2021 – Page 43 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Tropical Storm Larry Expected To Become A Category 3 Hurricane Won’t Stop Here

MIAMI — A rain system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea has a 30 percent chance of becoming a hurricane in the next 48 hours, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said…

John McCarthy September 1, 2021

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Bureau of Corrections Celebrates Inaugural Transforming Lives Academy Graduation

KINGSHILL – In partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands Center for Excellence in Leadership and Learning (UVI Cell), the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections today celebrated its inaugural graduation of…

John McCarthy August 31, 2021

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U.N. Caribbean Arm Revises Region’s 2021 Economic Growth Upwards To 5.9%

SANTIAGO — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has adjusted upwards its economic growth forecast for the region this year to 5.9 percent, as expectations improve…

VI Free Press August 31, 2021

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Coast Guard Takes 23 Illegal Sea Migrants Back To Hispaniola; 2,100 Since October

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser repatriated 11 Dominican migrants and returned 12 Haitians to the Dominican Republic Saturday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage in the…

John McCarthy August 31, 2021

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St. Croix Senator Helps Give Out Free Book Bags At N.E.S.T. Event At Chicken Shack

KINGSHILL — A St. Croix senator teamed up with a Florida-based educational foundation so that local children could get needed school supplies before the start of the school year. Senator…

John McCarthy August 31, 2021

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ALONG CAME LARRY: NHC Tracking 4 Disturbances In The Tropical Atlantic

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Kate formed today in the Atlantic, hurricane forecasters said. It is one of four disturbances they are tracking, including Ida, which hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane yesterday.…

John McCarthy August 30, 2021

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61-Year-Old Woman On St. Thomas Is The 54th Patient To Die Of COVID-19 In USVI

CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health said the territory notched its 54th death from COVID-19. Dr. Tai Hunte-Caesar, the VIDOH medical director, said that a 61-year-old woman on…

John McCarthy August 30, 2021

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PULLED PORK? USDA Frets About African Swine Fever In USVI, Puerto Rico Animals

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to designate the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as a “protection zone,” a World Organization for Animal Health…

John McCarthy August 30, 2021

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St. Croix Woman Gets 2 Years In Prison For Her Role In 10-Woman Tax Fraud Scheme

CHRISTIANSTED — One of ten women who participated in a tax fraud scheme that stole Virgin Islanders' tax refunds got two years in prison from a federal judge. Joanne Benjamin,…

John McCarthy August 30, 2021

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St. Thomas Man Who Smelled Of Marijuana At Airport Pleads Guilty To Smuggling

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Thomas man who tried to smuggle 14 pounds of marijuana into St. Croix undetected pleaded guilty to being a drug dealer in federal court today. Jahvar…

John McCarthy August 30, 2021