Archive for March 2018

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai pledged his agency’s commitment to help restore and expand the U.S. Virgin Islands communications network. After meeting with U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp and members of the Hurricane Recovery Task Force, Pai announced $204 million in resources to advance communications within the territory. Addressing a group of…

Roads have been cleared of debris. Electricity is flowing. Stores are open. Students are in school. Six months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, recovery is well underway, led by the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency and local officials with support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency…

March 15-April 8: The Color Purple, the Musical at Pistarckle Theater. Tickets at www.pistarckletheater.com. March 22: OSHA Ladder Safety free session from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at UVI St. Thomas Campus, UVICELL Classroom on St. Thomas. Due to space limitations, please contact us to register either by email at safetyinparadise@uvi.edu, our main office line…

2018 CHTA Education Foundation Scholarship Application Now Open The application process is now open and attached are the requirements and the application for this year’s scholarships. Alternatively, information and the application can be downloaded by clicking here. CHTAEF was established in 1986 as a stand-alone 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. Its mandate is to…

2018 CHTA Education Foundation Scholarship Application Now Open The application process is now open and attached are the requirements and the application for this year’s scholarships. Alternatively, information and the application can be downloaded by clicking here. CHTAEF was established in 1986 as a stand-alone 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. Its mandate is to…

Register now! The Viya VI Open Tennis Tournament will be hosted by the St. Thomas Yacht Club April 12 to 15, 2018. “This year’s Viya VI Open will be a more local event than it has been in the past and will include a weekend junior tournament as well,” explains tournament organizer and STYC pro…

Coral World Ocean Park is pleased to announce that it has received all necessary permits to allow construction to begin on its state-of-the-art in-ocean dolphin habitat. General curator Lee Kellar said, “We expect the first barges carrying equipment and materials to arrive on March 7. Once they clear customs, they will head to Water Bay…

Island Green Living Association, working in concert with the Department of Planning & Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture, oversaw the assignment of hurricane mulch on St. John and all has been reserved. Now those on St. Thomas and St. Croix are invited to apply for free mulch generated from vegetative hurricane debris. The…

March 10: Mystery of the Seas, a murder mystery event at Pistarckle Theater, at 6 p.m. Tickets at www.pistarckletheater.com. March 15: Join USVIHTA for breakfast at our Annual General Membership Meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas. Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty will join as guest speaker. Click here to…