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The gross domestic product (GDP) for the Virgin Islands increased by 2.8 percent in 2021 after decreasing by 1.9 percent in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Read more (#LinkInBio): https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/23/usvi-gross-domestic-product-rises/
📸: (Chart submitted by Government House)
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After Hurricane Maria unleashed devastation across the Caribbean in 2017, the island of Dominica which suffered US$1.3 billion in damage announced plans to become the “world’s first climate-resilient nation.” The initiative was created with the hope that the island will rebuild stronger and be more prepared for future natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
Read more (#LinkInBio): https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/23/lessons-from-dominica-creating-a-path-toward-becoming-a-climate-change-resilient-nation/
📸: Satellite image of Hurricane Maria on September 19, 2017. The massive category five cyclone made landfall over Dominica on September 18, 2017, causing widespread devastation. Climate change is expected to affect future hurricanes and the associated impacts on the Caribbean. (Photo from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.)
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V.I. Police Department officials came to Cruz Bay Tuesday night to let the public know what they were doing to improve law enforcement. About a dozen people turned out to hear what the police had to say.
Read more (#LinkInBio): https://stjohnsource.com/2023/05/23/cruz-bay-merchants-demand-answers-about-recent-armed-robbery/
📸: Deputy Police Chief Clayton Brown takes questions from concerned citizens at Tuesday’s meeting in Cruz Bay. (Submitted photo)
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The Caribbean Music Festival will light up the stage in downtown Frederiksted at the Verne I. Richards Memorial Park, Saturday, May 27. The grounds will open at 5:30 p.m. with vendor booths and the St. Croix Rising Stars Steel Pan Orchestra will perform.
Read more (#LinkInBio): https://stcroixsource.com/2023/05/23/caribbean-music-festival-part-three-to-light-up-the-frederiksted-stage-saturday/
📸: Jon Faddis (Photo Courtesy of UJF)
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Through the V.I. Slice Moderate-Income Homeownership Program, Jahtaya Regis secured her financing through a home loan from Capital Mortgage Services of Texas, making her the first mortgage closing for a recipient, announced Governor Albert Bryan Jr.
Read more (#LinkInBio): https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/23/vi-slice-moderate-income-homeownership-program-first-mortgage-closing/
📸: (From left to right) Michael Armendariz of Capital Mortgage Services, ODR Director Adrienne Williams-Octalien, New homeowner Jahtaya Regis, Labor Commissioner Gary Molloy, and Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (Photo by Government House)
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The Women’s Coalition of St. Croix will kick off the month of June with its annual Women Race. This year marks the 39th year of this race and it will be held virtually, with a live race scheduled in Frederiksted.
🗞️ (#LinkInBio): https://stcroixsource.com/2023/05/22/wcscs-39th-annual-women-race-returns-to-frederiksted/
📸: Previous Women Race to benefit the Women’s Coalition of St. Croix — (Submitted photo)
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What do STX & STJ have in common in 2023? They both have a housing crisis & neighborhoods that don’t want housing development.
🗞️ (#LinkInBio): https://stjohnsource.com/2023/05/22/gifft-hill-housing-development-opposed/
📸: The building will be constructed from steel container-like units designed for housing. (Rendering provided by Ari Goldschneider)
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Director Daryl Jaschen of VITEMA and Commissioner Kimberley Causey-Gomez of US Virgin Islands Department of Human Services gave testimony about the territory’s state of preparation for the upcoming hurricane season during the Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, and Public Safety. Lawmakers expressed their disappointment with the lack of coordination between the agencies.
