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Major events. January 9, 2023: The 35th Legislature begins. January 23, 2023: Governor Bryan delivered his Fifth State of the Territory Address. April 14, 2023: Senate confirmed acting Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs to the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court. April 14, 2023: Senate voted to adopt Juneteenth making the Virgin ...
First Monday in September. Labor Day. Second Monday in October. Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day / Columbus Day. Established in 1964 to recognize the ties between the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. [ 3] October 25. Hurricane Thanksgiving. Established to give thanks for being spared from hurricanes.
Bryan was born on the island of St. Thomas, to Albert Sr. and Genevieve (Pilgrim) Bryan, the oldest of five sons. He grew up in the Savan neighborhood of Charlotte Amalie, the territory's capital. As a teenager, Bryan moved to St. Croix, where he graduated from St. Dunstan's Episcopal High School in 1985. Bryan earned his Bachelor of Arts in ...
The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1954 [5] is the current Organic Act defining the government of the United States Virgin Islands, which were acquired by the United States through the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916. It replaced the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of 1936 [6] and earlier temporary provisions. [7] [8]
The economy of the United States Virgin Islands is primarily dependent upon tourism, trade, and other services, accounting for nearly 60% of the Virgin Island's GDP and about half of total civilian employment. Close to two million tourists per year visit the islands. [1] The government is the single largest employer.
VI. US-VI. Internet TLD. .vi. The United States Virgin Islands, [ b] officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States. [ 8] The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the ...
Saint Croix senators. Senator Novelle Francis Vice President-Secretary for Intergovernmental and Territorial Affairs (Democrat) Senator Kurt Vialet (Democrat) Senator Javan James Sr. (Independent) Senator Franklin Johnson (Independent) Senator Genevieve Whitaker (Democrat) Senator Samuel Carrión (Independent) Senator Kenneth L Gittens ...
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