FREDERIKSTED — Virgin Islands Police said that Special Operations Bureau (SOB) officers were on patrol in St. Croix “when a strong odor of marijuana emanated from the area of the vegetable market.”…
Operation Clean Sweep Nets 3 Illegal Gun Arrests In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police said that its Special Operations Bureau’s Clean Sweep Task Force made a total of three arrests over the weekend, resulting in three illegal guns being taken…
U.S. Virgin Islands Logs Fourth Homicide In January Territory-wide
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The month of January was among the deadliest on record in the Virgin Islands with four homicides recorded. With just three days left in the month, police were called…
VIFEMS Gets $1.8 Million For New Ambulances
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services (VIFEMS) is proud to announce that it has received $1.8 million in funding from the 2023 Federal Community Projects. The funding,…
Authorities in Honduras Order Exhumation of Land Activist
TEGUCIGALPA (AP) — Honduran authorities ordered the exhumation of the body of a land defender who died under unclear circumstances near the country’s Caribbean coast. Members of an ethnic group of mixed…
‘World’s Policeman’ America Holds 4 Haitian Suspects In Custody On U.S. Mainland
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats that…
Biden, Feds Cut Back On SNAP Benefits for Virgin Islanders Starting This Month
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (VIDHS) said the federally-approved Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotments (supplemental) to all U.S. Virgin Islands households will end effective February…
Firefighters Work To Contain A Blaze In Simpson Bay On Sint Maarten This Morning
PHILIPSBURG — A fire broke out in District 721 of Simpson Bay in Sint Maarten early this morning, social media reported. No injuries have been reported so far according to the Facebook…
Trinidad & Tobago Proposes a Caribbean Energy Alliance With Guyana and Suriname
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) — Trinidad & Tobago Energy Minister Stuart Young this week proposed a Caribbean energy alliance with neighboring countries Guyana and Suriname that could reshape the region’s energy security….
Montana Man Who Posed As Realtor In Order To Get $23,003 Wired To His Account Arrested
CHRISTIANSTED — A Montana man who posed as a real estate agent in order to have $23,000 wired to his bank account for a property closing was arrested on St. Croix, authorities…