CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Facebook clone of Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty is asking people in the Virgin Islands to apply for National Endowment for the
Read morePRIVATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: First-Ever Clothing Optional Cruise Will Visit Virgin Islands
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — South African cruise company Cruiseabout announced over the weekend that they are launching “an innovative Caribbean cruise itinerary aimed at the naturist market”
Read moreFederal Deadline Extended for Emergency Prescription Assistance Program For Uninsured
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – The federal program that provides emergency prescription assistance for uninsured disaster survivors has been extended through May 15 at
Read more‘DIRTY THIRTY?’ European Union Puts U.S. Virgin Islands on Blacklist of Illegal Tax Havens
BRUSSELS — The U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Saint Kitts and Nevis are set to be added next week to a European Union blacklist
Read moreSHIP SHAPE? Filthy Cruise Ships Failing Record Number of Cleaning Inspections … And It’s Making People Sick
MIAMI — Cruise lines have never had a cleanliness problem this big. In 2017, cruise lines failed their sanitation inspections at the highest rate ever since
Read moreOPINION: We Must Open Up Virgin Islands Market To More Doctors If We Want To Improve Care, Lower Costs
By FREDERICK HANDLEMAN SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Health Care in the Virgin Islands is on life support and in critical condition.
Read moreWAPA Explains Why Electricity Went Off On St. Croix Friday Night … And It Happened Again Today
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) says a “tripped (generator) unit” at its Richmond power plant
Read moreFCC Chief Ajit Pai To Do Follow-Up Visit To Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Six Months After Storms
WASHINGTON—About six months after Hurricane Maria made landfall and nearly four months after an initial trip to the islands, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced
Read moreSome Lorraine Village Residents Feel They Are Being Put Through ‘Hell’ Because They Still Don’t Have Electricity Five Months After Maria
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Good day Editor: Some residents in Lorraine Village apartments in the grove place area on
Read moreLABOR DEPARTMENT: Two-Thirds of All Unemployment Checks Went To St. Thomas After Hurricanes
CHARLOTTE AMALIE –– The commissioner of the Labor testified before the Senate Committee dealing with her department and said that unemployment and disaster assistance checks
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