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Partial lockdown at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital

Press Release From Independent Source The British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) advises the public that the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital is currently under a partial lockdown. Photo: BVIHSA ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The British...

Owner:  Julian Willock
US Virgin Islands governor signs executive order allowing gender marker ID changes

US Virgin Islands governor signs executive order allowing gender marker ID changes

A cruise ship is docked on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nancy Borowick The governor of the US Virgin Islands, Albert Bryan, Jr., signed an executive order allowing trans and intersex individuals to request a change to...

Owner:  Victoria & Joshua Schneps

Bryan protects November SNAP benefits for Virgin Islanders amid feds shutdown

CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan has signed Bill No. 36-0202 into law as Act No. 9047, authorizing $2.77 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund so Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients receive 50% of their November...

Owner:  John McCarthy
Virgin Islands Mourn Passing of Architect and Cultural Visionary Gerville R. Larsen

Virgin Islands Mourn Passing of Architect and Cultural Visionary Gerville R. Larsen

The Virgin Islands is mourning the loss of Gerville R. Larsen, a distinguished architect, artist, and cultural preservationist whose influence can be seen in the territory’s architecture, public spaces, and sense of cultural identity. Larsen...

Owner:  Ernice Gilbert

Twice-Yearly Time Travel Is Bad for Your Health

Jeffrey A. Singer This weekend, we once again go through the ritual of “falling back” after “springing forward” last March as Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends. We also go through the semiannual ritual of listening to politicians in Congress call...

Owner:  Cato Institute (Non-profit)
US Virgin Islands becomes first American territory allowing trans and intersex people to legally change their gender
End of daylight saving time can hurt our health. A CT expert advises how to avoid that.

End of daylight saving time can hurt our health. A CT expert advises how to avoid that.

When daylight saving time ends Sunday at 2 a.m. the clocks “fall back” an hour, meaning an extra of sleep. Sounds delightful, but an expert says in the long run when daylight savings time has gone away it can wreak havoc on our moods, sleep...

Owner:  Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
Union Uses D. Hamilton Jackson Day to Protest Lack of Contract Renewals and Wage Increases

Union Uses D. Hamilton Jackson Day to Protest Lack of Contract Renewals and Wage Increases

Members of the United Steel Workers Union (USW) Local 9489 used the annual D. Hamilton Jackson Day celebration in Grove Place to protest the Virgin Islands government’s failure to renew contracts and provide long-overdue wage increases for several...

Owner:  Ernice Gilbert

Veterans health care network flags changes for USVI, Puerto Rico

TAMPA — The Department of Veterans Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Antonio Sánchez as the new executive director of the VA Caribbean Healthcare System which serves approximately 60,000 Veterans and has an operating budget of...

Owner:  John McCarthy

Lover’s tiff over bed spacing leads to stabbing, VIPD says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman’s gambit to gain more space on the bed she shared with her boyfriend led to a stabbing early this morning, authorities said. Achille Alexander was arrested and charged with third-degree assault-domestic violence, simple...

Owner:  John McCarthy
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