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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Governor Bryan Advances Efforts to Recruit Nurses and Teachers from Ghana Labor Delegation Meets with USVI Officials Meeting builds on growing USVI-Ghana partnership and focuses on addressing critical workforce needs in healthcare and education. U.S.VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr.’s efforts to strengthen the Virgin Islands’ healthcare and education workforce took another step forward Friday as a delegation of Ghanaian labor and preside

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Horse racing in the Virgin Islands has never been just another form of entertainment. On St. Croix, race days have long meant family tents, food, local bragging rights, stable work, small business activity, and a shared sporting culture that stretches across generations. That is why the latest talks between Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. and the 36th Legislature over revised horse racing agreements carry more weight than a standard development deal. At the ce

M.A. Dworkin USVI - Gasoline in the US Virgin Islands already costs more than most drivers on the mainland are used to paying. Through 2027, the forces that keep those prices elevated are likely to intensify. The main pressure is global. OPEC has forecast a 2.6 million barrel-per-day increase in world oil demand by 2027, after only minimal growth in 2026. At the same time, non-OPEC supply growth appears unlikely to cover that full jump. Add stockpile rebuilding after the war

M.A. Dworkin USVI - A vote in the U.S. Virgin Islands is not a small thing. In a territory where local decisions shape roads, schools, hospitals, utilities, disaster recovery, public safety, and economic opportunity, elections are not distant events. They are one of the clearest ways residents can influence the direction of daily life. The USVI has a unique place in American democracy. Residents are U.S. citizens, yet they do not vote for president in the general election, an

Advertisement Calls on Government, Port Authority, and Legislative Leadership to Act Within 30 Days and Honor Dr. James’s Legacy ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Raymond T. James, Esq., Republican candidate for the Senate in the District of St. Croix, is calling for immediate action to improve the physical appearance of the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack, located directly across from Henry E. Rohlsen Airport. “The racetrack occupies one of the most visible locations on St. C

M.A. Dworkin USVI - A bill aimed at narrowing birthright citizenship in U.S. territories would do more than alter immigration rules. It would force a larger question into the open: who counts as American at birth, and how much power does Congress have to redraw that line? The debate reaches beyond the U.S. Virgin Islands. It touches Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, each with a different legal history and relationship to the federal governme

M.A. Dworkin USVI - A federal audit does not need dramatic language to send a serious message. In the case of the US Virgin Islands, the message is clear enough: millions of dollars in federal spending were questioned, and multiple programs could not prove they followed the rules tied to the money. The findings matter because the territory has relied heavily on federal funds for recovery, health care, housing, child care, unemployment support, wastewater infrastructure, and p

Governor approves 15 measures addressing healthcare, infrastructure, public safety and economic development; vetoes legislation redirecting WAPA funding U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has approved 15 bills passed by the 36th Legislature, including measures providing $2.5 million for behavioral health services, $1.8 million for improvements to the St. Thomas abattoir and $500,000 for road repairs on St. John. The Governor also vetoed legislation that woul

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Christiansted, St. Croix — October 10, 2026 Raymond T. James, Esq., Republican candidate for the Senate in the District of St. Croix, calls for a renewed public commitment to complete the Christiansted waterfront boardwalk around Fort Christiansvaern and toward Gallows Bay, while repairing deteriorated docks, ramps and other waterfront facilities. The boardwalk is among Christiansted’s most valuable public spaces. Completing the connection would creat

A.J. Pike St. Croix - A small bay on St. Croix holds one of the earliest and most painful contact stories in the Caribbean. In November 1493, Christopher Columbus’s fleet reached the island during his second voyage across the Atlantic. What followed was not a peaceful meeting of two worlds, but a violent encounter between Europeans and Indigenous people that still shapes how Columbus Day is remembered. The event is often called the Columbus Landing at Salt River Bay. It matte

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - According to a recent Bloomberg Report, operators and stakeholders involved in the St. Croix Refinery are targeting a 2027 restart. This optimistic vision is supported by interest from U.S. government entities, private investors, and an unnamed commercial partner lined up to supply crude oil and purchase refined products. Even though most permitting hurdles, involving the EPA, have been cleared, many questions remain to be answered before the shuttere

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - A shipyard lift is not the flashiest piece of waterfront equipment, but it can change the kind of work an island economy is able to capture. That is why the recent $763,401 federal shipyard grant awarded to St. Croix Marine Center matters. The funding supports a major piece of marine infrastructure: a vessel lift package with a capacity of about 165,000 pounds, tied to a 75-ton variable-width Marine Travelift. In practical terms, that gives St. Croix