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Male Plaskett Employee Will Spend Two Years In Prison For Admitting To Circulating Topless Photo of Delegate

WASHINGTON -- Former employees of Del. Stacey Plaskett pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to distributing lewd images of the Virgin Islands congresswoman and her husband. The Department of Justice…

John McCarthy January 24, 2018

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Seventh Circuit Court Says Residents of U.S. Territories Can’t Vote Absentee For President Per Former Residence on Mainland

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHICAGO — Residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have no right to vote absentee in their former state of residence, the 7th…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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IRS Says That President Trump’s Disaster Designation For Territory Might Give Taxpayers More Time To File

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Victims of Hurricane Maria that took place beginning on Sept. 16, 2017 in parts of U.S. Virgin Islands may qualify for tax…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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United Arab Emirates Launches Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund With $50 Million For Seven Countries In Region

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] ABU DHABI -- During the recent events of the IRENA General Assembly, the United Arab Emirates-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund, valued at $50 million, has launched its…

John McCarthy January 19, 2018

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HURRICANE RECOVERY? Trump Tells Puerto Rico It Is Too Rich For $1 Billion in Federal Aid

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — A billion-dollar emergency loan approved by Congress to help Puerto Rico deal with the effects of Hurricane Maria has been temporarily withheld by federal…

John McCarthy January 18, 2018

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JetBlue Announces More Daily Flights Between San Juan, St. Thomas and St. Croix Starting Feb. 15

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – JetBlue announced that it will resume its second daily flight between St. Thomas’ Cyril E. King Airport (STT) and San Juan’s Luis…

John McCarthy January 18, 2018

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Plaskett Introduces ‘Marshall Plan’ for Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico After Devastating Hurricanes

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, ranking member on the House Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment, has introduced “The Puerto…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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Home of the Johnny Carson Show Sending Linemen To Assist Virgin Islands With Final Stages of Electrical Restoration

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] LOS ANGELES -- Burbank Water and Power will be sending several of its employees and some equipment to the territory to help St. Thomas, St.…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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TRUE COLORS: Palm Beach Jet Set Goes All Out For Virgin Islands Fundraiser … It’s For The British and They Get $40K

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WELLINGTON -- A fundraiser last week in Florida brought in some big money for hurricane relief in the British Virgin Islands. The Thursday event was co-hosted…

John McCarthy January 16, 2018

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Coast Guard and DPNR Wrap Up Boat Salvage Operations in St. Croix on Monday

V.I. Free Press photo by GARY DAVIDSON https://www.facebook.com/DreamlifePhotographySTX/ CHRISTIANSTED — The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), the U.S. Coast Guard and salvage contractors completed vessel salvage operations on…

John McCarthy January 16, 2018