[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Over the weekend, children with varying abilities flocked to the “Cultivating Inclusion – Easter at the Movies” event hosted by Gov. Kenneth Mapp. On…
Tourism Association Meeting Held In St. Thomas Raises and Distributes $10,000 to Storm Ravaged Islands
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The USVI Hotel & Tourism Association (USVIHTA) is honored to accept generous donations from the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), the Caribbean Society…
Project Promise Will Take Month of April to Help St. Croix Cope With Psychological Effects of Maria
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — Project Promise, a non-profit organization on St. Croix, will launch a month-long initiative, starting April 3, 2018, to help residents deal with the psychological after-effects of…
WAPA Board Approves Three-Year Rental of 20-Megawatt Generator for St. Croix For $23.8M
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The governing board of the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority (WAPA) addressed several power generation-related issues at its monthly meeting Thursday on St. Thomas. The WAPA board authorized…
Mars Hill Man Admits To Gun and Stealing Electricity Charges In Federal Court … Drug Charges Not So Much
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – A Frederiksted man admitted in federal court on Friday to illegal weapons charges against him and a local charge related to stealing electricity to operate…
AGRICULTURE: Large Animal Owners Should Take Steps To Deal With Drought-Like Conditions
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture issued an advisory today that “livestock and horse owners” should take steps now to deal with “dry weather.” “Livestock and horse owners are encouraged…
National Science Foundation Wants Puerto Rican Youths To Study Natural Disasters
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Scientists in Puerto Rico have secured grant funding from the National Science Foundation to teach students to develop their own scientific solutions to the…
UNITED NATIONS: Despite Massive Humanitarian Efforts, Caribbean Children Still Don’t Have Access To Clean Drinking Water
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] HAVANA — Despite a massive humanitarian effort over the past six months in the Eastern Caribbean, Cuba and Haiti, there is still much work to be done…
COPENHAGEN STUDY: Caribbean Hummingbirds’ Environment Determines Birds’ Physical Traits
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] BRIDGETOWN — Hummingbirds’ specialization and vulnerability are often predicted based on their physical traits. Scientists now found that this is not the case for hummingbirds on…
SEN. MILLIN YOUNG: ‘It’s High Time We Invite Our Medical Evacuees Back From Mainland’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] By SENATOR JANETTE MILLIN YOUNG CHARLOTTE AMALIE –Having received several complaints from constituents about the way the medical evacuees have been treated on the mainland and the precarious…