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Legislators Attempt to Combat Tire Disposal Dilemma

By Bethany Lee - August 10, 2020

The U.S. Virgin Islands has struggled with tire disposal for over a decade, with countless reports of discarded tires showing up in mangroves, tucked into lush island vegetation and piled high in back streets.

V.I. Clean Coasts is focusing on eliminating single-use plastics, including these plastic straws that ended up on Coki Beach. (Photo by Kitty Edwards)

Op-Ed: Beach Cleanup Data Needed for Legislative Change

By Howard Forbes Jr. - June 11, 2020

Without data, meaningful legislation can’t be backed by science, and in the USVI this scenario is all too common.

The trash-reduction system's pasteurized by-product (Zewan photo)

Territory Looking at System to Reduce Garbage at Landfills by 70 Percent

Shaun A. Pennington - May 3, 2020

The territory could be only months and a few million dollars away from not only reducing its landfills’ trash by 70 percent, but also creating jobs and an entirely new economic driver for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Smoke billows on Sunday afternoon from a fire at the Anguilla Landfill, adjacent to the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix. (Source photo by Susan Ellis)

Update – Reopened Anguilla Landfill Closed Due to Fire for Seventh Time in Under a Year

Source staff - February 21, 2020

The Anguilla Landfill is on fire again, according to a release from the Waste Management Authority. The Waste Management Authority advises the public and all haulers that landfill operations have been temporarily suspended.

Boats tangled in mangrove after Hurricane Maria, St. Thomas. (Source file photo)

Volunteers Needed for STX Mangrove Cleanup on Saturday

Source staff - February 19, 2020

The hurricanes of 2017 put a lot of debris into the territory’s shoreline mangroves where it remains to this day and volunteers are needed to help clear it out. On Saturday the third annual “Great Mangrove Cleanup” will be held at Salt River Bay.

The Rules and Judiciary Committee gather on Thursday to discuss nine different bills. (Photo Barry Leerdam, USVI Legislature)

Eight Bills Moved Forward, Two Held in Committee

Bethaney Lee - January 26, 2020

Senators of the Rules and Judiciary Committee moved eight bills forward on Thursday, holding two additional bills in the committee for further discussion. Three of the approved bills focused on government responsibility and appropriation of funding.

No tires have been removed from the Anguilla Landfill on St. Croix, despite an agreement that that would happen.

EPA Approves USVI Self-Permitting of Landfills

Source staff - December 31, 2019

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has approved the U.S. Virgin Islands’ municipal solid waste landfill permit program, allowing the territory to manage its landfills and expand or create new ones.

Volunteers at the end of the Hull Bay Road Rock City Clean Streets event in 2017. (Photo supplied by Kitty Edwards)

Community Kicks Off Rock City Clean Streets

Bethaney Lee - October 3, 2019

Rock City Clean Streets kicked off this week’s community cleanup on Tuesday and hopes to attract more volunteers as the weekend edges closer, finishing with a seven-day tidying effort of frequented communal spaces next Monday.

Adrian Wade Taylor answers a question at Tuesday’s budget hearing. (Photo by Barry Leerdam, Legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands)

Waste Management Problems Pile Up With No Clean Answer

Don Buchanan - July 30, 2019

The V. I. Waste Management Authority is $24 million in debt and facing a budget cut of 17 percent. Sen. Novelle Francis at Tuesday's Senate Committee on Finance budget hearing called the situation a travesty. 'We need to pay these people,' he said.

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History repeated itself during Friday’s Legislative session, where once again prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in a school setting was struck down by legislators, this time by a 12-2 vote. #visource #usvi #news ... See MoreSee Less

Legislature Rejects Another Corporal Punishment Bill | St. Thomas Source

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History repeated itself during Friday's Legislative session, where once again prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in a school setting was struck down by legislators, this time by a 12-2 vo

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Maybe if we the parents did better at teaching our children about the True Living God & His word ,his truth & his way ! ! ! We would not be living on this tiny islands with the most corrupt politicians ( the Lodge ) who runs all of u & we would not have the highest murder rate of any place or territories in the U.S. and we wouldn’t be walking around bragging how many children we got by how many women !!! But know we beat our women and they get tired of the man and then they start engaging in same sex with other women like some of our politicians that u yourself thought u voted into office !!!!! It all a lie & why do they do the process of injecting the dead souls of the lodge into the tree that grow around the legislature ? Looks like all u forget the cow foot woman she ain’t walking and riding in taxis.she after you who ain’t covered by the Blood of Christ !!!

Corporal punishment is government sanctioned child abuse- I am absolutely shocked and appalled that a supermajority of our elected officials could and would support this.

This is backwards, there are better ways to discipline children. Parents need to set an example of good behavior for their children

But if a parent dares to spank their child family services is on their doorstep. 😐 Leave physical punishment to the parents. I can not believe this is even still a thing here.

Hold on, this failed not once, but TWICE?! I hope all VI tax payers are satisfied that they are paying for people to abuse children in our schools...

Good for them. I know when I was in school, the threat of an ass spanking kept me out of trouble. We all know what happens when the laws that keep this society civil are not obeyed, BLM.

Spare the rod ! Spoil the child ! Proverbs 13 : 24 written by the wisest king of all Solomon . Married to who The Greatest Queen of all from Ethiopia The Queen of Sheba !!! Who all u going listen too . Need get out Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth !!!!!!

Separation of church and state. Reason over faith. JS.

Sad you on point. Thanks for given it your best effort

Lol, we elected this.

Gotta protect VI culture. Child abuse.

This is disgraceful!!!

Unbelievable

This is BULLSHIT! The VI students should NOT get beaten by a school official. Schools should be a SAFE place for children. Sens. Sarauw and Novell Francis, Jr. you will get my vote. The rest of you F*%# Off!!!

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