LAYING PIPE: Brig. Gen. Diana Holland, commander of south Atlantic division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, surveys Guajataca Dam, Puerto Rico, Oct. 23, 2017, which
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EDITORIAL: Why President Trump Is Right On ‘The Dreamers’ Issue, So-Called DACA Recipients When It Comes To Immigration Reform
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] By JEVON O.A. WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS On Wednesday, for the first time, President Donald J.
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Massachusetts Congressman Says Trump Administration Needs To Step Up Efforts To Help Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
APT ATTENTION: Rep. Richard Neal (right) and Rep. Jim McGovern hear what needs to happen in Puerto Rico. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
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Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló Predicts 11 Percent Drop in GDP in New Fiscal Plan
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s governor submitted a revised fiscal plan overnight Thursday that estimates the commonwealth’s economy will shrink
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Puerto Ricans Were Forced To Change Their Hairstyles After Hurricane Maria Passed
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Not long after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, unleashing floodwaters, flattening homes, and knocking out the power
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Male Plaskett Employee Will Spend Two Years In Prison For Admitting To Circulating Topless Photo of Delegate
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — Former employees of Del. Stacey Plaskett pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to distributing lewd images of the
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Mapp Paints A Rosy Picture of Virgin Islands’ Future After Two Category 5 Hurricanes In State of Territory Address
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The outlook for the U.S. Virgin Islands is healthy, reported Gov. Kenneth Mapp, in his fourth State of the Territory Address at
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Mapp Goes Ballistic on Facebook After V.I. Free Press Publishes Michael Bloomberg’s Account of Hurricanes’ Aftermath
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The story the Virgin Islands Free Press broke about Michael Bloomberg and Kenneth Mapp apparently got under the governor’s
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Seventh Circuit Court Says Residents of U.S. Territories Can’t Vote Absentee For President Per Former Residence on Mainland
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHICAGO — Residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have no right to vote absentee in their former
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IRS Says That President Trump’s Disaster Designation For Territory Might Give Taxpayers More Time To File
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Victims of Hurricane Maria that took place beginning on Sept. 16, 2017 in parts of U.S. Virgin
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