SBA Offering Free Workshops to Support Disadvantaged Small Businesses
The Management and Technical Assistance Program provides training, executive education and one-on-one consulting in a wide range of business activities, including marketing, accounting, opportunity development and capture, contract management, compliance and financial analysis.
MLB Creative Wins 7 Caribbean ADDY Awards
The Caribbean Advertising Federation (CAF) has announced the winners of its American Advertising Awards (AAA), referred to as the ADDY Awards, the advertising industry’s most comprehensive and prestigious competition recognizing creative excellence in advertising.
Bryan, Boschulte Want USVI in Top Caribbean Tourism Spot
The U.S. Virgin Islands is determined to position itself as the number one tourism destination in the Caribbean by employing robust public/ private partnerships.
Viya’s Customer Experience Centers to Close for Good Friday
In commemoration of Easter, Viya’s Customer Experience Centers on St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix will be closed on Friday, April 19, for Good Friday.
Interior Approves $250,000 Energy Grant for USVI’s WAPA
The Department of the Interior’s grant will serve as a necessary comprehensive decision support tool and road map for helping WAPA provide reliable and least-cost electric service to all customers.
Auven Therapeutics Continues Support of My Brother’s Workshop
The company’s founders are very involved in deciding what local non-profit Virgin Islands charitable operations they want to support. My Brother’s Workshop has proven again and again they are truly worth it.
CHTA Nominations Open for 2019 CHIEF Awards; Nomination Deadline Is April 12
The CHIEF Awards were established five years ago to recognize, celebrate and share best practices, which are then presented at CHTA's annual CHIEF forum. This year's event is scheduled for June 23-25 at Hyatt Regency Miami.
Limetree Bay Refining Taking Applications for College Scholarships
The amount of a scholarship award can be as much as $5,000 per year for a student to attend an accredited U. S. college or university.
Airbnb Reports St. Thomas Is Trending for Spring Traveling
The popular home-sharing service compared spring bookings from this year and last to determine which destinations have increased in popularity the most. St. Thomas took the sixth spot, with year-over-year growth in Airbnb bookings of 338 percent.
Coral World Ocean Park, American Airlines Rescue Injured Sea Turtle
On Feb. 28, Coral World Ocean Park received a call that a sea turtle had stranded at the bottom of the Bolongo Bay cliffs. When the rescuers clambered down the cliff, they found a sub-adult, green sea turtle lying on its back.
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With a population of only around 100,000, the U.S. Virgin islands has had a relatively successful history of track and field. Founded in 1963, as one of the founding members of the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee, the Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation (VITFF) has seen many of its young stars leave the territory because there were no modern facilities and limited opportunity for international competition and travel to United States high schools and colleges to blossom.
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Southeastern Conference Has Long Been a Good Fit for VITFF Stars
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