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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS: Top Ideas For a Wedding Trip 2017: ADVERTORIAL

[ad name="HTML-68"] A honeymoon trip is an unforgettable time for lovers, away from home they can relax and enjoy each other's company without any interference. The choice of a place…

John McCarthy October 17, 2017

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ST. THOMAS WAPA VOWS: St. Croix Will Be Punished For Only Being Hit By One Storm: Big Island Might Not Have Full Power Until March 1, 2018

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Gov. Kenneth Mapp repeated his carefully parsed promise yesterday that fully 90 percent of the territory will be restored to full power by Christmas. "By the end…

John McCarthy October 14, 2017

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Georgia Man Accused of Flying From St. Croix To Atlanta To Dump His Demented Mother In A Cheap Hotel And Then Go On Vacation

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED -- Police believe a man abandoned his 71-year-old mother in a cheap Georgia motel — and then went on vacation. Kathleen Laree, who suffers from dementia, was found…

John McCarthy October 13, 2017

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Gladhander-In-Chief Mapp Thanks Stephenson Family For $5 Million Donation From ICMC For Hurricane Relief Efforts

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- To assist with hurricane recovery efforts in the territory, the Stephenson Family Foundation – led by Cancer Treatment Centers of America founder Richard J. Stephenson –…

John McCarthy October 12, 2017

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Mapp Says Schools Will Be The Priority For Electrical Restoration After Hospitals, Towns And Airports

DEMOLISHED! John H. Woodson Junior High School near Mon Bijou on St. Croix. CHRISTIANSTED -- “Getting school open was a big step in the direction towards some sense of normalcy,”…

John McCarthy October 12, 2017

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Mapp-Potter Administration Raided Insurance Guaranty Fund After The Passing Of Hurricane Irma

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The local government for years has "redirected" money intended to help pay insurance claims after large disasters for other needs, raising the vulnerability of residents after Hurricane…

VI Free Press September 18, 2017

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TOURISM COMMISSIONER: Government Has Struck A Deal With American Airlines To Fly Tourists Off Of St. Croix In Advance of Hurricane Maria … For Free!

CHRISTIANSTED -- Lesson learned from Hurricane Irma. If the government waits until after the storm to evacuate tourists it could take days ... even a week before visitors can leave.…

John McCarthy September 18, 2017

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ST. THOMAS PASTOR: ‘Everything Is Destroyed … Everything.’ Two Cruise Ships Ferry Tourists Out of Hurricane-Smashed St. Thomas and St. John

RAKED BARE: A speed limit sign stands tilted and a power line that snapped it half lays on a building, after the passage of Hurricane Irma in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas…

John McCarthy September 13, 2017

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Tributes Pour In For WAPA Lineman Jason Julius Who Accidentally Electrocuted Himself To Death in Sugar Estate During Power Restoration Efforts On Tuesday

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority said one of its linemen, Jason Julius, was accidentally electrocuted and died on Tuesday while working in the Sugar…

VI Free Press September 13, 2017

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Hurricane Irma Recovery For St. Thomas and St. John Residents Sticking It Out: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

PARADISE LOST: Damaged houses line a hillside Monday in Old Tutu following Hurricane Irma in St. Thomas. [ad name="HTML-68"] CRUZ BAY -- Hurricane Irma survivors on the hardest-hit islands in the…

John McCarthy September 13, 2017