2 days ago · Just four months into her tenure as president of the St. Croix Federation of Teachers, Local 1826, Tamieka Phillips is walking a tightrope—balancing advocacy for educators with efforts to maintain open communication with the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE).

Just four months into her tenure as president of the St. Croix Federation of Teachers, Local 1826, Tamieka Phillips is walking a tightrope—balancing advocacy for educators with efforts to maintain open communication with the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE).

2 days ago · The Virgin Islands government and local nonprofit organizations were scrambling Tuesday to make sense of a federal directive seemingly freezing funding used for myriad social services in the territory — potentially including hurricane preparedness, housing for elderly and disabled people, programs for new mothers and very small children, health care, solar electricity generation, and more.

Dec 30, 2024 · To understand why the authority is not a part of the central government, you have to go back to the creation of the instrumentality. The Waste Management Authority is a semi autonomous instrumentality, which means it’s designed to generate its own revenue to manage its ongoing costs and to fulfill the requirements of its existence.

Dec 12, 2024 · In a direct phone call with the Source, an EPA representative clarified: “The DOJ and the EPA have communicated to the owner a number of requirements that have to be met before starting the refinery operations – these requirements have not yet been met, and we have not been informed of plans to restart the operation.”

Jan 24, 2025 · Olga J. Larsen, fun, loving, free-spirited, and beloved mother, grand/great grandmother, woman of strength and resilience, passed away peacefully on Dec. 31, 2024, at the age of 72.

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Dec 31, 2024 · Relatives and friends are advised of the passing of Elma R. Barnes Hodge on Dec. 11 at the age of 91. Elma Hodge. She is preceded in death by her mother, Johanna Joseph; father, Robert Barnes; sister, Louise Barnes Henry; brothers, Alfred Joseph, Arthur Barnes, Henry Barnes; children, Dr. Franklin Barnes, Elton Hodge; grandson, Jamal Hodge; and nephew, Richard Richie Baptiste.

Oct 23, 2024 · St. Croix May Emerge as One of Three Major Hubs of Caribbean Marine Activity. Anthony Weeks, president and managing director of the St. Croix Economic Development Initiative-Caribbean Americas Single Economy, provided details about the work he and his team have completed and revealed information about the maritime network expansion planned for St. Croix and the greater Caribbean.

Dec 25, 2024 · Derrick Andrew Lawrence transitioned into eternal life on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Derrick was the youngest son and child of two, born to Oretha Patricia Woodward and Leonard Noel Authur Lawrence.