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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...

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The 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....

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How 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...

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AARP 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...

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EPA 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...

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AARP 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...

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Important 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...

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Seeking 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...

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VI 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...

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Delegate 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...

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Congress 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...

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ACA, 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...

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Debut 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....

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EC 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...

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Oh, 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...

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Medicaid 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....

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Your 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)...

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SCGR 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...

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VI 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...

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AARP 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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