They have lots of names. Preferred clubs. Diamond clubs. Hotels-within-hotels. But one thing is constant — they’re worth the splurge. There’s just something about that extra level of service, the privacy, the amenities — the rooms themselves. And now the Caribbean has a brand new one, at one of its most legendary resorts — and the […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh met yesterday with officials of soon-to-be-shuttered refinery HOVENSA and its owners: HOVIC, a subsidiary of the Hess Corporation and PDVSA, VI, a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezuela, SA to discuss the controversial closure. The HOVENSA refinery is the largest oil refinery in the […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff The announcement of the impending closure of the HOVENSA refinery on St Croix was a “catastrophic decision” that will affect the entire territory, US Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh said in his State of the Territory address last night. “We had no warning this was coming; no time to […]
Above: the HOVENSA refinery By the Caribbean Journal staff The US Virgin Islands has a plan to assist the thousands of people who will lose their jobs when the HOVENSA oil refinery, the largest in the Caribbean, closes. It was announced that the plant would close on Jan. 18. “Our worst nightmare is now a […]
