CHRISTIANSTED — Gov. Kenneth Mapp described the official opening and dedication of Magens Bay on St. Thomas this Thursday, December 7 with Royal Caribbean International
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SENATE SLACKERS: Mapp Says He Served In The Legislature And The Senate Didn’t Adequately Debate Pros and Cons of Proposed Debris Burn
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Gov. Kenneth Mapp said Monday night he will give the orders to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to burn
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BAD OPTIC: Broke Puerto Rico Hands Out $100 Million In Christmas Bonuses To Government Employees … Then Asks Feds For $94 Billion
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello last month asked federal taxpayers to shell out $94 billion to pay for the commonwealth’s
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RACE BAITING: Plaskett Attacks Online Newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief On ‘White Privilege’ … It Doesn’t Go Well For Her After That
HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND NOT INFLUENCE PEOPLE: Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett on the attack. [ad name=”HTML-68″] WASHINGTON — Forty-one days before Hurricane Irma
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BIG BUSINESS: Caribbean Hotels Race to Save High Winter Tourist Season in the Hurricanes’ Aftermath
SAN JUAN — The hurricanes that tore through our region this fall have left hotels and resorts across the region scrambling to salvage the crucial
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Louis E. Brown Villas And Many Other Developments In The Virgin Islands and Larger Caribbean Can’t Be Put Back Quickly Because Of The Lack of Work Force Here
[ad name=”HTML-68″] FREDERIKSTED — McCormack Baron Salazar faces long delays in completing a 100-unit affordable-housing project here because the Big Island was hard hit by
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Michigan Congressman Says Virgin Islands Is In ‘Worse Shape’ Than Puerto Rico … Not Knowing It Looked Like That Before The Storms
[ad name=”HTML-68″] ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — “Devastating” was one of the words U.S. Rep. Fred Upton used to describe the hurricane damage he saw over
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Major Scientific Journal Publishes Work of University of the Virgin Islands Marine Studies Students
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands’ Masters of Marine and Environmental Studies (MMES) 2015 cohort has had their capstone manuscript
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Ban-The-Burn Bill Passes Muster In Legislature But Mapp Says Burn Will Go On No Matter What Senators Do
CRUZ BAY – Island Green Living Association said today that it is pleased that the Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would prevent the
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House Member Frank Pallone Holds Round Table Discussions About His Visits To The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] PERTH AMBOY — U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J. 6th District) met with local advocates and leaders Monday in the city to discuss his Energy and
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