A water service interruption has been scheduled for the St. Thomas eastend area from 1 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Feb. 27, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) has announced.
The Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA) will join other localities in the Caribbean as a participant in an exercise that will simulate a major earthquake and tsunami generated just off the Caribbean coast of Panama at 10 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time on March 25.
If the sight at St. Thomas’ Cyril E. King airport seems somewhat unusual on Friday it will be because a full-scale emergency drill is being conducted there, according to the Virgin Islands Port Authority.
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) will celebrate the 17th Annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), and Weights and Measures Week concurrently with educational activities and an open house during the week of March 1-7.
In an effort to “enhance” the experience of patients receiving care at St. Croix’s only hospital, Juan F. Luis Hospital (JFL) will hold a clean-up activity on Sat., Feb. 21 outside the Emergency Room from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “This is just the first of the things that those of us who work...
In an effort to promote safer school environments, Crime Stoppers USVI is encouraging the territory’s schools to implement the anonymous, incentive-based crime reporting program on their campuses. According to the organization’s Public Relations Chair, Etienne Gibbs, Crime Stoppers USVI’s...
The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) is advising residents that due to recent heavy rainfalls, the sewer collection system has been experiencing a large inflow of storm water. This has resulted in overflows in certain areas and manhole covers to pop up. Until the rains and the run-off...
Innovative is currently accepting applications for its 2015 Albert A. Sheen Scholarships, in the amount of two $10,000 awards and for its $20,000 UVI scholarship, which will be dispersed to four students at $5,000 each.
The Virgin Islands Port Authority will begin installing speed bumps along designated areas within the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas, Monday, Feb. 9 through Thursday, Feb. 12. Port Authority Executive Director Carlton Dowe made the announcement Friday and says the work will be conducted during...
