There is an old saying that you wait ages for a London bus and then two — or even three — come along at once.
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Unequal Treatment With SSI, Medicaid, Comes At A Staggering Cost To USVI
CHRISTIANSTED — A new report, Shadow Citizens: Confronting Federal Discrimination in the U.S. Virgin Islands, from the Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands (DRCVI) reveals
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Rival Puerto Rico Bills Dim Democratic Hopes Of A 51st State: Bloomberg
SAN JUAN — Two competing bills trying to end Puerto Rico’s status as one of the world’s oldest territories threaten to undermine each other —
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Bryan Testifies About ‘Building Back Better’ Before U.S. House Committee
CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan testified remotely today before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources and told federal lawmakers that Virgin Islanders are well-versed in
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Puerto Rico To Get $23 Billion In Federal Rescue Aid From Biden Administration
WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico’s economy will receive a jolt from billions of dollars of federal aid this year from the American Rescue Plan as the
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DPNR Commissioner Testifies Before Congress Remotely On Climate Change
WASHINGTON — The House Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, as part of
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U.S. Supreme Court To Examine Puerto Rico’s Exclusion From Benefits Program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to decide the legality of a decades-old congressional decision to exclude Puerto Rico from a federal
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Let’s Preserve Point Udall’s Natural Beauty For Generations To Come: OP-ED
The other day, I got a text from a Crucian friend, Vivian St. Juste, now living in North Carolina. The text was in reference to
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Queen Of All Mainstream Media … Stacey Plaskett Takes Capitol By Storm … Peacefully
WASHINGTON — Stacey Plaskett has taken the Capitol by storm. But it was a “peaceful” takeover of the seat of democracy this week — one
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South Carolina Man Faces 5 Years In Prison For Mailing Guns To Box In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — His chance to have his case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court denied, a South Carolina man faces five years in prison
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