VIPA Marine Tariff Public Hearing Set for Sept. 20
The public is invited to a hearing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, to discuss the change to the tariff and the rules and regulations.
Interior Gives Virgin Islands $75,000 to Support State Parks, Outdoor Recreation
Secretary of the Interior Ryan K. Zinke today announced a $75,000 distribution from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the V.I. for state-identified outdoor recreation and conservation projects.
Interior Announces Additional Technical Support for U.S.V.I.
U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs has released an additional $198,051 in fiscal year 2018 technical assistance program grants for the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Public Meeting Scheduled on Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Action Plan
To comment on the proposed changes to the territory’s CDBG Disaster Recovery Action Plan with several options available, read the current plan and proposed changes online and/or attend a public meeting.
Six Young Men Graduate EZC’s Summer Entrepreneurship Program
Six young men, ranging from ages 15-19, recently graduated from the five-week summer entrepreneurship program, EntrepreNow, which was created to inspire an entrepreneurship mindset among young men.
ALERT: VIWMA Team Advises Residents of Solid Waste Collection Delays
VIWMA advises the St. Thomas and St. John communities that there has been a delay in the collection of municipal solid waste in the following districts.
DLCA Order Sets Forth Procedure for Increasing Fuel Prices
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs sets forth the procedure to be followed by all wholesalers and retailers of gasoline and diesel fuel in the territory as a pre-requisite to increasing their fuel prices.
GVI Continues to Process Tax Returns; Latest Batch Mailed This Week
Director Pickering said the checks, which total $7.2 million, are to be mailed out on Tuesday., Sept. 18.
Board Meetings for USVIEDA and Subsidiaries Rescheduled for Sept. 20
The V.I. Economic Development Commission (EDC) and other boards that were originally scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 6, on applications and compliance matters is rescheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20.
This Week’s Senate Calendar
Here’s what’s on tap at the V.I. Legislature this week.
Now Playing:“The House With A Clock In Its Walls” and “The Predator”
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The campaign aims to raise awareness about the forced movement of people against their will, to be exploited as laborers or as sex workers. The Blue Campaign Authorization Act became a public law in February.
National Campaign to Detect and Deter Human Trafficking Introduced in the V.I.
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A nationwide initiative to combat human trafficking was launched Thursday in the U.S. Virgin Islands with training sessions hosted by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
