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‘Resiliency Workshops’ Help Virgin Islanders Do Something Productive In Community

ON THE SPOT: Government House Media Spokesperson Sandra Goomansingh, right, interviews WICO CEO Clifford Graham at Monday's hurricane resiliency workshop on St. Thomas. CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Gov. Kenneth Mapp's Hurricane…

John McCarthy January 30, 2018

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Consider Yourself Lucky More People Didn’t Die During the 2017 Hurricane Season … Is There A Reason Why?

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- The 2017 storm season tormented the U.S. with four hurricane landfalls and scores of deaths, but a preliminary review shows no one succumbed to the…

John McCarthy January 28, 2018

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Timeless Beauty of The U.S. Virgin Islands Can’t Be Erased By Two Hurricanes, No Matter How Mighty

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] By ROBERT BREEDLOVE SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Every year when Our Town winter temperatures begin to drop and consistently stay at or…

John McCarthy January 28, 2018

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Massachusetts Congressman Says Trump Administration Needs To Step Up Efforts To Help Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

APT ATTENTION: Rep. Richard Neal (right) and Rep. Jim McGovern hear what needs to happen in Puerto Rico. [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Massachusetts congressman has…

John McCarthy January 27, 2018

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Tourism Says It Is Trying To Make Chicken Salad Out of Chicken Sh_t With Reduced Budget

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Following the impact of two Category 5 hurricanes in September, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism said it has developed a 150-day rolling marketing plan to…

John McCarthy January 24, 2018

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Male Plaskett Employee Will Spend Two Years In Prison For Admitting To Circulating Topless Photo of Delegate

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Former employees of Del. Stacey Plaskett pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to distributing lewd images of the Virgin Islands congresswoman and her…

John McCarthy January 24, 2018

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UNITED NATIONS REPORT: U.S. Virgin Islands Is The New Murder Capital of the Caribbean … And Fourth Overall in the World

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The U.S. Virgin Islands has the fourth highest murder rate in the world, according to a study done by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…

John McCarthy January 23, 2018

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Acting U.S. Secretary of Education Jason Botel Weighs in on State of Territory’s Schools Following Devastating Hurricanes

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 Islands opened my eyes to…

VI Free Press January 23, 2018

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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 four months removing debris from…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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Seventh Circuit Court Says Residents of U.S. Territories Can’t Vote Absentee For President Per Former Residence on Mainland

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHICAGO — Residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have no right to vote absentee in their former state of residence, the 7th…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018