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American Airlines Is Adding Nonstop Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Its Blue Water, Waterfront Resorts, and Unmistakable Character

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Some islands are defined by scale; Bimini is defined by stories. It’s the closest Bahamian island to the U.S., but it has always carried an outsized place in the Caribbean imagination — a strip of land where writers, activists, fishermen and wanderers have all left their mark. With American Airlines launching the only nonstop flights […]

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USVI Seeks to Reopen HOVENSA Refinery, Possibly Under New Ownership

Above: US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Virgin Islands is seeking to work toward reopening the HOVENSA refinery, the Caribbean’s largest and the territory’s single-biggest employer. USVI Governor John de Jongh, in an address this week, said the administration had reached the position following […]

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US Virgin Islands Hires Financial Firm to Navigate HOVENSA Closure

Above: US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh (right) By the Caribbean Journal staff The board of directors of the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority has approved funding for the territory’s government to hire a private financial firm to provide analysis and guidance as it works to negotiate the closure of the HOVENSA oil refinery […]

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US Virgin Islands Governor Pledges "Leanest Possible Budget"

Above: Governor John de Jongh at a community meeting last week in St Croix (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Governor John de Jongh has submitted the US Virgin Islands’ budget for fiscal year 2013, promising that his administration took “extreme care to craft the leanest possible budget.” De Jongh said the budget addressed […]


US Virgin Islands Hires Financial Firm to Navigate HOVENSA Closure

Above: the USVI By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Virgin Islands has been awarded a grant of more than a half a million dollars to hire six community-oriented police officers. The Virgin Islands Police Department will receive $562,600 over a three-year period from the 2012 Community-Oriented Police Service Hiring Programme. “This money will […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Joins Puerto Rico in Call for Caribbean Security Push

Above: US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh signed onto a letter this week imploring federal officials to devote more resources to protecting America’s Caribbean border from narcotrafficking. The letter comes alongside Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño’s call for President Obama to […]

US Virgin Islands Talks Anti-Crime Bill

Above: the talks in the USVI By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh recently hosted talks with the territory’s legislature and officials from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on a new bill aimed at granting federal law enforcement officers “peace officer” status in the USVI. […]

US Virgin Islands Signs Agreement for Large-Scale Solar Power Project

Above: Governor John de Jongh and officials at the ceremony Monday (Photo: OG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority has signed solar power and purchase and interconnection agreements with three companies to provide energy for the territory. The agreement will provide approximately nine megawatts of solar energy per […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Opposes Creation of Chief Financial Officer

Above: US Virgin Islands Governor John de Johgh and Delegate Donna Christensen By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh is opposing the legislation brought by USVI Delegate Donna Christensen that would create a Chief Financial Officer for the territory. The governor has submitted testimony to Congress saying the bill “misses […]

Puerto Rico, USVI Governors Seek White House Support for Electrical Connection

Above: Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño and US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño and US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh have signed a letter asking White House to support an initiative to develop an electrical interconnection between the two territories. The call comes […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Signs Agreement for New St Croix Soccer Facility

By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh has signed an agreement with the USVI Soccer Federation for the development of a new soccer facility in St Croix. The facility, which will include bleachers, a concession stand, and dressing rooms, still needs its approximately 12-acre lease to be approved by the […]

US Virgin Islands Governor Holds Talks with Board of Education

Above: US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh met with members of the territory’s Board of Education this week to discuss a range of topics on public education in the USVI. In what the Governor’s office called a “frank and candid discussion,” Chairperson […]