skipping Cayman Islands’ COVID-19 Protocols
GEORGE TOWN — An 18-year-old college student from Georgia was sentenced this week to four months in a Cayman Islands prison after pleading guilty to violating a strict COVID quarantine mandate in the Caribbean territory, according to several news reports. Skylar Mack and her 24-year-old boyfriend Vanjae Ramgeet were sent away Tuesday morning after an appeals […]
VIHA Explains Benefits Of ‘Helping Hands’ Rent Repayment Campaign On Radio
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — With the expiration of a federal eviction moratorium approaching on December 31, and a one-month extension expected from Congress, the Virgin Islands Housing Authority (VIHA) is taking to the radio air waves on Wednesday to promote a program that helps its residents who are behind on their rent remain in their apartments. In March, […]
SRMC Makes History As Its Medical Staff Gets The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Nine long months after the start of the pandemic, healthcare workers at the Schneider Regional Medical Center were among the first in the territory to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This week alone, hundreds of health care workers across the territory will be the first to take the long-awaited vaccine. At SRMC, […]