CHRISTIANSTED – Gov. Kenneth Mapp said that he met with all of his Cabinet members on St. Croix and that all of them are happy
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REPORT: Slavery Ended In The Caribbean When It No Longer Made Good Business Sense
PORT OF SPAIN — IN ITS 18th-century heyday cane grown in the Caribbean and cut by African slaves provided Britain with nearly all its sugar.
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Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’ Wants Puerto Rico’s $74 Billion Debt To Be Erased … Pronto!
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN — Lin-Manuel Miranda wants Puerto Rico’s $74 billion of debt to be erased. The creator and star of the Broadway hit
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The Jones Act Costs Too Much For All Americans, Not Just Those In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane plight has drawn attention to the Jones Act, the 1920 law that compels all maritime commerce between United States
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Mapp-Potter Administration Goes Forward With ‘Test Burn’ On The South Shore of St. Croix Over Objections Of Environmentalists, Senators
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Free Press has confirmed that the local government conducted a “test burn” on the South Shore of St. Croix Wednesday.
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UVI Graduates Nursing Students Into The World’s Third Most-In-Demand Profession
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — By graduation date, May 2017, 100 percent of the School of Nursing (SON) Class of 2017 at the University of
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OBITUARY NOTICE: Rita Mahoney In St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
[ad name=”HTML-68″] Relatives and friends are advised of the passing of Rita V. Mahoney, who passed away on Dec. 3, 2017. She was preceded in
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Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) To Make $25,000 Donation To Fire Services in Richmond Today
CHRISTIANSTED — The Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) will be making a generous donation to the Virgin Islands Fire Services (VIFS) today. The donation exchange
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Kaiser Foundation Issues Health Report On The U.S. Virgin Islands In The Wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria
[ad name=”HTML-68″] OAKLAND — The Kaiser Foundation, a non-profit organization established by health insurance Kaiser Permanente, has put out a report on the U.S. Virgin
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V.I. Water and Power Authority Contracts With Wisconsin Utility To Bring Electrical Workers In To Work On Christmas … Because WAPA Workers Won’t
[ad name=”HTML-68″] TWO RIVERS, Wisc. — Two city line workers and a utility bucket truck departed Wisconsin Dec. 9 bound for St. Croix along with line
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