A congressional bill that could send $200,000 a year to the Virgin Islands to fund acquisition of parks and recreation facilities was passed by the Resources Committee Wednesday.

Sen. Roosevelt David successfully offered an amendment to the V.I. Code last Friday that will, ostensibly, prevent Industrial Development Commission benefits now enjoyed by the V.I. Community Bank from passing on to VICB's acquisition of Chase Manhattan Bank.

Thursday is Veterans Day, and the governor is asking all residents to display the U.S. flag and take part in activities planned on St. Thomas and St. Croix.

You might not know by the looks of things, but the governor has declared November "Clean-up and Beautification Month" in the territory. What's more, he says "every effort will be made" to enforce V.I. anti-litter laws.

No vendors licenses will be issued in the territory until an assessment of compliance and review of the regulations has been completed.

The tax forgiveness that began in April on property taxes, and has been extended twice, is coming to an end next week.

The Board of Directors of the V.I. Public Finance Authority will meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the Office of the Governor on St. Thomas.

The week of November 7th through the 13th marks the observance of the importance of fruits and vegetables in our daily diets.

Senate President Vargrave Richards has asked V.I. Delegate to Congress Donna Christian-Christensen to try to recover federal education funds for the territory that have not been released in recent years

The government is getting serious about monitoring businesses that receive tax breaks through the Industrial Development Commission to be sure they comply with labor and other requirements.