CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas boat captain who lives on his vessel said he bought $105 worth of pizza and drinks at sea — and then was given a whopping $1,000 ticket from a health inspector for not wearing a face mask. Charlie Knape, who lives aboard his vessel Classy Lady in Cowpet Bay, […]
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Boats Anchored Too Closely Together In Magen’s Bay Draw The Attention of Authorities Sunday: VIPD
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two boats anchored too closely together in Magen’s Bay on St. Thomas drew the attention of authorities Sunday morning who said the people and boats did not follow COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. The people in the water, owners of the two boats involved, were given warnings and asked to separate after the […]
V.I. Government Will Conduct A ‘Mock Drill’ Of Receiving Pfizer Vaccine … Before It Arrives
CHRISTIANSTED — During the Government House weekly press briefing on Monday, Territorial Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis provided some details on the distribution drill the Department of Health is conducting this week in advance of the expected arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. Using a “mock” vaccine, the Department of Health drill involves testing the ordering, delivery and […]
Only 975 Vaccines Coming For Health Care Workers, 1st Responders; ‘Regular’ Folks Can Get It In Spring 2021
CHRISTIANSTED — At the weekly COVID-19 press conference held at Government House on St. Croix, Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis said this afternoon that when the United States government delivers vaccines to the territory, the U.S. Virgin Islands will only receive 975 doses from Pfizer. Additionally, those first doses of the coronavirus vaccine are earmarked […]
Mentally Ill Man’s Inability To Fathom COVID-19 Protocols Led To His Self-Inflicted Gunshot Death
FREDERIKSTED — Friends and family of Kaheem “Shandell” Thomas are wondering if some of the official psychiatric help their friend and family member got contributed to his untimely death this year. Thomas, 30, of Mars Hill, had been struggling with schizophrenia when he got into an altercation with a security guard, stole the guard’s weapon […]
Caribbean Indigenous People Return To Roots As COVID-19 Shrinks Tourism
BELMOPAN — Indigenous cultures in the Caribbean, struggling as their tourism-dependent economies are ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, are returning to traditional farming and fishing roots for their livelihoods, local experts said. Being forced to look to older, more organic ways of survival can be a silver lining within the devastation of the pandemic, connecting […]
WHO Says Vaccinating 20% of Latin America And Caribbean Will Cost More Than $2 Billion
BRASILIA — Vaccinating 20 percent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean against COVID-19 will cost more than $2 billion but low income countries will be helped by the COVAX Facility led by the World Health Organization, its regional branch said on Wednesday. According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), COVAX aims […]
Governor Bryan Calls 33rd Legislature into Special Session To Act On 2nd Securitization Proposal
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan, Jr. has called the 33rd Legislature into a Special Session to take action on his proposal to reauthorize the Matching Fund Securitization, as well as to address two other legislative matters. Bryan set the date for the session as December 3. The governor’s proposal seeks to increase […]
Cubans Voted For Trump In Record Numbers, But Don’t Agree With All His Policies, Leaving Room For Biden
MIAMI — Stirred by breathless warnings of a socialist menace, Cuban Americans turned out for President Trump in massive numbers. Now those voters are presenting a new challenge for President-Elect Joe Biden: How to reembrace the historic Obama-era opening with communist Cuba without ceding Florida to the Republicans in 2024. On few countries is U.S. […]
Trump Says He’ll Leave White House If Electoral College Seats Biden
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his […]