2021 – Page 52 – Virgin Islands Free Press

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…

John McCarthy August 12, 2021

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Woman Says Man Fired Shots At Her On F’sted Waterfront, Then Stole Her Car

FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix woman told police she was walking back to her car on the west end waterfront Monday night when an armed man fired shots at her…

John McCarthy August 11, 2021

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Woman Who Witnessed Child’s Collarbone Broken By Boyfriend Arrested By Police

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The girlfriend who witnessed the effects of her boyfriend's physical and sexual abuse on his own daughter and failed to report it to authorities was arrested on…

John McCarthy August 11, 2021

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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…

August 11, 2021

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St. Thomas Motor Vehicle Office Closed Due To COVID-19 Exposure, Director Says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Director Barbara Jackson-McIntosh told the motoring public that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ (BMV) St. Thomas Office will be closed effective immediately (August 11) until further notice.…

John McCarthy August 11, 2021

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Vax-To-Win Lottery Winner On St. Croix Is Nurse At La Grande Princesse Health Clinic

CHRISTIANSTED — One of the two latest winners of the "USVI Vax To Win" sweepstakes lottery is an nurse employed by a private health care clinic on the north shore…

John McCarthy August 11, 2021

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7 Detainees At St. Thomas Jail Test Positive For COVID-19, BOC Says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Six detainees at the Alexander A. Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex on St. Thomas tested positive for COVID-19 Monday evening, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections said Tuesday.…

John McCarthy August 11, 2021

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41st COVID-19 Death In The Territory Announced By Health Department

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 47-year-old St. Thomas man has died of COVID-19, bringing the territory’s death toll from the virus to 41, the Virgin Islands Health Department said today.. “The…

John McCarthy August 10, 2021

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Man Shot Dead At Contant Strip Mall Identified As Puerto Rico Teenager

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau has identified the victim of the August 6 Estate Contant shooting as 19-year-old John Paul Pelaiz, a resident of…

John McCarthy August 10, 2021

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Merlinda Philomene Named VITEMA’s Deputy Director Of Human Resources

KINGSHILL — Merlinda Philomene has been named Deputy Director of Human Resources and Labor Relations for the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA) effective Monday - August 16, 2021.…

John McCarthy August 10, 2021