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Gittens Riled At 911 Operators ‘From Outside’ Doing A Better Job Here Temporarily

KINGSHILL — A St. Croix senator says he has 'concerns' now that 911 operators from Ohio have been brought in to help temporarily due to worker shortages locally. 'Last week I communicated with the governor’s office about reports of improper disciplinary actions within VITEMA and 911 dispatch in particular,' Senator

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U.S. Virgin Islands Students Return To A Virtual Classroom On January 10

CHRISTIANSTED — During the Government House weekly press briefing today, Governor Albert Bryan announced he is postponing the resumption of in-person learning for public school students until January 24 while he waits to see whether the exponential spreading of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19

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Police Investigating Gold Chain Sale That Went Bad At Ballpark In Whim: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED –— What started as an online sale ended in an armed robbery Friday, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center received a call of discharging of gunshots in Estate Whim, in the vicinity of the Renholdt Jackson Sports Complex at 10:07 a.m. Friday, the Virgin Islands Police

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Over 60 Flights Canceled at LAX, Thousands More Worldwide - Los Angeles Sentinel

Another wave of flight cancellations hit Southland airports today, with 63 flights canceled at LAX due to COVID-19 and weather issues as of 6:30 this morning. The airport experienced 208 cancellations on New

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Basketball Travelers Spending Aug. 4-10 on St. Croix for First Summer Tour

“Because of our longstanding relationship with the U.S.V.I., helping the territory to grow through sports has been one of Basketball Travelers’ most important company missions."

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Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Tests Postivie For COVID-19

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is exhibiting mild symptoms according to a Defense Department release

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Basketball Travelers Spending Aug. 4-10 on St. Croix for First Summer Tour

“Because of our longstanding relationship with the U.S.V.I., helping the territory to grow through sports has been one of Basketball Travelers’ most important company missions."

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Breaking: Limetree Closing Permanently Due to 'Financial Constraints'

Limetree Bay Refinery's parent company Limetree Bay Energy announced Monday it is “suspending its plans to restart the refinery indefinitely, due to severe financial constraints.”

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U.S. Virgin Islands and Jamaica Explore Caribbean Tourism ‘Coopetition’

Commissioner Boschulte reported successful talks with Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett and other private sector officials about the potential for regional economic revitalization.

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U.S. Virgin Islands Travelers Now Face Mandatory Quarantine In Illinois

CHICAGO — Illinois Health officials added the U.S. Virgin Islands and two mainland states to the Chicago travel advisory list this week. The designation means that all travelers coming from the territory, Louisiana and South Carolina must self-quarantine upon arrival in Illinois. As of January

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Op-Ed: USVI Needs Infrastructure to Increase Physical Activity

Lyña E. Fredericks, the acting director of the Division of Chronic Disease and Prevention at the USVI Department of Health, couples the idea of improving infrastructure with exercise and better health for Virgin Islanders.

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Malawi: Mozambican Refugees Start Flooding Mangochi

[Nyasa Times] About 17 Mozambicans have sought refuge in a village of Chief Bwananyambi's area in Mangochi District after they fled from their Lichinga Province in that country on December 21, 2021 following Al- Shabaab insurgency.

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National Park Service Awards $3M for Coral, Vegetation, Shoreline Restoration

NPS has announced the award of seven cooperative agreements totaling $3.28 million to address the impacts of hurricanes Irma and Maria on coral reefs, mangroves and shorelines at four park sites in V.I.

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Vitafoam, Neimeth, Ardova top stocks to watch this week

EcoBank and Custodian Investment also make the list. The post Vitafoam, Neimeth, Ardova top stocks to watch this week appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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Defense Secretary Austin Says He Has COVID-19 - The Washington Informer

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is exhibiting "mild" symptoms. The post Defense Secretary Austin Says He Has COVID-19 appeared first on The Washington Informer.

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FEMA Appoints New Director of the USVI Joint Recovery Office

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has appointed Kristen Hodge to serve as the Director for U.S. Virgin Islands Joint Recovery Office.

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Bryan, Encarnacion Say COVID Is 'Far From Over'

Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. and Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion said that the U.S. Virgin Islands has conquered the last surge in the coronavirus, while at the same time warning that COVID is “far from over.”

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by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) Happy first Monday of 2022! Hope this young year has been treating you well so far. Well, this collection i…

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Inaugural JetBlue Flight from Newark Receives a Warm Welcome in STT

JetBlue Airways flight B6 2219 arrived for the first time in St. Thomas Thursday, bringing with it many visitors from the New Jersey, New York and Connecticut area who are ready to explore the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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School Delayed for Some Sprauve Students After COVID-19 Halts Laptop Distribution

The start of virtual classes will be delayed by almost a week for some students at the Julius E. Sprauve School on St. John after laptop and MiFi distribution was suspended on Thursday due to a COVID-19 exposure on campus.

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Burbank School Board Votes to Resume Classes Monday - Los Angeles Sentinel

Students in the Burbank Unified School District will be expected to return to class as scheduled Monday after the Board of Education decided not to delay reopening by one week in light of the current surge of COVID-19 infections. The panel held a 3 1/2 hour emergency meeting Sunday night to

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Head Start Sites On St. Croix Will Re-Open Tomorrow, DHS Says

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS, said that in-person classroom activities on St. Croix will resume tomorrow. The Head Start Program had experienced COVID positives, as well as exposures at several Head Start sites and notification of confirmed COVID positives in the

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Zimbabwe: Grade 7 Exam Markers Clash With Zimsec Over Covid Tests

[New Zimbabwe] TEACHERS marking 2021 Grade Seven examinations have vowed to resist the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC)'s decision to demand Covid-19 test certificates.

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Liberty Foundation Gives $50,000 Grant to Local Organizations Through CFVI

The funding will be used to support education, arts and culture, environmental protection and social wellbeing in the USVI.

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Virgin Islands National Recruitment Drive to Begin in Atlanta on July 10

The “Virgin Islanders Come Home” campaign is part of the Government of the Virgin Islands’ broader effort to aggressively fill more than 1,000 vacancies across departments and agencies.

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Boetzberg Man Dies In Motorcycle Accident With Sedan Near Ballpark

GALLOWS BAY — A St. Croix man is dead after the motorcycle he was driving veered into oncoming traffic near the ballpark in Estate Mount Welcome on Friday afternoon, authorities said. Vanborn R. Neptune Jr., 45, of Boetzberg was positively identified by next of kin as the driver of the

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Partnerships Pave a Path to Strengthen Recovery After Irma and Maria

Hurricane recovery projects are taking shape to make facilities used every day by Virgin Islanders more resilient through support of $3.27 billion from FEMA.

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