AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoPublic Health & Safety: DPNR’s weekly beach water report flags one St. Thomas shoreline as unsafe, while St. Croix results are missing after a lab equipment failure ruined Enterococci testing—leaving no official swim guidance for the weekend. Connectivity & Travel Tech: Starlink updated its Roam rules by grouping countries into shared regions; the North America region now covers the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, expanding service area for road-trippers (with Travel Registration still required). Local Industry & Logistics: Tropical Shipping ordered four Konecranes Gottwald ESP.6 mobile harbor cranes—bringing the first mobile harbor cranes ever to St. Croix and St. Thomas to boost quayside container handling and improve emissions. Education & Infrastructure: Senators grilled Education and Maintenance Bureau officials on school readiness, including progress on St. Thomas/St. Croix reconstruction projects and security planning for the Aug. 10 opening of the Arthur A. Richards Pre-K-8 School. Regulation & Business: Cannabis license applications are open territory-wide via the Office of Cannabis Regulation portal, with micro-cultivation and research/R&D available and a Sept. 15, 2026 deadline.
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