CHRISTIANSTED — Limetree Bay has suspended production and residents of Enfield Green in Frederiksted are being asked to disconnect their cisterns after the refinery sprayed more oil over homes, rendering area water unsafe to drink. New noxious odors began Wednesday around noon, a week after similar gases permeated the west end of St. Croix for […]
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Social Security Delivers The Most Popular Baby Names In Puerto Rico For 2020
SAN JUAN — The Social Security Administration today announced the most popular baby names in Puerto Rico for 2020. Liam and Valentina topped the list. The top five boys and girls names for 2020 in Puerto Rico were: Boys: Girls: 1) Liam 1) Valentina 2) Sebastián 2) Victoria 3) Thiago 3) Emma 4) Dylan 4) […]
Rod, Richie and ‘TC’ Gave St. Vincentians Time To Get Out Before Volcano Blew
KINGSTOWN — The three scientists credited with helping save lives ahead of a recent explosive volcano eruption in the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent are known to locals simply as Richie, Rod and TC. The team huddled indoors for weeks on little sleep to study and alert the government about activity at La Soufrière, […]
St. Croix Wants Answers From Limetree Bay Refinery, But Its Bigwigs Are Unseen, Mute
KINGSHILL — St. Croix residents are demanding answers from the Limetree Bay oil refinery, and from the officials regulating it, in the wake of a series of recent accidents that they worry have exposed them to toxic chemicals and endangered their health. Since restarting operations in February, Limetree Bay has experienced at least three accidents […]
World Food Prize Goes To Nutrition Expert In Fish Research From Trinidad
DES MOINES, Iowa — A nutrition expert who pioneered innovative ways of raising fish rich in micronutrients and fatty acids and incorporating them into diets in developing countries was named the recipient of the World Food Prize on Tuesday. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, 71, who grew up in Trinidad & Tobago and later became a citizen […]
KANGAROO DANGER-ROUX! Shoppers Warned To Read Label When Buying Oxtail
FREDERIKSTED — When buying oxtail in supermarkets on the U.S. mainland and locally be sure you are not getting kangaroo tail masquerading as beef, one concerned reader said today. “Don’t let me stop you from eating kangaroos tails,” Artie Cuban warned on Facebook. “You been eating it for years and gulp it up in your […]
Investigators Try To Snuff Out The Source Of St. Croix’s Gaseous Stench
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands government has so far failed to identify the cause of a persistent chemical stench on St. Croix, and the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that federal investigators have not yet begun air quality testing. “Recent air emission incidents at and near Limetree Bay are unacceptable,” EPA spokesman Elias Rodriguez said […]
VING, Fire Service HAZMAT Unit Conduct Air Quality Monitoring Inside Limetree Bay
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands National Guard’s Civil Support Team (CST), in conjunction with the Virgin Island Fire Department’s HAZMAT unit, took its air quality monitoring and testing inside the Limetree Bay refinery Sunday after finding elevated levels of sulfur dioxide near the refinery on Saturday. The team spent more than four and a half […]
Limetree Bay Refinery Agrees To Resume Air Monitoring After EPA Violation Sticks
CHRISTIANSTED — The owners of the troubled Limetree Bay refinery have agreed to resume sulfur dioxide monitoring, days after the EPA notified the company that it was in violation of the Clean Air Act. Reuters News Service reported exclusively that the sulfur dioxide monitors near the refinery were not operating in March. Recent incidents at […]
VING Civil Support Team Finds Elevated Levels of Sulfur Dioxide in Atmosphere
KINGSHILL — Preliminary air quality testing conducted by the Virgin Islands National Guard Civil Support Team today found elevated levels of sulfur dioxide in the air near the Limetree Bay Refinery, Government House said. Today’s findings were the result of new monitoring instrumentation in place and the mobilization of VING’s Civil Support Team, according to […]