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Governor Gets 12 Million from FEMA
FEMA has approved the next 12 million of our loan from Hurricane Marilyn
and Hurricane Bertha. The Governor had high praise for the Office of
Management and Budget, Dept. of Finance and IRB for all the work they
did to get the documentation together. The Governor thanked James Lee
Witt of FEMA for his cooperation with the loan. 12/16/97 1:56 PM
Current Conditions in Paradise:
Temperature: 82 Degrees at 10 AM
Skies: Sunny, Occasional Cloud
Chance of Showers: Slight to 10%:
Water Temp: Perfect at 82 degrees
Beach and Swimming Conditions: Sooo Perfect
Sailing and Diving Conditions: World Class!
Drinks: Ready
New Cost-U-Less Coming
Lockhart Caribbean Corp. announced the first tenants in their new Market
Square East Development. Cost-U-Less will move to much larger space and
Caribbean Cinema Corp will open a new multi-screen movie theater in
Market Square East. Both companies are putting up a huge capital
investment to develop these enlarged businesses. When the development
opens we will have 36,000 square feet of Cost-U-Less and ten movie
screens on St. Thomas.
Senate to Work on New Business Law
The Senate is meeting today in full session with a long agenda They have
legislation that would rewrite our limited liability partnership laws.
The old law is from 1915 and is out of date compared to stateside laws.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Commissioner of Finance are all urging
the senators to pass this bill. Also on today’s agenda are a nomination
of Ernesto Guitierrez to the Banking Board, a bill to test drinking
water and the Drug Dealer Liability Act.
Delegate Called it a Good Year
She has completed her first year in Congress and Delegate
Christian-Green says it has been a good year. She made progress on an
increase in Medicare benefits and the inclusion of the Virgin Islands in
the President’s Child Health Care Initiative. She says the deficit may
be 600 million and reminds us that a complete federal audit is in
progress.
Senate to Work on New Business Law
The Senate is meeting today in full session with a long agenda They have
legislation that would rewrite our limited liability partnership laws.
The old law is from 1915 and is out of date compared to stateside laws.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Commissioner of Finance are all urging
the senators to pass this bill. Also on today’s agenda are a nomination
of Ernesto Guitierrez to the Banking Board, a bill to test drinking
water and the Drug Dealer Liability Act.
Ambulances to Be Fixed.
Dr. Poblete was reluctant to accept a donation of ambulance repair from
a Hess subcontractor. He said he was concerned with liability for the
work. Now a compromise has been reached. The mechanics from Anthony
Crane Limited, that’s the Hess contractor, will work side by side with
the Property and Procurement staff to do the repairs. That means the
ambulances will work.
Antilles Book
The Antilles 5th graders have just published a book called We Live Here.
the contents is all of the answers that visitors normally have about St.
Thomas . The book is for sale for $1 each and available at the school
and businesses in town.
Donations Sought For Women’s Resource Center
Women’s Resource Center is facing a 25% cut in its budget. They are
asking for the community to come forward with Christmas donations to
help the centers core families. Michal Rhymer says they need all the
help they can get this season, to help make the season right for the
victims of crime.
Coming Up:
Mother’s Raising Sons are meeting at the Legislative Conference Room at
5:30 PM –
Property and Procurement is one its way to being the largest car
dealer in the Virgin Islands. They have another auction of cars coming
up on Thursday of this week with 17 cars for sale.
We have winners. The Sts Peter and Paul raffle results are in. 5th
prize $100 to Jessica Quetel, a months tuition was 4th prize for Terry
Danet, Kyle Carty gets two round trip tickets to St. Barts and Lynette
Glasford gets a 27″ GE TV. Bernadette Aubain took first prize a fully
loaded Gateway computer.
King Molotlegi Day in the Virgin Islands.
We had a special day yesterday. The Governor proclaimed it Kgosi Lebone
Molotlego II day in honor of a visit to the Virgin Islands by the King
of the Bafokeng nation is southern Africa. Good thing it was yesterday,
I can barely pronounce his name.