CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education will resume its “No Virgin Islands. Child Goes Hungry” Feeding Initiative on Monday August 23 for school year 2021-2022. Now in its third…
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Colombia Becomes Weigh Station For 9,000 Migrants Heading To North America
BOGOTA — Some 9,000 migrants are stranded in a Caribbean municipality in Colombia amid a surge of people passing through on their way to north America following the re-opening of international borders…
Delta Variant Causes COVID-19 Outbreak At St. Croix Prison; 1 Inmate Hospitalized
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections said it first learned that an inmate at the John Bell Adult Correctional Facility tested positive for COVID-19 at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday. The disease…
Mexican President Defies U.S. Sanctions On Cuba, Saying They Are ‘Inhumane’
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president today asserted his country’s right to send fuel to Cuba and said U.S. sanctions on the island were “inhumane,” after a diesel cargo shipped by Mexico’s state-run…
Severe Floods Hammer Costa Rica, Leaving 2 Dead
SAN JOSE — Relentless rainfall in the Caribbean region caused at least two deaths amid severe flooding and major infrastructure damage in northern and eastern Costa Rica, authorities said on Monday. Two…
Haitians Apprehensive of Foreign Troops As Government Seeks U.S. Help
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A troubled past of foreign military intervention has made many Haitians anxious or hostile to calls requesting U.S. or other foreign troops be sent to there in the aftermath of…
Police Patrol Havana In Large Numbers After Rare Protests Today
HAVANA — Large contingents of Cuban police patrolled the capital of Cuba today following rare protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis. Cuba’s president…
American Cancer Society’s St. Croix Relay for Life Set For Tomorrow
KINGSHILL — The 20th Anniversary Committee has announced that the 2021 American Cancer Society/St. Croix Relay for Life will be held at the St. Croix Educational Complex at 4 p.m., Saturday, July 10,…
For Some Caribbean Countries, It’s Time To Pick Up The Pieces After Hurricane Elsa
KINGSTOWN — While Hurricane Elsa is currently battering the Caribbean, UNICEF has prepositioned humanitarian supplies for vulnerable families in all countries likely to be affected. Across the hurricane-hit Caribbean, extreme rainfall and…
Anti-LGBT+ Laws Cost Caribbean Billions In Lost Business, Report Says
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Businessman Richard Branson on Wednesday urged Caribbean countries to be more LGBT-friendly as a report said anti-gay laws cost the region’s 12 English-speaking nations up to $4.4 billion…