2019 – Page 71 – Virgin Islands Free Press

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Disabled Community To Get Emergency Radios From UVI’s VIUCEDD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Members of the disability community in the Virgin Islands will soon be equipped with emergency radios that could mean the difference between life and death in the…

John McCarthy January 26, 2019

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Plaskett Grateful Trump Will Fund Federal Government For Three Weeks

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett issued the following statement Friday on President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is finally ending the government shutdown and temporarily reopening the federal government: “After…

John McCarthy January 26, 2019

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Juan Luis Hospital Job Fair Considered ‘Tremendous’ Success on Friday

CHRISTIANSTED -- At least 300 job seekers attended the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital’s Job Fair that was held Friday. The fair was centered in the Virgin Islands Cardiac Center…

John McCarthy January 26, 2019

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Aaron Chiang Accused of Assaulting Girlfriend At Point Udall Rather Than Take Her To Work

CHRISTIANSTED -- A St. Croix woman told police that when she asked her boyfriend to take her to work -- he took her to a popular tourist spot and assaulted…

John McCarthy January 25, 2019

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Woman: I Was Raped After ‘Don’ Juan Grant Gave Me A Roofie on St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas man was arrested Wednesday and charged with raping a Seattle woman while she was visiting the island in early December, authorities said. Juan Grant,…

VI Free Press January 25, 2019

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New Customs Building Set To Be Completed on St. John By November of This Year

CRUZ BAY -- The Virgin Islands Port Authority will begin construction of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) building at the Victor Sewer Marine Facility (“The Creek”) in…

John McCarthy January 25, 2019

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Puerto Rico Governor Says Federal Workers Don’t Have To Pay Power and Water Bills During Shutdown

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló said today that the island's government-owned utility companies will suspend water and electricity bills for federal employees affected by the partial government…

John McCarthy January 24, 2019

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Coast Guard Captures 29 Dominicans Trying To Come To United States Illegally

SAN JUAN -- The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Puerto Rican law enforcement took 29 people from the Dominican Republic into custody Tuesday who were…

John McCarthy January 24, 2019

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UVI Approves Free Tuition For Students Getting Higher Education In Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Board of Trustees approved policies that will help implement Act No. 8155, the Virgin Islands Higher Education Scholarship Program, in a special session on Wednesday.…

John McCarthy January 24, 2019

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Puerto Ricans Who Lost Their Jobs After Hurricane Maria Can Get $3,000 – What About People In The USVI?

SAN JUAN — Puerto Ricans who lost their jobs after hurricanes Maria and Irma can start applying for disaster unemployment assistance after the U.S. doubled the 26 weeks of benefits,…

John McCarthy January 23, 2019