Baha’is Celebrate 12-Day Festival of Ridvan, Hold Elections
Local Clergy and DOH Team Up to Bring Health Care to Under-served Communities
Long-Term Recovery Groups Help Address Unmet Needs of Virgin Islanders
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority to Hold Prematurity Awareness Events at Houses of Worship
Baha’is Fast for 19 Days in March to Bring in the New Year
Three Virgin Islanders Travel to Chile to See New Baha’i House of Worship
Hebrew Congregation to Host Author Maggie Anton
Bahá’ís to Celebrate Births of Bahá’u’lláh, Báb on Oct. 31/Nov. 1
V.I. Baha’is to Celebrate Declaration of the Bab on May 23
Faith Matters: Church Makes Wedding Bells Ring
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Approximately 1,500 refund checks will be mailed out totaling $4.95 million, Collens said. About one third of the refunds being sent out are for 2016.
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Director Marvin Pickering reports that the Mapp-Potter Administration has paid out more than $173.4 million in tax refunds since 2015. At that time, BIR was several years behind in the delivery of refunds.
Finance Sending Out Tax Refund Checks on Tuesday, April 24
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Approximately 1,500 refund checks will be mailed out totaling $4.95 million, Finance Commissioner Collens said. About one third of the refunds being sent out are for 2016.A Superior Court judge is expected to rule on a challenge to laws passed by the Senate last year restructuring the entities that oversee the conduct of elections in the Virgin Islands.
Judge Denise Francois heard testimony and legal arguments over the matter Monday on St. Thomas.
A decision could come by the end of April. Attorney General Claude Walker filed a motion for declaratory judgement on April 11. That motion seeks enforcement of Acts 7982 and 7892. Passed during the 31st Legislature, the acts call for the elimination of two district elections boards and the joint board of elections. In their place the acts seek to establish a single, territory-wide board.
Judge Hears Challenge to Elections Board Reforms
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A Superior Court judge is expected to rule on a challenge to laws passed by the Senate last year restructuring the entities that oversee the conduct of elections in the Virgin Islands.
