April 2020 – Virgin Islands Free Press

VITRAN Buses Will Keep Running On Island Streets Without Passengers Until May 8

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Public Works is advising the public that they will continue to see buses on roadways in the coming week, as the bus operator training has…

VI Free Press April 30, 2020

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Herb Schoenbohm, Stalwart Of The Republican Party And Communications Expert Is Dead At 84.

CHRISTIANSTED — One of the territory's leading Republican activists is dead. Herb Schoenbohm, who chaired the Republican Party of the U.S.Virgin Islands from 2000 until 2012, died Wednesday at the…

VI Free Press April 30, 2020

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St. Croix Man Had Unlicensed Gun, Ammunition At Sugar Mill Estates Today: VIPD

FREDERIKSTED — Police discovered an unlicensed firearm and ammunition in a St. Croix home while executing a search warrant early this morning, authorities said. D’Andre George, 20, of Sugar Mill…

John McCarthy April 29, 2020

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VIPD: Salt River Area Man Charged With Firing His Gun During Heated Argument With Girlfriend

FREDERIKSTED — A Salt River area man is accused of getting into an argument with his former girlfriend in Frederiksted and firing off his gun to make a point, authorities…

John McCarthy April 29, 2020

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VIPD Needs Your Help To Find Missing Woman Jamequa Kuntz On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding Jamequa Kuntz. Kuntz, 22, of Hospital Ground was reported missing by family members yesterday.…

John McCarthy April 29, 2020

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Stepped-Up Response To Crime In St. Thomas Taking Guns Out Of The Projects

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas District Police Chief Ludrick Thomas, in a recent appeal on social media, told the public that the VIPD was concerned about the recent acts of…

VI Free Press April 29, 2020

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COVID-19 Claims 8,000 Lives In The Caribbean, Latin America

BOGOTA — Coronavirus cases topped 170,000 in Latin America and the Caribbean and caused the deaths of more than 8,000 people in the region, according to data from Johns Hopkins…

VI Free Press April 29, 2020

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Partially-Decomposed Body Of Man Shot To Death Found Near Cramer’s Park: VIPD

EAST END, St. Croix — The partially-decomposed body of a man who had been shot to death was found near Cramer's Park early this morning, authorities said. The 911 Emergency…

John McCarthy April 28, 2020

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Coronavirus Could Push Caribbean Into Deepest Recession Since 1930s

MIAMI — Even before the coronavirus swept through Latin America and the Caribbean, the region was ailing. With sluggish commodity prices and massive debt, economic growth was anemic — averaging…

VI Free Press April 28, 2020

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Juan F. Luis Hospital Identifies COVID-19 Protocols In Place Now

CHRISTIANSTED — From the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor Juan J. Luis Hospital said it identified that its internal healthcare workers are the persons on the island of…

VI Free Press April 27, 2020