[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — Non-profits in the territory are going to get their money after all. Without the money, many of the organizations that help the Virgin Islands most needy would be…
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UNICEF Gives $11.5 Million To Help Children in Eastern Caribbean After Hurricanes
[ad name=”HTML-68″] PANAMA CITY — Thousands of children, adolescents and their families affected by the devastating effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, six months ago, in the Eastern Caribbean islands, Cuba and Haiti…
SUCCESS STORY: St. Thomas’ Jordan Knight Traveled 4,943 Miles To Alaska To Finish High School
[ad name=”HTML-68″] WASILLA — Wasilla High School in Alaska opens the 2018 4A boys state tournament against East Anchorage on Thursday morning. It’s an expected return for a veteran-laden Wasilla program that…
POLICE: At Least 35 People Have Disappeared Without A Trace In Virgin Islands Since We Started A List
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Thirty-five people have been reported missing in the territory and are still missing according to Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) records — nine on St. Thomas and 26 on…
Gov. Rossello Taps George Washington University To Independently Verify Hurricane Deaths
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s governor said on Thursday he has tapped researchers at the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., to lead an independent probe into his administration’s controversial…
Some 1,074 People Get Disaster Aid In British Virgin Islands From Red Cross And Other Relief Organizations
[ad name=”HTML-68″] ROAD TOWN, Tortola — One thousand and seventy four households have benefited from the financial assistance program led by the BVI Red Cross and Caritas Antilles with the support of…
HURRICANE RECOVERY: As Things Get Back To Normal, One Question Remains: Who Will Be Left Behind?
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Five months after Hurricane Irma shredded the roof of his house, Charles Caines feels like he’s “living in a tent in the jungle.” Sleeping under a FEMA…
Scholarly Journal Says ‘U.S. Energy Colonialism’ Is Reason Puerto Rico Is In The Mess It’s In
SAN JUAN — Four months after Hurricane María blasted Puerto Rico with 155-mph winds, the island remains in crisis—a humanitarian disaster that a new paper published in open-access journal Frontiers in Communications argues is…
Massachusetts Congressman Says Trump Administration Needs To Step Up Efforts To Help Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
APT ATTENTION: Rep. Richard Neal (right) and Rep. Jim McGovern hear what needs to happen in Puerto Rico. [ad name=”HTML-68″] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts congressman has asked Trump administration officials to provide an…
Acting U.S. Secretary of Education Jason Botel Weighs in on State of Territory’s Schools Following Devastating Hurricanes
By ACTING ASSISTANT U.S. EDUCATION SECRETARY FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION JASON BOTEL SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Two trips to the U.S. Virgin Islands opened my eyes to the enormity…