[ad name=”HTML-68″] ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration said that over $108 million in low-interest disaster loans have been approved for businesses and residents
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DOUBLE DISASTER: Slow Federal Response To Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Devastation Is Destroying The Islands’ Small Business Base
SAN JUAN — This fall’s hurricane season has been rough on Jesús Vázquez’s family business outside the capital of Puerto Rico. Their 35-year-old ice factory
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Caribbean Nations Must ‘Evolve Networks to Face New Challenges,’ U.S. Navy Admiral Says at Security Conference in Guyana
ADMIRAL TALKS, PEOPLE LISTEN – U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway, and
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Four Caribbean Countries Make The European Union’s Blacklist of 17 Countries Considered To Be Tax Havens
[ad name=”HTML-68″] BRIDGETOWN — Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were named Tuesday in a new list of global tax havens released by the European Union
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SWORD FIGHT! Assistant Public Works Commissioner Roan Creque ‘Sis’pended Without Pay For Openly Defying Mapp On Debris Burn Policy During Legislative Hearing
IT’S RAINING MEN! Assistant Public Works Commissioner Roan Creque enjoys some good times with his “back” street buddies in St. Thomas. Despite the tiff between
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LET THEM LIVE ON THE BEACH! Mapp Hails Opening of Magens Bay on St. Thomas As A ‘Great, Great Sign of Progress’
CHRISTIANSTED — Gov. Kenneth Mapp described the official opening and dedication of Magens Bay on St. Thomas this Thursday, December 7 with Royal Caribbean International
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SENATE SLACKERS: Mapp Says He Served In The Legislature And The Senate Didn’t Adequately Debate Pros and Cons of Proposed Debris Burn
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Gov. Kenneth Mapp said Monday night he will give the orders to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to burn
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BAD OPTIC: Broke Puerto Rico Hands Out $100 Million In Christmas Bonuses To Government Employees … Then Asks Feds For $94 Billion
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello last month asked federal taxpayers to shell out $94 billion to pay for the commonwealth’s
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RACE BAITING: Plaskett Attacks Online Newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief On ‘White Privilege’ … It Doesn’t Go Well For Her After That
HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND NOT INFLUENCE PEOPLE: Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett on the attack. [ad name=”HTML-68″] WASHINGTON — Forty-one days before Hurricane Irma
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Michigan Congressman Says Virgin Islands Is In ‘Worse Shape’ Than Puerto Rico … Not Knowing It Looked Like That Before The Storms
[ad name=”HTML-68″] ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — “Devastating” was one of the words U.S. Rep. Fred Upton used to describe the hurricane damage he saw over
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