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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 recovery from Hurricane Maria —…

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BIG BUSINESS: Caribbean Hotels Race to Save High Winter Tourist Season in the Hurricanes’ Aftermath

SAN JUAN -- The hurricanes that tore through our region this fall have left hotels and resorts across the region scrambling to salvage the crucial winter high season, when tourists…

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Louis E. Brown Villas And Many Other Developments In The Virgin Islands and Larger Caribbean Can’t Be Put Back Quickly Because Of The Lack of Work Force Here

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED -- McCormack Baron Salazar faces long delays in completing a 100-unit affordable-housing project here because the Big Island was hard hit by Hurricane Maria. But it’s up…

John McCarthy December 5, 2017

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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 the weekend while visiting the…

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Major Scientific Journal Publishes Work of University of the Virgin Islands Marine Studies Students

[ad name="HTML-68"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The University of the Virgin Islands’ Masters of Marine and Environmental Studies (MMES) 2015 cohort has had their capstone manuscript published in the Public Library…

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House Member Frank Pallone Holds Round Table Discussions About His Visits To The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] PERTH AMBOY -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J. 6th District) met with local advocates and leaders Monday in the city to discuss his Energy and Commerce Committee Delegation weekend trip…

John McCarthy December 4, 2017

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Plaskett’s Letter Forces Lax Postal Officials In Frederiksted To Get Off Of Their Arses and Clean Up The Post Office

OVERDUE CLEANUP: The Frederiksted Post Office was content to leave hurricane debris in front of their work place indefinitely. Del. Stacey Plaskett's letter forced them to start working to clean…

John McCarthy December 4, 2017

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WHO and PAHO Urge The Caribbean and Latin America To Take ‘Specific Steps’ Now To Prevent Violence Against Women

[ad name="HTML-68"] BRIDGETOWN -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) are urging health services in the Caribbean and Latin America to take “specific steps” to…

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MEDICAL ALERT: Ten Percent of The Prescription Drugs Circulating Throughout the Caribbean Are ‘Substandard or Falsified’

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON – An estimated one in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries, including those in the Caribbean, is either substandard or falsified, according to new research…

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CONGRESSIONAL REPORT: More Senate Power Brokers Are Jumping On The Federal Aid Bandwagon To Make Sure The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Aren’t Left For Dead

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers are coming together with a new solution for one struggling commonwealth and one struggling territory. "Half of the people there, American citizens all, still have no…

John McCarthy December 4, 2017