As CARICOM trade ministers meet to discuss the future of Caribbean sugar, David Jessop (Caribbean Council) argues that successful protection of the industry will require that the four
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MOSQUITOES WIN! Mapp Says Territory Can DEET OFF! To Repel Mosquitoes Rather Than Have Malathion Fogging At Night
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — DEET OFF! Rather than Malathion fog at night. Because some people still don’t have roofs on their homes. That’s what Gov.
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GIVE ‘TIL IT HURTS: Yogurt Maker Chobani To Give Five-Pound Bags Of Its Popular Product To The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SOUTH EDMESTON, N.Y. — Give ’til it hurts … ’til in yog-hurts if you will. Chobani is diverting 1.3 million pounds of milk
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FEMA Will Give You Up To $1,600 In Disaster Food Stamps (D-SNAP) If You Have Children … Even If You Never Got Food Stamps Before … APPLY NOW!
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — More than two months after Hurricane Irma rattled St. Thomas and St. John to the core, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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BRITISH INGENUITY: BVI Premier Orlando Smith Moves Into Pre-Fab Housing As A Mold-Free Alternative For Education After Irma
HAPPY STUDENTS! The British Virgin Islands shows its public-private partnership resourcefulness by getting a private donor to give Virgin Gorda it’s own temporary school building.
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University of Buffalo Researcher Gets $126K NSF Grant To Study Hurricanes’ Effect On Coral In St. John This Month
KNOCKED OVER, BUT NOT OUT? Coral reef communities at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, pictured here years before the recent hurricanes struck. (Credit: Howard Lasker) [ad
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FEMA BLUE ROOF: On Cyril E. King International Airport Tells You Everything You Need To Know About The State of Recovery in the Virgin Islands
MASHED UP: The inside of the Cyril E. King International Airport after Hurricane Irma hit Sept. 6. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two months after
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THREE TIMES CHARMED! NCL Cruise Ship Norwegian Dawn Will Be Here On Saturday … St. Thomas Gets 60 Ships In December; St. Croix 8
FREDERIKSTED — Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Dawn will dock in St. Croix three times this month, beginning Saturday. The ship’s arrival will mark the return of cruise
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PSEG Long Island: Electrical Restoration For St. Croix Will Be Complete By March 2018 … April 2018 At The Latest
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — The electrical company that won the contract for the Virgin Islands said that every customer on St. Croix should have electricity
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CONTROL BOARD: Puerto Rico Needs ‘Unprecedented’ United States Help To Recover From Hurricane Maria
[ad name=”HTML-68″] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico has suffered such extensive devastation from Hurricane Maria that its recovery will fail unless the island gets more
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