WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday that it will be signing over $251 million dollars to the U.S. Virgin Islands in rum tax cover-over payments for estimated FY 2019 rum tax collections. This is the largest amount since 2013. A small amount will wind up paying for V.I. government programs […]
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U.S. Interior Gives Virgin Islands $75,000 to Support State Parks, Outdoor Recreation
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced a $75,000 distribution from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to the Virgin Islands for state-identified outdoor recreation and conservation projects. This is part of a $100 million distribution from the LWCF to all 50 states, the territories and the District of Columbia. LWCF […]
U.S. Department of Interior Provides $3 Million To Monitor How Mapp Spends Relief Funds
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior is providing $3 million in fiscal year 2018 Hurricane Supplemental Funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) to create and fund an Office of Disaster Recovery in support of a priority request from the territory, according to a press release issued on Tuesday […]
U.S. Department of Interior Gives Territory $1.5 Million To Fight Invasive Species
WASHINGTON — Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs this week announced $1,488,890 in fiscal year 2018 grants to combat invasive species and protect natural resources in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as […]
U.S. Department of Interior Provides $1.3 Million To Virgin Islands To Protect Coral Reefs
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, this week approved $1,345,256 in fiscal year 2018 grant funding under the Coral Reef and Natural Resources initiative to the U.S. territories and the freely associated states, according to a release issued Friday. Office of […]
U.S. Department of Interior Gives $750,000 For Territorial School Maintenance Needs
WASHINGTON — Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of the Interior for Insular and International Affairs Doug Domenech this week has announced $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 Maintenance Assistance Program (MAP) grants to the U.S. Territories of American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to address critical deferred maintenance needs. Interior identified […]
Mapp Says It Is Just A Matter of Time Before St. John Can Generate Its Own Power
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY – The island of St. John will soon be able to generate its own electricity, Governor Kenneth Mapp assured residents on Tuesday. Power generation units are now en route to St. John and a supplemental solar field system has already been approved. “Ultimately, you are going to be disconnected […]