Business News – Page 245 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Venezuela Brings Zerpa, Sanctioned by United States, Back to Faltering PDVSA

CARACAS -- Venezuela’s government has named Simon Zerpa, who was sanctioned by the United States last year, as an external director of state oil company PDVSA while confirming General Manuel…

John McCarthy May 15, 2018

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MOTHER’S DAY SURPRISE! WAPA Keeps Power Off All Night On St. Thomas … St. Croix Two Hours

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Island Water and Power Authority (WAPA) tried its best to keep a running count of where the power was on…

John McCarthy May 14, 2018

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St. Thomas Boat Captain Arrested on Charges of Smuggling 4 Illegal Migrants

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A St. Thomas boat captain and four illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic were in federal court on Thursday to hear the charges against them. Shawn A.…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018

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St. Thomas’ Robert Brown Given Four Years In Prison For Jewelry Store Robbery in 2013

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A federal judge sentenced a St. Thomas man to four years in prison for his role in a jewelry store robbery in 2013. Robert Brown, 28, was…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018

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Michigan Attorney General’s Property Holdings At Ditleff Point Become Campaign Issue

INHERITED PROPERTY: Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and his sisters have been selling off parcels of land on a peninsula called Ditleff Point on St. John. CRUZ BAY -- Michigan…

John McCarthy May 11, 2018

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Puerto Rico Governor Details How $1.5 Billion in Federal Hurricane Relief Aid Will Be Used

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico's governor has released a plan that outlines how his administration will use $1.5 billion in federal funds to help the…

John McCarthy May 7, 2018

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Carnival Dream Becomes ‘A Nightmare’ After Water Floods Deck … Passenger Invokes ‘Titanic’

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- Passengers aboard a seven-day Carnival cruise to the western Caribbean could be forgiven if they felt they were trapped in a scene from…

John McCarthy May 5, 2018

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SBA Opens New Disaster Loans Outreach Center at F’sted Fire Station Tomorrow

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today the opening of an SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC) at the Emile Henderson Sr.…

John McCarthy April 30, 2018

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Partnership Between USVI Ports and Florida Caribbean Cruise Association ‘Never Better’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Michele Paige, President of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), says the partnership with the ports of the U.S. Virgin Islands is “at an all-time high." Her comments…

John McCarthy April 30, 2018

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IT’S OFFICIAL: Silver Airways Absorbs Seaborne Airlines … The Two Merge Next Year

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Florida-based Silver Airways has bought the Caribbean's largest regional airline -- Seaborne. Officials say Puerto Rico-based Seaborne Airlines will operate as a…

John McCarthy April 25, 2018