Territorial Affairs – Page 13 – Virgin Islands Free Press

USVI, Puerto Rico To Receive $108 Million To Upgrade Water Systems

SAN JUAN (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will receive a total of nearly $108 million to improve drinking…

John McCarthy April 5, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

JPMorgan Chase Can Be Sued By Virgin Islands Over Jeffrey Epstein Sex-Trafficking Claims

NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Monday ruled that the U.S. Virgin Islands and women who accuse the late investor Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse can proceed with lawsuits claiming that JPMorgan Chase knowingly benefited from participating in Epstein’s…

John McCarthy March 21, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News National News

House Democrats Tap Plaskett To ‘Sabotage Hearings, Trash Whistleblowers’: OP-ED

Now that Democrats are in the minority in the House and unable to abuse their power as easily as they have done the last two years, they are resorting to shameless lies…

John McCarthy March 18, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Taiwan Warns of China’s ‘Repeated Provocations’

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan will not allow "repeated provocations" from China, the island's defence minister said on Tuesday, as China's foreign minister said Taiwan was the "first red line" that…

John McCarthy March 7, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News Business News

VIFEMS Gets $1.8 Million For New Ambulances

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services (VIFEMS) is proud to announce that it has received $1.8 million in funding from the 2023 Federal Community Projects.…

John McCarthy February 1, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Door of No Return: Yellen Visits Onetime Slave-Trading Post

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit today to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most…

John McCarthy January 21, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Puerto Rico to Pursue Abusers of Lax Tax Credit System

SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico announced today that it will start cracking down on those who abuse the U.S. territory’s tax credit system, an opaque and long unregulated sector…

John McCarthy January 17, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News National News

President Biden, First Family and Air Force One Say Sayonara To St. Croix!

FREDERIKSTED — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden bid farewell to St. Croix at Rohlsen Airport on Monday, concluding a year-end vacation that began Tuesday night with the…

John McCarthy January 3, 2023

At VIFreep Breaking News Community Affairs

Plaskett Gets St. Croix National Heritage Area And Ram Head Plaque In Congressional Bill

WASHINGTON — Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, a member of the House Ways and Means, Budget and Agriculture Committees released the following statement announcing the inclusion of the St. Croix…

John McCarthy December 22, 2022

At VIFreep Breaking News National News

Biden Administration Invests $981 Million to Expand Market Opportunities For Rural Businesses in 47 States, Guam and the USVI

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday announced that the Department is investing $981 million to help create new and better market opportunities and expand essential services for rural…

John McCarthy December 7, 2022