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Federal 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 the territory’s request. Virgin Islanders…

John McCarthy April 1, 2018

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‘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 of tax havens, raising to…

John McCarthy March 9, 2018

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SHIP 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 the Centers for Disease Control and…

John McCarthy March 6, 2018

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OPINION: 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. There is an urgent need…

VI Free Press February 25, 2018

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WAPA 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 plunged St. Croix customers on…

John McCarthy February 24, 2018

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FCC 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 a follow-up trip to the…

John McCarthy February 22, 2018

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Some 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 St. Croix are still without…

John McCarthy February 7, 2018

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IRS Says That President Trump’s Disaster Designation For Territory Might Give Taxpayers More Time To File

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Victims of Hurricane Maria that took place beginning on Sept. 16, 2017 in parts of U.S. Virgin Islands may qualify for tax…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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JetBlue Announces More Daily Flights Between San Juan, St. Thomas and St. Croix Starting Feb. 15

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – JetBlue announced that it will resume its second daily flight between St. Thomas’ Cyril E. King Airport (STT) and San Juan’s Luis…

John McCarthy January 18, 2018

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WAPA’S GOAL: ‘LEAVE EVERY CUSTOMER BEHIND’ … And If You Don’t Pay Last Year’s Bill Again … Whether You Owe Or Not … WE WILL CUT YOU!

RUN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE: The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) promises to put the American and Virgin Islands flags on every flagpole in the territory before power…

John McCarthy January 9, 2018