Read more: https://stcroixsource.com/2023/05/22/lawmakers-questions-hurricane-prepartions-for-the-upcoming-season/
📸: Sen. Gittens listens to Director Daryl Jaschen of the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency testimony. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature)
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Kadeem Stephan Maynard, co-defendant with former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie in an alleged drug running and money laundering scheme, told a Florida court Monday he planned to change his plea to guilty.
https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/22/bvis-kadeem-maynard-to-plead-guilty/
📸: Kadeem Stephan Maynard, left, plans to plead guilty in June. Co-defendants Andrew Fahie, center, and Maynard’s mother, Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, have pleaded not guilty. (Photo montage Source file photo)
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A shooting incident Sunday in the Mutual Homes community on St. Croix left one 24-year-old man dead, police said. The homicide was the second reported on St. Croix over the weekend. Read here: https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/22/another-shooting-on-st-croix-leaves-another-man-dead/
Slider Showdown 2023
On Saturday, the 8th annual Slider Showdown took place on the picturesque Magens Bay Beach in St. Thomas, USVI.
📸: (Photo by Joshua Crawford Barry)
📹: https://youtu.be/m3_uH5BqDBY
🗞️: https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/21/slider-showdown-2023/
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The Center for Educational Growth’s “artistic” class of 2023 celebrated their second graduation on Saturday. Seven graduates collected their diplomas and received offers to attend colleges such as the University of the Virgin Islands, Gannon University, and Huston Tilton University while also gaining scholarships up to $25,000.
🗞️: https://stcroixsource.com/2023/05/21/the-center-for-educational-growths-artistic-class-of-2023-celebrate-their-second-graduation/
📸: Graduates of the Center for Educational Growth. (Photo by Diana Dias)
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It was meant as a fundraiser for Amy Gibbs, as she heads into her summer art residency on St. Croix, but for the crowd gathered at Tillett Gardens on Saturday night, coming out to support her was more an act of love in return for all the things that so many said Gibbs has done for the community.
🗞️: https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/21/community-turns-out-to-support-and-celebrate-artist-amy-gibbs/
📸: Artist Amy Gibbs shows off an impressive collection of personal artwork created over decades and put up for sale for the first time this weekend. (Photo by Ananta Pancham)
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Before the hurricanes of 2017, about 500 employees worked the grounds between the old Morningstar Beach Resort and Marriot Frenchman’s Reef and with the reopening of the “reimagined” Buoy Haus on St. Thomas last week, most returned, with many stepping into leadership positions after waiting more than five years for the damaged property to be rebuilt.
🗞️: https://stthomassource.com/content/2023/05/22/morningstar-buoy-haus-reopens-captures-the-essence-of-the-virgin-islands/
📸: After more than five years, the iconic Morningstar Buoy Haus Resort on St. Thomas has reopened for guests. (Photo courtesy of Buoy Haus)
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Host Adisha Penn recaps the biggest headlines of the week while our in-studio team takes a tour of the reimagined Morningstar Buoy Haus Resort to find out more about the guest experience.
📹 (#LinkInBio): https://youtu.be/hRXXXzCTPDo
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Adopt a Special Pet FREE and Provide a Fur-Ever Home!
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📸: Luna is a five-month-old mixed-breed puppy. (Photo courtesy of the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center)
Since 2010 when it was formed, the CORE Foundation has been battling predatory lionfish, toxic chemicals in sunscreens, and rampantly destructive Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease.
(#LinkInBio): https://stjohnsource.com/2023/05/20/core-deploys-first-underwater-coral-nursery-on-stj/
📸: CORE strike force members line up in their identifying red rash guards for a photo. (Photo by CORE)
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VIGL, the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack developer, proposes to reduce its original plan for the track. The proposal ran into criticism from horse owners and officials at the Department of Planning and Natural Resources Coastal Zone Management Committee public hearing Thursday.
🗞️ (#LinkInBio): https://stcroixsource.com/2023/05/20/revised-racetrack-proposals-criticized/
📸: VIGL modified its proposal for the Randall “Doc” James Racetrack. (Photo from application to CZM)
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Weekly Weather Forecast with Jesse Daley
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The public has an opportunity to weigh in Monday morning on a request for a zoning change that could have a significant impact on a quiet residential neighborhood on St. John.
https://stjohnsource.com/2023/05/18/gifft-hill-re-zoning-request-generates-controversy-public-hearing-will-take-place-on-monday/
📸: The view from the proposed lodging community at Parcel No. 9-3 Estate Glucksberg. (Photo by Amy H. Roberts)
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