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DHS Gives Automatic 6-Month Extension For SNAP and Cash Assistance Households

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS) is notifying on-going Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) & Cash Assistance (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Aid to…

VI Free Press August 25, 2020

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Families Receiving SNAP Should Get $379 Per School-Age Child In P-EBT Benefits In 2 Weeks: DHS

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Families First Coronavirus Response Act includes a benefit called Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) for children who received free or reduced-price school meals in the 2019-2020 school year, but their school is…

VI Free Press August 20, 2020

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VING Helps Distribute USDA ‘Farmers To Families’ Food Boxes At Lionel Roberts Stadium

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands National Guard assisted with distributing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers to Families food boxes at the Lionel Roberts Stadium in St. Thomas. USDA…

VI Free Press August 20, 2020

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Police Need Your Help To Find Missing Girl Makayla Khodra of Clifton Hill: VIPD

KINGSHILL — A teenage girl who went missing on St. Croix 14 months ago — and then was found safe and sound — has gone missing again, authorities said. The…

John McCarthy August 17, 2020

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American Red Cross Needs Local Volunteers During Active Hurricane Season

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The American Red Cross of the Virgin Islands is seeking volunteers to assist during this year’s active hurricane season in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In late July,…

VI Free Press August 12, 2020

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Federal Judge: ‘Discriminatory’ To Deny Puerto Rico Access To U.S. Food Stamp, Medicare Aid

SAN JUAN — A federal judge on Monday ruled that it is unconstitutional to deny Puerto Ricans living in the U.S. commonwealth access to three federal welfare programs in a…

VI Free Press August 4, 2020

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It Took 3 Months To Recover From COVID-19, But For Sam The Sailor, St. Thomas Is A Place He Won’t Soon Forget

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — When Puerto Rico turned the freighter he was on away from its "rich" port in early May, things looked grim indeed for Sam the Sailor. After all,…

John McCarthy August 1, 2020

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Brazil’s COVID-19 Numbers Make Latin America And Caribbean Look Bad

BRASILIA — Coronavirus cases in Latin America and the Caribbean surged on Sunday, briefly overtaking the total in North America thanks to Brazil's numbers alone, an Agence France-Presse tally showed.…

Bro Bot July 27, 2020

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Nearly 3 Years After Hurricane Maria, Some Puerto Ricans Are Just Hoping For A New Blue Tarp

SAN JUAN — Nearly three years after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, tens of thousands of homes remain badly damaged, many people face a hurricane season under fading blue…

VI Free Press July 25, 2020

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U.S. Fisherman Languishes In ‘Medieval’ Jail Cell In The British Virgin Islands, 3 U.S. Leaders Are Monitoring

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI — Two United States senators and a congressman wrote last month to a British Virgin Islands deputy governor asking him to release a New Jersey-based fisherman…

Bro Bot July 23, 2020