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NWS: Car-Sized Asteroid Explodes Over Puerto Rico Saturday … No Injuries Reported

SAN JUAN — The GOES-16 weather satellite is designed to detect flashes of lightning. On Saturday, it saw an asteroid. Meteorologists noticed an unusually bright flash signature over the waters 170 miles…

VI Free Press June 30, 2019

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WAPA Admits Employee Was Duped By Simplistic Phishing Email Costing It $2.17 Million

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority admitted that one of its employees was fooled by an Internet phishing scheme that cost the quasi-government authority more than…

John McCarthy June 7, 2019

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SENATOR GITTENS: WAPA Failed To Notify VIFS About ‘Major Diesel Fuel Oil Spill’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Senator Kenneth Gittens took Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority officials to task Wednesday for failing to notify the appropriate local authorities and nearby residents of a…

VI Free Press June 6, 2019

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Former Puerto Rico Energy Regulator Joins Non-Profit To Restore Electric Grid

SAN JUAN — Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) establishes its presence in Puerto Rico with Agustín Carbó, formerly from the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau, who joins the organization as a senior…

VI Free Press June 1, 2019

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Main Water Line Breaks At Mangrove Wastewater Treatment Plant In Bovoni

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) said that a main water line broke near the entrance road to the Bovoni Landfill in St. Thomas on Wednesday. The…

VI Free Press May 30, 2019

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NOAA: Forty Percent Chance of A ‘Near-Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season in 2019

MIAMI — NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year. There is a 40 percent chance of a near-normal season, a 30…

VI Free Press May 28, 2019

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Apply For The Virgin Islands Certified Public Manager® (CPM) Program’s 2019-2020 Colleague Group Through End Of May

CHRISTIANSTED — Dayna Clendinen, Director designee of the Division of Personnel, reminds the public that the online application for the Virgin Islands Certified Public Manager® (CPM) Program’s 2019-2020 Colleague Group…

VI Free Press May 23, 2019

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Barber Who Ordered 21 iPhones On Another’s Cell Phone Charged With Importing Stolen Goods

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Thomas said today that Raphi Joseph has been arrested on a complaint charging him with transportation of stolen goods, U.S. Attorney…

John McCarthy May 22, 2019

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Bill Introduced in Congress Would Fund Renewables, Microgrids in U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON — Legislation recently introduced in Congress would establish a grant program for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to fund development of renewable energy resources, microgrids and energy…

VI Free Press April 27, 2019

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Cuba Orders Further Cuts To Electricity Generation: Newspaper

HAVANA —The Cuban government has ordered its state-run power system to further reduce electricity generation in the latest sign that a cash crunch exacerbated by new U.S. sanctions is taking…

VI Free Press April 22, 2019