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
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Mapp Paints A Rosy Picture of Virgin Islands’ Future After Two Category 5 Hurricanes In State of Territory Address
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The outlook for the U.S. Virgin Islands is healthy, reported Gov. Kenneth Mapp, in his fourth State of the Territory Address at
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PUBLIC WORKS: Today Is The Deadline To Have Your Tree and Plant Debris Out By The Side of Road
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Public Works said that the final pass for debris pickup will begin today. Contractors have worked over the last
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Police Say They Are Investigating Who Slashed Pit Bull With Machete In Estate Strawberry
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — Police want to know who hacked a pit bull with a machete so severely that it sent the
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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph Won’t Play For A Second Super Bowl Ring This Year, As Philadelphia Soars Above Minnesota 38-7
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MINNEAPOLIS –- St. Croix native Linval Joseph won’t get the chance to play for a second Super Bowl ring. That’s
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New England Ekes Out Another Championship Victory, This Time With Tom Brady’s Injured Hand, 24-20 Over Jacksonville
(Foxboro, MA, 01/21/18) New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady checks out his injured hand before the AFC Championship game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette
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Mobile Health Clinics With Nurses from New York To Visit St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John Starting This Morning
CHRISTIANSTED — In an effort to assist individuals in the territory to take charge of their health, the USVI Department of Health (DOH), in collaboration
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BITING WORMS: British Couple Sits on the Beach In Martinique and Gets Hookworm In Their Behinds
FORT-DE-FRANCE — One tourist couple visiting a Caribbean beach got some itchy visitors of their own. According to a report by Live Science, the British couple
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Trinidad and Tobago Elects First Female Head of State in Retired Judge Paula-Mae Weekes
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PORT OF SPAIN — Retired judge Paula-Mae Weekes was elected president of Trinidad and Tobago Friday by Trinidad’s Electoral College, which
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Virgin Islands Gets A Share of $35.5M Whistleblower Case Alleging Inflated Prescription Drug Prices
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Justice said it has reached an agreement with Kmart Corporation, a unit of Sears Holdings Management Corporation, to
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