BleachWatch VI (part of Reef Connect) has announced its yearly public trainings. All of these trainings are free and open to the public. They will last about an hour and will cover information about corals, coral bleaching and what the BleachWatch program seeks to do. Anyone who is a swimmer, snorkeler or diver is encouraged […]
The Board of Elections has scheduled a meeting. It will conduct an audit of the 2018 Primary Elections. The meeting will take place at the respective Election System Offices via videoconference.
The territory’s approved Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Action Plan details how the U.S. Virgin Islands plans to spend $242,684,000 of the grant funds on eligible disaster recovery and rebuilding activities to address unmet needs in housing, infrastructure and economic revitalization over the next six years. A proposed amendment adds details on how […]
V.I. Christian Ministries hosts the presence and power of God in the Holy Spirit. The featured speaker will be Festus Nsoha from the Czech Republic. Step into God's presence and receive!
Every year, for the month of October, The VI Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Council (DVSAC) has sponsored an annual theater production on community violence. For tickets, go to the DVSAC website. “Momma Was A BAD Mutha... Shut Yo Mouth,” a compelling, provocative, autobiographical one-woman show will take to the stage, once on St. Thomas […]
Agenda: The committee will convene and receive testimony on the following: Amendment No. 32-740 for Bill No. 32-0220 – An Act amending Title 29, Virgin Islands Code, chapter 8, to extend the ban on plastic bags to include disposable, plastic drinking straws and to allow the sale of reusable drinking straws Bill No. 32-0204 – […]
Cancer Support VI, sponsored by International Capital & Management Company, has announced the next free presentation by Dr. Rabindranath Bachan from Caribbean Hematology & Oncology. He will discuss “Breast Cancer: Screening, Treatment and Prevention.” .
The Government Employees’ Retirement System (GERS) Board of Trustees will hold its regular meeting via video-conference. It will be streamed live on Youtube at GERS of the Virgin Islands.
Agenda: Bill No. 32-0193 -- An Act to honor and commend the Honorable Eileen R. Petersen for her service to the community, to name the Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission Building in her honor, and to make an appropriation. (Proposed by Senator Novelle E. Francis, Jr.; co-Sponsored by Senators Marvin A. Blyden, Jean A. Forde, […]
The St. Thomas East End Medical Center Foundation (STEEMC) has postponed Relay for Life, which was scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20. The new date is Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. Members of the foundation board and the event planning committee decided an extension will give participants an opportunity to build more teams and meet fundraising goals. […]
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