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Category: Consumer News

WAPA Governing Board Approves Measures To Boost Power Generation Capacity on St. Thomas and St. Croix

Posted on January 25, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority governing board approved a contract extension for WAPA’s largest generating unit Unit 23 in a meeting on St. Thomas on Thursday. The…

Some 1,300 Workers Have Arrived On St. Croix To Work At Limetree Bay Refining

Posted on January 24, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

CHRISTIANSTED — Limetree Bay Ventures said that it has closed a $1.25 billion financing deal to restart its refinery located in St. Croix’s south shore industrial area. The company is undertaking the project in…

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

Posted on January 24, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

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. What was…

VIWMA: ‘Mechanical Failure’ Shuts Down Cancryn Pump Station on St. Thomas

Posted on January 19, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that the Cancryn Pump Station is temporarily offline due to mechanical failure. VIWMA’s contract partners and staff are working to repair…

RXBAR Protein Bars Recalled In Florida Over Undeclared Peanut Allergen

Posted on January 17, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

CHICAGO — RxBar is recalling more than a dozen of its protein bar flavors that may pose a threat to consumers with peanut allergies. The company announced Tuesday that there may be…

DHS: U.S. Department of Agriculture Will Send SNAP Benefits Early Because of Federal Shutdown

Posted on January 14, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

FREDERIKSTED — Human Services said that people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the territory will get them early this month. According to acting Human Service Commissioner Felicia Blyden,…

WAPA Makes Pact With New York Power Authority To Help Restore Its Electrical Grid

Posted on January 13, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said on Friday that it had reached an agreement with a New York power company to improve its electric system in the territory….

U.S. Virgin Islands’ BMV Signs Driver’s License Pact With Taiwan

Posted on January 11, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands signed off on a reciprocal driver’s license agreement with Taiwan on Thursday, according to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. The agreement, signed in the…

Mutts and Moggies, Or Pure Pedigrees – Which Pets Make The Best ESAs?

Posted on January 10, 2019January 16, 2019 by John McCarthy

Do you have questions about types of emotional support animals? If you’ve got an emotional or mental health illness or condition that affects your life, you may be considering an ESA as…

Fish Farmers Of The Caribbean Becoming More Important As Stocks Dwindle

Posted on January 10, 2019April 20, 2019 by John McCarthy

SANTA BARBARA — Fish farming—or aquaculture—in the Caribbean could produce more than 34 million metric tons of seafood per year—more than two orders of magnitude larger than the region’s current seafood production,…

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