[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PANAMA CITY — Thousands of children, adolescents and their families affected by the devastating effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, six
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PAHO Says We Must Redouble Efforts To Eradicate Measles After Vaccine Deniers Allow Disease To Come Back
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging Caribbean countries to redouble efforts to vaccinate their populations in
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Limetree Bay Terminals Downplays Amount of Friable Asbestos Released on St. Croix During Hurricane Maria
CHRISTIANSTED — Friable asbestos was likely a problem for Limetree Bay Terminals and anyone downwind of the St. Croix oil storage facility after its facilities
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Fire Rages At Anguilla Landfill Near Henry Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix This Morning
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — St. Croix’s Anguilla landfill was on fire again this morning. St. Croix Sen. Novelle Francis Jr., a former
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SHIP SHAPE? Filthy Cruise Ships Failing Record Number of Cleaning Inspections … And It’s Making People Sick
MIAMI — Cruise lines have never had a cleanliness problem this big. In 2017, cruise lines failed their sanitation inspections at the highest rate ever since
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People on All Three U.S. Virgin Islands Urged To Recycle Plant and Wood Debris Into Mulch
CRUZ BAY – Island Green Living Association, working in concert with the Department of Planning & Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture, oversaw the
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Newest Tourist Attraction: Mountains of Trash Overwhelm St. Thomas After Two Category 5 Hurricanes
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Even though he works at a dump, Kenneal Smith used to enjoy the coastal and mountain views offered from his guard shack at
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Keith James, JFL Hospital Recruiter, Is Well-Qualified To Replace Twenty-Two Doctors Who Left After The Storms
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (ASPR), an association of in-house physician recruitment professionals, said that Keith A.
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OPINION: We Must Open Up Virgin Islands Market To More Doctors If We Want To Improve Care, Lower Costs
By FREDERICK HANDLEMAN SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Health Care in the Virgin Islands is on life support and in critical condition.
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DPNR Says It Is Enforcing More Stringent Water Quality Standards This Week … Expect More Beach Failures
CHRISTIANSTED — The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) advises all USVI public beach users of the policy adoption by DPNR of the Environmental
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