Senators Want to Honor Coral Reef Activist
Roy Watlington, a retired professor at the University of the Virgin Islands, testified, “After suffering a near-death health calamity, the magnitude of which could easily incapacitate most people, Kemit-Amon Lewis has recreated himself and returned to doing much of what he was doing before.”
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WAPA Not Paying for Employees’ Retirement
WAPA has not been making employee contributions to GERS for almost a year now, according to officials at a meeting of the Government Employees' Retirement System board of trustees on Thursday.
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IN MEMORIAM: In Loving Memory of Mother Vera Day-Barnes
Thank you! The Day-DeLuna-Bennett-Carpenter-Jones-Ward-Williams families say, “Thank you!” There was such an outpouring of love exhibited to our family and we take this avenue to express our heartfelt appreciation. We will remember the beautiful cards, the many phone calls, visitations, good
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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads | New Pittsburgh Courier
The votes are there. Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Susan Walsh by Matt Williams, The Conversation The phrase “in a historic vote” gets thrown around a lot in journalism – and it isn’t always warranted. But shortly after 2 p.m. EDT on
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USC Black Alumni Association Host 46th Annual Scholarship Dinner  - Los Angeles Sentinel
Danny J. Bakewell, Jr., Wilma Pinder, Lloyd T. McKinney Jr, Diamonté “Saweetie” Harper and Jaya Hinton were honored at the 46th Annual Scholarship Benefit sponsored by the USC Black Alumni Association
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WMA Previews Audit During Annual Meeting
George Willie, certified public accountant of Bert Smith and Company, discussed 2019 and 2020 audits of the V.I. Waste Management Authority on Friday at the start of the Authority's two-day annual meeting at the Company House Hotel.
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Territorial Hospital Board Oversees Construction Plans for V.I. Health Facilities
The V.I. Government Hospital and Health Facilities Corporation Territorial Board approved more than a dozen health care workers for staff and medical privileges at the Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital and the Schneider Regional Medical Center Wednesday and more than $1 million in contract additions or
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WMA Changing Bin Sites to Convenient Centers
The V.I. Waste Management Authority plans to have a half-dozen more convenient centers within the next couple of years.
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Woman Arrested After Allegedly Forging Signature to Sell Land
On September 2, 2021, police started an investigation involving forgery, concluding that sometime in March of 2021, Marjorie Harry allegedly forged her brother’s signature on a warranty deed and sold his property located at no. 90 Estate Castle Coakley, to a man who works for DVD Constructions for
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Carnival Presents the Once and Current Queen
A lifetime working, raising a family, giving to her community and serving her church, has not dimmed Carmen Sibilly’s memories of the pageantry 70 years ago when she reigned as queen over the U.S. Virgin Islands Carnival on St. Thomas.
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‘We Are Family’ – STX Quilters and Open Arms Children in South Africa
St. Croix quilters became family with the children at the Open Arms Home in South Africa in 2006.
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Princeton Honors Graduate from U.S. Virgin Islands
Mansi Totwani flew home to St. Thomas this week, loaded down with awards and accolades she received at Princeton University and anxious to start work and the search for a graduate school where she can earn a medical degree.
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Cyclers Glenn Massiah and David Parris Win Two-Person Time Trial on St. Croix
The Virgin Islands Cycling Federation hosted another event on Sunday, April 24, 2022, on St. Croix with their Two-Person Time Trial. This competition pairs two-cyclist as they raced from Divi Hotel to Ha’Penny and back.
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Horse Racing Updates Slow Rounding the Bend
At the Commission meeting Friday, it looked like the two contestants running for six years to get horse racing back in the territory were limping down the track, maybe around the second bend and maybe not.
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John Obafemi Jones Opens ‘Revelations’ Exhibit at Cane Roots Art Gallery
John Obafemi Jones opened his 'Revelations' exhibit at Cane Roots Art Gallery in downtown Christiansted March 17 to a crowd of 100 art enthusiasts.
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WMA Changing Bin Sites to Convenient Centers
The V.I. Waste Management Authority plans to have a half-dozen more convenient centers within the next couple of years.
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Swimmers Encounter a Pesky Problem They Call the Sea Butterfly
There were some unexpected, rather unwelcome, visitors at the beach last weekend. Chatter on What's Going On St. Thomas' Facebook page was replete with posts about a swarm of tiny sea creatures that left some swimmers at Magens Bay feeling like they had been stung.
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Food Fair Tradition to Take on Modern Look
Wednesday's Food Fair on St. Thomas will be a new take on a Carnival classic with a group of Charlotte Amalie High School students in Shamang Straun's architectural drawing class designing the layout of vendors' spots.
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HOPE Crew Repairs Stonework at Nature Conservancy
Five young men are learning more about stone masonry while repairing an historic building on St. Croix through the sponsorship of The National Trust for Historic Preservations’ HOPE Crew, The Nature Conservancy and Crucian Heritage and Nature Tourism.
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Nurses March for New Contract
Several dozen health care workers, joined by a handful of educators, marched through downtown Christiansted Thursday afternoon from the police station at Basin Triangle to Government House to protest working conditions and a contract that expired almost two years ago.
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Hebrew Congregation and Wider USVI Community Reach Out to Ukraine
For Michael Feshbach, rabbi of the St. Thomas Hebrew Congregation, the Passover themes of “Liberation” and “Redemption” ring especially true now as millions of Ukrainians have become refugees because of Russia’s invasion of their homeland.
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COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available for Ages 6 Months and Up
Children age 6 months and older are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the V.I. Health Department announced Tuesday.
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Governor Tests Positive For COVID-19
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, Government House announced on Wednesday.
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Officials Seek Public Comments on St. John Land Swap for a School
The public has until April 27 to weigh in on a proposed land swap between the Virgin Islands National Park and the Government of the Virgin Islands, which will allow the territory to build a new pre-K–12 school in Estate Catherineberg on St. John.
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Allegra Miles Performs on "American Idol" Monday, April 11
St. John fans of Allegra Miles are invited to join her dad, Raf Muilenburg, and others at the Windmill Bar at 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, and Monday, April 11, as she competes on "American Idol."
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Saharan Dust Gone – For Now
The plumes of Saharan dust that visit the territory every summer apparently started a little early this year. Residents reported the familiar haze and grit showed up late last week but had cleared by Tuesday.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson and the color blind society of Martin Luther King Jr. | New Pittsburgh Courier
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in a US Senate office on March 29, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images by Bev-Freda Jackson, American University School of Public Affairs U.S. Sen. Chuck E. Grassley had a question for Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearings to be the first
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St. Croix Author Launches First in Series of Children's Books
St. Croix author Valrica Bryson is creating her memoir in a series of children's books. The former Director of Cultural Education of the U.S. Virgin Islands is directing her knowledge of cultural education in the publication of books for the youth.
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*UPDATE: Legislature Calls on Payne to Resign as Sexual Misconduct Allegations Mount*
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. issued a statement Thursday calling on Attorney General Denise George to open an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse made against At-Large Senator Steven Payne by a young woman who alleged that Payne sexually assaulted her when she was a minor.
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Abortion Issue Coming Home
The highly anticipated action by the U.S. Supreme Court to remove federal guarantees for abortion rights likely will have little immediate impact on Virgin Islands residents, but it may spur them to grapple with an issue that it has been easy to avoid for the last 50 years.
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