DUSHANBE — Despite infecting more than three million people around the world, there are still 33 countries and territories that have yet to report a
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Puerto Rico To Hold Statehood Referendum Amid COVID-19 Disillusionment
SAN JUAN — Governor Wanda Vázquez announced on Saturday that she will hold a nonbinding referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should become
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Caribbean And Latin America Records 500,000th COVID-19 Case This Weekend
BUENOS AIRES — Latin America and the Caribbean has now recorded more than half a million coronavirus infections, according to an Agence France-Press tally based
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Governor Bryan Says $10 Million In Stimulus Checks Went In The Mail This Week
CHRISTIANSTED — During his COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. said that stimulus checks began going out from the Virgin Islands Finance Department
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UVI AND SBDC Team Up To Offer Free ‘Health And Safety’ COVID-19 Webinar
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands government has outlined a plan to reopen the territory as of June 1, but safe work environments won’t happen
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These Countries Are Making ‘Travel Bubbles’ For Post-Lockdown Tourism
HAVANA — As countries begin to ease lockdown measures in order to kickstart their economies, all eyes are on how international borders will reopen, thereby
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FEMA Gives $12 Million For Design of New Hospitals On St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Public Assistance Program has approved $11,979,526 to procure architecture and engineering services for the
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Caribbean Has Unique Challenges In Dealing With COVID-19: COMMENTARY
SANTIAGO, Chile — The implementation of the 2030 Agenda is at stake and decades of progress in human development are at risk of being reversed
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Juan F. Luis Hospital Gets 20,000 Medical Masks From Government of Taiwan
CHRISTIANSTED — The Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center administration said that it was grateful to the Government of Taiwan, Taipei Economic and
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6th COVID-19 Victim Lost Each Parent To Coronavirus On St. Croix (UPDATE)
CHRISTIANSTED — Two people have died from the novel coronavirus in the last three days in the territory, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed
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