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Nominees Have Big Plans for Schools, Hospitals
St. Thomas Source
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February 28, 2025
Anthony Mardenborough, a Board of Career and Technical Education nominee, got a favorable recommendation from senators on Thursday. (Photo courtesy V.I. Legislature) On Thursday, the Rules and Judiciary Committee moved Gov. Albert Bryan Jr.’s...
The IPO Buzz: Basel Medical Group (BMGL) Prices IPO at $4.00 – Low End
IPO Scoop
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Basel Medical Group Ltd. (BMGL), based in Singapore, priced its IPO at $4.00 – the low end of its $4.00-to-$5.00 price range – and sold all 2.21 million shares (2,205,000 shares) – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $8.84 million on...
Soccer is Freedom Clinic: Fun Weekend for Young Soccer Players
St. Thomas Source
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February 25, 2025
The all-female athletes learn skills such as ball passing, dribbling, different stepovers, and more during the soccer clinic. (Photo by Lance Chardon) Saturday and Sunday were soccer-filled days for approximately 40 young female players and local...
Rutgers Alumnus Herb Conaway Brings Degrees in Law and Medicine to Congress
Rutgers University - New Jersey
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Herb Conaway was elected to the South Jersey seat vacated by U.S. Senator Andy Kim U.S Rep Herb Conaway earned his undergraduate degree in politics from Princeton University, his medical degree, specializing in internal medicine, from Jefferson...
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak Hits St. Thomas Schools, Day Cares
St. Thomas Source
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February 21, 2025
A young child displays a rash after contracting Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, a common viral infection. (Photo courtesy DOH) The Virgin Islands Health Department is alerting the public to an outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) on St....
Two Vehicle Crash Sends St. Joseph Woman to the Hospital
KRFO - Minnesota
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February 28, 2025
ROCKVILLE (WJON News) -- A St. Joseph woman was hurt in a Stearns County crash Friday morning. The incident happened around 7:45 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 23 and County Road 47 in Rockville. The Minnesota State Patrol says a car driven...
Medical patients still waiting for legal access to cannabis
The Virgin Islands Daily News
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The V.I. Cannabis Advisory Board is still working to set up the infrastructure necessary to begin regulating legal cannabis cultivation and sales, leaving medical marijuana patients to wait indefinitely for access to the drug. “My number one...
BVI Sprucing Up Crumbling Hospitals.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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February 20, 2025
- Advertisement - The BVI Health Services Authority is making important repairs and upgrades to its healthcare facilities. Working with the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency, they will renovate key areas of Dr. D. Orlando Smith...
ABA House adopts policy on judicial security and ethics, presidential actions, lawyer health
Toledo Legal News - Ohio
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The American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted more than two dozen policy matters, including four resolutions addressing the judiciary and some related to recent executive orders when it met during the 2025 ABA Midyear Meeting. Additional...
Second Suspect in Hospital Ground Assault in Custody
St. Thomas Source
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February 19, 2025
The Virgin Islands Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau has arrested 32-year-old Jose Garcia Jr. in connection with an assault that occurred in the vicinity of Hospital Ground, St. Thomas. Garcia Jr. was charged with third-degree...
Remote Monitoring Systems Installed at the Glendon Hospital
Discover Montserrat
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February 11, 2025
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has introduced advanced remote life signs monitoring systems in Glendon Hospital’s wards. Funded by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity (RESEMBID) program, this initiative...
Some students suffer from severe mental health challenges- CEO Orlandette R. Crabbe
Virgin Islands News Online
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BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- With indiscipline being a persistent issue in schools, Acting Chief Education Officer (CEO) Orlandette R. Crabbe has disclosed that the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports exhausts a multitude of approaches...
Pan-American Life Insurance Group Donates $1 Million to Local College of Medicine
Biz New Orleans - Louisiana
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February 20, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) has donated $1 million to support the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM), the newly established medical school formed last year by Xavier University of Louisiana and...
Diabetes ‘epidemic’ is a growing concern in the U.S. Virgin Islands, health officials say
Virgin Islands Free Press
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October 6, 2024
CHRISTIANSTED — Diabetes continues to be a growing health crisis in the Virgin Islands, with the Department of Health calling it a “silent epidemic” affecting over 11,600 adults. The Virgin Islands Diabetes Center of Excellence (VIDCOE) is now...
SNAP Benefits and Income Thresholds Expanded in U.S. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Island Consortium
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The V.I. Department of Human Services announced on Tuesday that it has implemented an increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, effective October 1, 2024. This adjustment follows the U.S. Department of...
DHA Issues RFP for Medical & Dental Readiness Services
GovCon Wire
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February 21, 2025
US Defense Health Agency seal by the U.S. Army, Licensed under Public Domain The Defense Health Agency’s Contracting Division-Professional Services has requested proposals for a potential $1.6 billion firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract...
Epstein followers in shambles as their conspiracies are falling apart
New York Post
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July 10, 2025
The doom-scrolling community is not happy. From basement bedrooms across the US comes the muffled sound of huffing and puffing. Reddit is ablaze with the anger of digital hysterics who haven’t seen sunlight in months. Why? Because their most...
USVI: Healthcare costs drain gov't $$; Hospital mergers suggested
Virgin Islands News Online
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The Juan F. Luis Hospital on St Croix. Finance Commissioner Kevin McCurdy says the Department of Finance continues to 'prioritise hospitals' where the disbursement of monthly allotments is concerned. Photo: VIC VI CONSORTIUM FREDERIKSTED, St...
U.S. Virgin Islands native returns to St. Croix to support environmental changemakers
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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October 2, 2024
Chickens were roaming the sunny waterfront of Frederiksted, located in the west of St. Croix, the southernmost island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, as I walked under the scorching but beautiful sun to meet Olivia Walton, an environmental educator...
Health Minister hails new Public Assistance Act
BVI News
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December 13, 2024
in All News / By: BVI News on December 13, 2024 at 7:19 AM / Health Minister Vincent Wheatley has hailed the Public Assistance (Amendment) Act, 2024 as “a significant step forward” in providing comprehensive and fair support to the territory’s...