Congressional Members speak out against the HUD's withholding of Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands aid. Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett joined other members on Thursday, December 5th to speak out against the issue. "It has been over two years since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, destroyed homes, businesses, and all kinds of public infrastructure in both areas," said Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett. "Any further delay by HUD to facilitate the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant Disaster) recovery funds that have been obligated to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico is just not unacceptable. It defies the letter and intent of the law duly passed by Congress and even signed by the President."
Attorney General Denise George announced Menelik Petersen, who was facing criminal charges for the murder of Terrance Moorehead in 2015, pleaded guilty moments before the trial was to begin in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. Petersen is scheduled to be sentenced on January 29, 2020.
Ample Organic Inc. and the Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, announced their partnership to strengthen the medical cannabis industry in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by activating AmpleCentral -- the world's first national Cannabis Tracking System built for regulators. The system is designed for governments to assist reporting and to assist regulators with ensuring compliance, verifying product quantity and quality, taxation, and preventing diversion and inversion.