By POLLY HOPPIN As health professionals with expertise in the links between air pollution and human health, we are writing to express our grave concern
Read more
GOV MAPP: ‘I’m Going To Jam Debris Burn Down The Throats Of The Virgin Islands Public
ESTATE BODY SLOB, Kingshill — Saying senators have not offered an alternative to handle the massive amount of debris created by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Gov.
Read more
MAPP: Everyone In My Cabinet Reports That They Are ‘Surviving The Hurricane Well On $90K+ Per Year’ And More … Thank You Very Much For Asking
CHRISTIANSTED – Gov. Kenneth Mapp said that he met with all of his Cabinet members on St. Croix and that all of them are happy
Read more
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.
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more
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.
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more