[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority said that the Bovoni Landfill had a fire that was under control on Wednesday. The Virgin Islands Fire Service and VIWMA contractors…
Category: Health News
Mapp, Health Failed To Pre-Position Portable Dialysis Trailers Before Storms
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Aurio Correa entered the St. Thomas hospital last August to prepare for knee surgery. The 89-year-old St. Thomian had Alzheimer’s disease and dementia but was otherwise in good health…
VIPD: 71-Year-Old Man Apparently Drowns In Hotel On The Cay Pool Saturday Afternoon
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix resident apparently drowned in a hotel pool on Protestant Cay late Saturday afternoon. Carlos Wesley, 71, was pulled from the pool “unresponsive” at Hotel on…
Mapp Celebrates Older Americans and Emergency Medical Services Week in Territory
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Governor Kenneth Mapp has issued proclamations recognizing Older Americans Month and Emergency Medical Services Week. May has once again been declared Older Americans Month across the Territory and the…
St. John Man Tells EMTs He Doesn’t Remember Who Stabbed Him on Monday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CRUZ BAY — Police said a man who doesn’t know how his skull cracked open during an incident of violence in St. John will have to be air evacuated off-island…
St. Thomas Motorists Urged To Avoid Sewage Outflow Near Turpentine Run and Abattoir
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) contractors are trying to address an overflowing manhole in the Estate Nadir community that occurred on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The Authority…
HURRICANE RECOVERY: Wisconsin Nurses Visit Territory to Help Victims of Storms
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two retired nurses from Wisconsin were part of a group of nurses who went down to the Virgin Islands to assist in testing the vision and hearing of school…
Governor Mapp Praises Doctors Who Plan to Open Surgical Center on St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED ― Governor Kenneth Mapp offered his congratulations Wednesday to the physicians behind Liberty Medical Development, which recently announced that it has successfully secured financing for a state-of-the-art surgical center at Estate…
READY TO BLOW! Kilauea About To Explode … Last Time It Did in 1990 It Destroyed Kalapana
[ad name=”HTML-68″] PAHOA, Hawaii — Residents near Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano faced warnings today that more lava-spewing fissures could open near their homes and that the volcano’s summit may be getting ready for…
CARPHA: Dengue Cases Increasing In Latin America … Caribbean Region Could Be Next
[ad name=”HTML-68″] PORT OF SPAIN — While Chikungunya and Zika, which swept the region in 2014 and 2016, are not expected back anytime soon, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is warning…