AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoOcean Science in the Spotlight: UVI’s VICAR (VI-EPSCoR) teamed with NOAA to deploy the first biogeochemical-Argo ocean float in U.S. Virgin Islands offshore waters, launching about eight miles off St. Thomas at Grammanik Bank to collect multi-year profiles (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, chlorophyll-a, nitrate) on a 10-day cycle. Grid Reliability Watch: WAPA says back-to-back overnight blackouts are planned for St. Thomas-St. John (and multi-day fluctuations continue on St. Croix), with major feeder outages scheduled for July 13 and July 14 from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Tariffs and Prices: New York Fed survey results covering the district (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) suggest many firms are still planning additional price hikes to recover tariff costs, with some pushing increases out months. Caribbean Tech & Connectivity: CANTO’s 41st annual ICT conference heads to Punta Cana Aug. 9–12, aiming to move the region from “connectivity” to digital competitiveness. Local Curiosity: New DOJ file and interior-photo releases keep “Epstein temple” searches trending, reigniting debate over what the Little St. James structure was meant to be.
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