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2017 hurricanes

January 21, 2021

Interview: Departing governor reviews tenure

  After arriving just 16 days before Hurricane Irma devastated the Virgin Islands in 2017, Governor Gus Jaspert has since been largely focused on the territory’s recovery and the Covid-19 …

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by Dana Kampa
January 14, 2021

Irma housing aid stops taking applications

Though the government’s Housing Recovery Assistance Programme was allocated a $9 million boost in May under the umbrella of a Covid-19 pandemic stimulus package funded mostly by the Social Security …

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by Dana Kampa
October 1, 2020

Housing project slowed but progressing

Though the Covid-19 pandemic slowed work on government’s planned housing complex in Joes Hill, construction is still on track to be completed within the planned three-and-a-half years from when the …

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by Dana Kampa
August 26, 2020

Another contract signed for admin building

Repair work will accelerate at the Ralph T. O’Neal Administration Complex following the signing of a contract to install impact-resistant windows and doors, officials said last week, adding that plans …

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by Dana Kampa
November 1, 2019

Government awarded €2 million to upgrade shelters

Government launched a programme Tuesday aimed at fortifying disaster shelters and better training residents from all walks of life to respond to situations like the 2017 hurricanes. As part of …

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by Joey Waldinger

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