CHRISTIANSTED — Some 40 percent of small businesses never reopen after a disaster, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) To help small businesses, loans
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Four Florida Electric Utilities Send Their Crews To The Virgin Islands To Work On Electrical Restoration Here
[ad name=”HTML-68″] TALLAHASSEE — Public power personnel from four Florida municipal electric utilities headed to the territory last week to assist with ongoing power restoration
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PUERTO RICO FLIGHT: Two Thousand People Per Day Flee San Juan For Greener Pastures of the U.S. Mainland
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN — On a recent Friday, Jose Alvarez arose before dawn, loaded his three children into his van and drove with his
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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Ineligibility Letter From FEMA May Not Be The Last Word In Relief Funds
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED – Some Virgin Islanders who sustained damages as a result of hurricanes Irma or Maria may receive a letter from the Federal
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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph Figures Prominently In Vikings’ Dismantling of The Lions 30-23 On Thanksgiving Day
[ad name=”HTML-68″] DETROIT — Case Keenum stood in the pocket to take a hit, dipped his right shoulder to slip out of a sack and
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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Virgin Islands Has The Help of A Very Powerful Ally Behind The Scenes In Billionaire-Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
CRUZ BAY — Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg told USA Today that he didn’t plan on getting involved in the hurricane recovery of the territory
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Terminex Fined $10 Million by EPA For Poisoning Delaware Family … Esmond-Devine Family To Receive $90 Million In Compensation For Toxic St. John Vacation
TOXIC RESORT: Sirenusa Resort’s Villa Capri in St. John cost thousands of dollars per day to stay there before the methyl bromide accident — now
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ROONEY’S FIRST GAME: St. Croix Man Was Once A Top MLB Prospect For SF Giants
CHRISTIANSTED — Someday you might see Rooney Williams sitting at Seaside Market & Deli eating breakfast. Williams wears blue jeans, a white t-shirt, dark sunglasses
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THERE IS NO SANTA CLAUS, VIRGIN ISLANDS (and Puerto Rico) Will Not Be Paid Before Christmas For Hurricane Recovery
WASHINGTON — The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were left out of the latest congressional money merry-go-round. The $44 billion President Donald Trump asked Congress
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DUE DILIGENCE: Deputy Interior Secretary Arrives On St. Croix Today To Try To Independently Verify Mapp’s Accounting of The Disasters Here … Hurricane and Otherwise
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — The Number Two man at the Department of Interior — the federal government agency that has oversight authority over the territories
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