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MAPP TO CONGRESS: $7.5 Billion Should Keep Me In Beer and Wine Money Until The End of My First Term In December 2018

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The cost to rebuild the Virgin Islands’ infrastructure after last month’s devastating Category 5 hurricanes is estimated at $7.5 billion dollars, Gov. Kenneth Mapp said. In a letter forwarded…

John McCarthy November 12, 2017

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Wants To Know What Water-Borne Diseases Virgin Islanders Have Been Exposed To After The Storms

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-Mass.) [ad name="HTML-68"] BOSTON -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to request information on the…

John McCarthy November 12, 2017

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Tourists Return To Magen’s Bay in St. Thomas … Where Cruise Ships Still Dare To Go

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- St. Thomas has accepted its first passenger cruise ships since Hurricane Irma, a welcome milestone for the territory recovering from two major hurricanes. The Adventure of the…

John McCarthy November 12, 2017

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TORRENTIAL RAIN WARNING: ‘Non-Tropical Storm’ Could Hamper Electrical Restoration Efforts in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Going Into Next Week

NOVEMBER RAIN: Although it is the rainy season in the Virgin Islands, the territory seems to have had more rain than normal after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. [ad name="HTML-68"] SAN…

John McCarthy November 10, 2017

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MAPP: FEMA Approves $500 Million Community Disaster Loan For The Virgin Islands

FUNDS STREAMING: FEMA Coordinator William Vogel consults with a colleague. [ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED — U.S. government officials have approved a community disaster loan for the Virgin Islands that is…

VI Free Press November 9, 2017

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Education Is The Key To Caribbean Dive Groups Working Together to Promote, Protect Coral Reef Excursions

BRIDGETOWN -- Tourists must be educated to know which are the safest times to visit the region. And also which areas are least likely to face a catastrophic storm. Dive…

John McCarthy November 9, 2017

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University of Buffalo Researcher Gets $126K NSF Grant To Study Hurricanes’ Effect On Coral In St. John This Month

KNOCKED OVER, BUT NOT OUT? Coral reef communities at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, pictured here years before the recent hurricanes struck. (Credit: Howard Lasker) [ad name="HTML-68"] CRUZ BAY — A…

John McCarthy November 8, 2017

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COKE SHORTAGE! Coca-Cola In Short Supply On St. Croix … Crowley Maritime Bringing More Soda In Soon

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHRISTIANSTED -- When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around. At least that's what the rock group The Police used to sing.…

John McCarthy November 7, 2017

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MAPP FINDS HIS TRUE CALLING: Tour Guide of The Destruction Wreaked During His Watch of The Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A bi-partisan group of U.S. Congressional lawmakers toured parts of the territory Sunday, some 47 days after Hurricanes Irma and Maria decimated St. Thomas, St. John and St.…

John McCarthy November 7, 2017

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UNITED NATIONS: Caribbean and Latin American Countries Need To Mitigate Risks of Disasters … Before Hurricanes and Earthquakes Strike

SAN JUAN -- Integrating disaster risk management into development policies will minimize damage and loss incurred from natural disasters. This is according to a timely publication released by the UN…

VI Free Press November 6, 2017