WASHINGTON — The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were left out of the latest congressional money merry-go-round. The $44 billion President Donald Trump asked Congress
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Puerto Rico’s Whitefish Energy Scandal Hurts Virgin Islands As Trump Asks Congress For A ‘Wholly Inadequate’ $44 Billion
GREASE FACTOR: Gov. Kenneth Mapp did not distance himself from Puerto Rico’s Gov. Ricardo Rossello or his island’s many problems … the result is that
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Gentle Winds Property Owners Say The Lack of WAPA Power There Has Already Cost The Government About $200K In Lost Revenues … With No End In Sight!
GENTLE WINDS CONDOMINIUMS: Near St. Croix’s historic Salt River on the North Shore. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — One of the biggest single location short-term rental
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PAHO: Caribbean Has Many Overweight People … Helpful Tips To Avoid Diabetes
BRIDGETOWN — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has sounded alarm on increasing obesity in the region, saying that it is one of the main
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DUE DILIGENCE: Deputy Interior Secretary Arrives On St. Croix Today To Try To Independently Verify Mapp’s Accounting of The Disasters Here … Hurricane and Otherwise
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — The Number Two man at the Department of Interior — the federal government agency that has oversight authority over the territories
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Tourism Commissioner Tells Travel Magazine The USVI Pushed St. Thomas Ahead of St. Croix … ‘Because It Has More To Offer’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The commissioner of tourism admitted that the government pushed to get St. Thomas ready ahead of St. John and St. Croix to
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PUERTO RICO: $115 Billion In Damage From Hurricane Maria … Mass Population Exodus And 10 Years Of Economic Misery Expected
HARD TIMES AHEAD: Puerto Rico is expected to experience an economic downturn for the next 10 years as a result of Hurricane Maria. SAN JUAN
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‘Heavy Winds’ Expected To Knock Down ‘Wrong-Way’ Storms’ Chances For Further Development … Still, ‘Heavy Rains’ Expected This Weekend
[ad name=”HTML-68″] MIAMI — A low pressure system moving through the region could bring rain to parts of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Hispaniola
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YO HO HO HURRICANE RELIEF: Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Might Get A Rum Tax Break … And The U.S. Congress Could Make It Even Bigger
WASHINGTON — A shot of rum to help the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico? So says the U.S. tax code, which since 1917 has included a
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Limetree Bay Terminals Applies To U.S. Army Corps of Engineers To Expand Its Marine Operations In St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — Limetree Bay Terminals LLC has applied to the federal government to grant them permission to expand their St. Croix marine operations, the Virgin
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