Plessen Healthcare Pioneers Telemedicine in the Territory

Plessen Healthcare Telemedicine Team

ST CROIX, USVI, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 – A year and a half project has come to fruition at Plessen Healthcare where patients are now being seen weekly by a remote rheumatology specialist located at Beth Israel Lahey Health in Boston, Massachusetts. Plessen Healthcare is now seeing patients at their medical center on the Orange Grove campus by … Read more

Emergency Room Staff and First Responders Complete Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Training

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The V.I. Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Council (DVSAC),  the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center (JFL) and Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center (RLS) kicked off 2020 with a full week of sexual assault forensic examiner training sessions for emergency room staff and first responders from January 13th – 17th in both St. … Read more

Government of the Virgin Islands Pays All Outstanding Debt Owed to WAPA

Administration takes action to help lower electricity costs, prevent rate increases to consumers U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS–Governor Albert Bryan Jr, announced Wednesday, along with the Department of Finance (DOF), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that all outstanding prior years and current year bills owed to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority by … Read more

Project Promise Hits the Road for a Summer of Service

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (July 28, 2019) – Project Promise’s Caterpillar students are driving across America this summer to make an impact on communities outside of the U.S. Virgin Islands.    The Caterpillars touch down in New York on August 1, 2019, and during their time there, the students will rehab El Sitio Feliz community garden in East Harlem.  The … Read more

U.S. Virgin Islands Investor Forum sparks high interest in the USVI among prospective investors

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U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority hosts forum to attract new business investment to the Territory CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – June 24, 2019 — Business investment opportunities captured high interest among eight prospective investors at a U.S. Virgin Islands Investor Forum on St. Thomas and St. Croix.   U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority … Read more