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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom
March 29, 2018
"ICE continues our commitment to making our communities safer by removing threats to our public safety," said Marc J. Moore, field office director for the ERO Miami Field Office, which oversees all of Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “Communities across Florida and Puerto Rico are saferÃâà...
Kaiser Family Foundation
March 19, 2018
In this video, residents of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands describe progress but also a long, slow road to recovery of the U.S. territories' health care systems, economies and infrastructure six months after hurricanes Irma and Maria. Residents and officials spoke of enduring mental health troubles,Ãâà...
Earthquake Report
March 16, 2018
Minor earthquake - Charlotte Amalie, U.s. Virgin Islands - March 15, 2018. Created March 15, 2018 Last update March 15, 2018 23:36 By Armand Vervaeck. –. Most important Earthquake Data: Magnitude : 3.27. Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown. GMT/UTC Time : 2018-03-15 22:25:32. Depth (Hypocenter)Ãâà...
WLRN
March 13, 2018
Two Category 5 hurricanes, Irma and Maria, ravaged the Caribbean within two weeks of each other last September. Afterward, the world's attention fell largely on the U.S. island territory of Puerto Rico. But just as badly hit was the American territory next door: the U.S. Virgin Islands, including St. Thomas,Ãâà...
Virgin Islands Daily News
March 9, 2018
WASHINGTON — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed directing $954 million to restore and expand communications networks in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico that were heavily damaged during the 2017 hurricane season. Wireless and broadband communications networks in the two territoriesÃâà...
Earthquake Report
March 9, 2018
Minor earthquake - Charlotte Amalie, U.s. Virgin Islands - March 9, 2018. Created March 9, 2018 Last update March 9, 2018 04:56 By Armand Vervaeck. –. Most important Earthquake Data: Magnitude : 3.41. Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown. GMT/UTC Time : 2018-03-09 02:54:01. Depth (Hypocenter) : 71Ãâà...
CNBC
March 9, 2018
The Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis are set to be added next week to a European Union blacklist of tax havens, raising to nine the number of jurisdictions on it, an EU document seen by Reuters shows. The decision, taken by EU tax experts, is set to be endorsed by EU financeÃâà...
CNET
March 8, 2018
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is pledging $954 million to help restore and expand communications networks in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands that were badly damaged during the 2017 hurricane season. The US island territories were hit with a one-two punch lastÃâà...
Capacity Media
March 7, 2018
Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has proposed a $954 million plan to restore and expand communications networks in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Following the damage and destruction caused by the 2017 hurricane season, Pai proposes creating a $750Ãâà...
Southside Daily
March 7, 2018
Sadie, the Virginia Beach Fire Department's accelerant-sniffing canine, helped crack an arson case in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2017. (Courtesy of the VBFD). VIRGINIA BEACH — For one Virginia Beach dog, sniffing out crime is just another day on the job. Meet Sadie, the Virginia Beach Fire Department'sÃâà...
HSToday
March 3, 2018
U.S. Virgin Islands on Road to Recovery Six Months After Hurricanes. March 2 ... Six months after hurricanes Irma and Maria roared through the Caribbean, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported today that 870,726 cubic yards of storm debris has been cleared from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
TravelPulse
March 2, 2018
A large section of an iconic U.S. Virgin Islands hotel re-opened this week after a long closure triggered by devastating damage the property suffered during Hurricane Irma in September 2017. Marriott's Frenchman's Cove in St. Thomas is welcoming guests for the first time since September 6 and is amongÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 2, 2018
ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands – Roads have been cleared of debris. Electricity is flowing. Stores are open. Students are in school. Six months after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, recovery is well underway, led by the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency ManagementÃâà...
MLive.com
March 1, 2018
"As we help them, we will have the opportunity to validate our own plans and capabilities to support the citizens of Michigan should we be faced with similar challenges. It is a win-win situation that strengthens the National Guard as a whole." Much like neighboring Puerto Rico, the U.S Virgin Islands were hitÃâà...
NPR
February 4, 2018
Health care in the U.S. Virgin Islands remains in a critical state, five months after Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria pummeled the region. The only hospital on St. Thomas, the Schneider Regional Medical Center, serves some 55,000 residents between the islands of St. Thomas and St. John. Schneider'sÃâà...
CED
December 31, 1999
The Bringing Puerto Rico Together Fund and Connect USVI Fund would allocate $750 million and $204 million, respectively, to projects in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The agency said the money would include $256 million in new funds, with the remainder coming from repurposed universalÃâà...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
A man who had moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands from Texas has admitted setting fires that destroyed a military recruiting office and damaged two other federal properties in the territory. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Spencer Wayne Allen pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of arson and two countsÃâà...
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