St. Johnians Can Help Keep their Electricity Flowing
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) Chief Executive Officer Hugo V. Hodge, Jr. and Karl Knight, Director of the VI Energy Office (VIEO) are always combining their efforts to identify new...
View ArticleThe GERS Struggle to Achieve Solvency Continues
Few retirees of the VI Government Employees’ Retirement System (GERS) were aware of the multitude of changes proposed in Bill 29-0099 submitted to the Legislature for consideration back in August....
View ArticleHow can Voters Hold the Legislature Fiscally Accountable?
Where should the line be drawn on the Legislature funding itself? What are legitimate Legislative expenses? Unfortunately, there is no system of checks and balances to oversee the Legislature’s...
View ArticleAARP VI Volunteers Take Message to Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen
Photo Credit: Office of Delegate to Congress Donna M. Christensen On Saturday, February 16, 2013 AARP VI staff met with Delegate Donna Christensen at her St. Croix Ag Fair Booth to urge her to...
View ArticleEPA Region 2 Administrator Visits the VI
Doug White holds up one of the recycle bags that the St. John Rotary Club along with partners, created as an option to using plastic bags on St. John. New jobs and new revenue streams were all part of...
View ArticleAARP Virgin Islands Wants Guardianship Reciprocity
AARP advocates are asking Virgin Islands lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow the territory’s court system to recognize guardianship decisions made in other U.S. jurisdictions. The Uniform...
View ArticleImportant Date for GERS retirees
Source: U.S. Virgin Islands Division of Personnel We will soon have the opportunity to vote for two individuals to represent their interests on the Government Employees Service Commission...
View ArticleSeeking Waste-to-Energy Solutions
Clean energy As part of its continuing interest in environmental concerns in the Virgin Islands, AARP is supporting efforts to find waste-to-energy solutions for the territory. After a recent meeting...
View ArticleVI Officials Ponder Uniform Guardianship Jurisdiction Legislation
One of AARP Virgin Islands most recent advocacy projects involves helping community opinion leaders and local legislators to appreciate the importance of adopting the national Uniform Law Commission’s...
View ArticleDelegate to Congress Agrees with AARP Position on Combining Medicare Parts A...
Delegate Christensen talks about Medicare and ACA at AARP Chapter 3138 meeting Wednesday, June 26th Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress, Donna M. Christensen, (D) VI, attended an Energy and Commerce...
View ArticleCongress Begins Deliberations on Omnibus Territories Bill
The U.S. territories aren’t usually the topic of conversation or a hearing in Congress, but thanks to two companion bills, Congress may soon be addressing new benefits to the outlying territorial...
View ArticleACA, Virgin Islands Style
As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rolls out across the US, the Virgin Islands will also be making significant changes to its health care delivery system as a result of the legislation. Ending months of...
View ArticleDebut of Online Medical Records
©Istockphoto/VisualField Doctors, hospitals and pharmacists in the Virgin Islands are going electronic, using a secure online system that makes it easier to access and share patients’ medical records....
View ArticleEC Member Provides Testimony on Bill 30-0112
Photo taken by Genevieve Whitaker Executive Council Member, Dave Barber went before the Virgin Islands Legislature on Wednesday, September 18,2013 to represent AARP Virgin Islands. He provided...
View ArticleOh, No, Not Again!
Photo taken by Ginny Dargan Ever feel you woke up on a totally different planet where everything works contrary to what you know to be right? After years of hearing about the precarious financial...
View ArticleMedicaid Expansion: A Partial Fix for the Uninsured
©Istockphoto.com/Spotmatik The U.S. Virgin Islands—which is not required under the Affordable Care Act to participate in a health insurance exchange—has decided instead to expand its Medicaid program....
View ArticleYour Vote Could Help Save GERS’ Solvency
GERS Building on St. Thomas For over 10 years AARP Virgin Islands, under the leadership of State Director Denyce Singleton, has been advocating that Government Employee Retirement System ( GERS)...
View ArticleSCGR Advocates for GERS Solvency
istock photo Over the years, AARP VI has worked to educate VI Government retirees about the Government Employees’ Retirement System’s (GERS) condition. That work involved trying to motivate retirees to...
View ArticleVI Seniors May Soon be Able to Drive at Night Again
istock photo In a Legislative hearing held on March 4, 2014 Senators and concerned government agency heads debated the pros and cons of moving an additional 2 percent of money collected from...
View ArticleAARP VI Continues to Push for ‘Visitability Program’ Implementation
Photo courtesy:Coalition for Visitability of the VI The wait is over! Virgin Islands homeowners can NOW participate in the program that AARP and its Visitability Coalition partners worked so hard to...
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