Tag: Tutu Hi-Rise Apartments

FEMA Gives $61 Million To VIHA To Rebuild Territory’s Housing Communities

FREDERIKSTED — The Office of Disaster Recovery said today that the Virgin Islands Housing Authority (VIHA) has been obligated $61,056,862 to continue the renovation of housing communities devastated during the 2017 hurricane season. The funds obligated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the Public Assistance Program are earmarked to execute eleven projects, nine on St. […]

Governor Bryan Visits Tutu Hi-Rise For An Update on Demolition Progress

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. visited the condemned buildings at Tutu Hi-Rise to check on the progress of the demolition process, which began two weeks ago.  Officers of the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) did a sweep through the abandoned buildings on October 16 to check that they are empty and ready to be […]

Twenty-Two Year-Old St. Thomas Man Becomes The 43rd Homicide Victim In The Territory … VIPD Says That They Have No Suspects

PHOTO COURTESY: VIPD [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds about the body in the Tutu High Rise housing community, also known as Ras Valley, Police Commissioner Delroy Richards Sr. confirmed early Thursday. Police were dispatched to the Tutu Hi-Rise apartments about 3:30 a.m. on Thursday when […]