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Answer Desk: Man-Made Manhole Mess in Bovoni Being Addressed

By Shaun A. Pennington - July 22, 2020

A reader recently registered outrage at the “sewage” pooling in Bovoni on the road by the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack, causing accidents and polluting the nearby “pristine” estuary known as Mangrove Lagoon on St. Thomas’ east end.

Garbage Piling up as Government Grapples with Cash Shortages, Violence

Source staff - July 20, 2020

As the bins overflow at waste collection sites across St. Thomas, V.I. Waste Management Authority released a statement asking the community for “patience” as it worked to resolve issues that halted bin site collection and house-to-house trash pick up.

Smoke rises from a fire at the Anguilla Landfill. (Susan Ellis photo)

Update – Reopened Same Day Anguilla Landfill On Fire for Ninth Time in a Year

Source staff - March 5, 2020

The fire is located at the northeast corner of the landfill and has been contained as of 3 p.m. Tuesday. Haulers also are asked to hold waste until normal operating hours resume.

WMA Plans Anguilla Landfill Closure at Annual Meeting

Susan Ellis - February 20, 2020

The board of the V.I. Waste Management Authority Thursday started a weekend annual meeting discussing plans to shut down the St. Croix Anguilla Landfill in the next two years. In 2018, the federal government ordered the landfill to close.

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)

Fire at Anguilla Landfill For Sixth Time in Less Than 12 Months

Source staff - February 8, 2020

An active fire at the Anguilla Landfill was reported Friday at 11:04 p.m., according to a release from the Waste Management Authority.

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.

Fire Burning at Anguilla Landfill

Source staff - October 8, 2019

Firefighters continued to battle a blaze at the Anguilla Landfill on St. Croix Tuesday night, according to a news release issued at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Veolia's wastewater treatment plant on St. Thomas. (Image from Veolia's website)

EPA Cites Waste Management for Sewage Treatment Violations

Judi Shimel - September 2, 2019

How well workers at the Waste Management Authority have done with taking over operations of two wastewater treatment plants came under the scrutiny of a federal judge on Friday.

Sargassum piles up in Christiansted harbor Aug. 16 – and the problem on St. Croix is not considered as bad as it is on the beaches of St. Thomas. Source photo by Susan Ellis)

Islands Stagger Under Weight of Sargassum

Bernetia Akin - August 26, 2019

A Waste Management Authority spokesperson Friday denied a report that the agency is about to stop accepting sargassum at the St. Thomas landfill, but said it recognizes the continuing volume of seaweed drifting into V.I. waters and that the rotting on its shorelines is a serious problem.

Recycling in the USVI: Part 1, Government Action and Inaction

Amy Roberts - July 31, 2019

In the U.S. Virgin Islands, household waste of every kind goes in one bag and ultimately winds up in the landfill in Anguilla on St. Croix or Bovoni on St. Thomas. Both of these sites have been slated for closing for years.

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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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