The Virgin Islands Department of Labor (DOL) is now accepting applications for its long-standing ‘Labor Investing For Tomorrow’ (LIFT) summer internship program, the department’s acting Commissioner Catherine Hendry has announced.
As workers at WAPA’s propane conversion project construction site continue to speak out on conditions at the site, a former worker, Alvern Tirado, shares his story of working for a subcontractor and being wrongfully terminated in what he believes is retaliation for speaking up. Video Credit: Kendall...
St. Croix students attending public, private and parochial high schools are invited to a free showing of the motion picture, Selma, at Caribbean Cinemas in Sunny Isles at 6:45 tonight. The effort was made possible through a partnership between St. Croix native and NBA superstar, Tim Duncan, and ViVid...
Our government is nearing the brink of financial collapse. The Virgin Islands government is facing a budget shortfall of $91.2 million, Governor Mapp revealed during his first State of the Territory Address in St. Thomas on Monday night. In the almost 1-1/2-hour speech, he explained, in detail, the government’s...
Hess Oil wants to leave and, frankly speaking, the people of the Virgin Islands aren’t interested in forcing them to stay. In other words, as we say on the Big Island, it’s time to turn a page. During Kenneth Mapp’s first State of the Union Address in St. Thomas on Monday night, the eighth...
From the looks of it, the first St. Croix Caribbean Wedding Expo held at Sunshine Mall on Sunday was a success.
New York Times best-selling author and philanthropist Chris Gardner will be the featured speaker at the University of the Virgin Islands’ Fifth Annual Man-Up Male Empowerment Conference. The two-day event will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus...
The best project managers inside Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young, and KPMG are certified project managers. The Big Four requires the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) credential and pays for the program for their employees as part...
The Governing Board of the Water and Power Authority (WAPA) Thursday approved a request by the Authority’s Executive Director Hugo Hodge for a fuel supply contract to be executed with Trafigura AG between Feb. 1 and June 30, 2015. The board also approved total funding of $840,000 for professional...
In a meeting held Thursday on St. Croix, the Governing Board of the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) voted to move forward with two 25-year power purchase agreements for the development of additional solar capacity on St. Croix.
