MANILA — Multiple ready-to-eat meat products were illegally imported from the Philippines, prompting the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue a public health alert. The department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, or FSIS, issued the alert on…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man sought to pay off a $25,500 loan by writing a check in the full amount to the person he owed — on a closed account. Abraham E. Carty,…
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a woman reported that her neighbor was looking through her window and masturbating. Elvis “Duke” Thomas, 65, was arrested and charged Monday with indecent exposure and trespass, the Virgin…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) is launching a transformative Public-Private Partnership (P3) to modernize and enhance the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport (HERA) on St. Croix and the Cyril E. King Airport…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the country’s largest hospital on Tuesday, after authorities said they took control of the medical institution over the weekend from armed gangs.…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help today to find a Texas man wanted in connection to an incident of domestic violence on St. Thomas. Benjamin Jackson, 37, of Solberg, is wanted for an assault…
Traveler stopped by customs as he sought to slip out of Hong Kong into the border city of Shenzhen BEIJING — A man has been caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VI Department of Health’s Chronic Disease Division, in partnership with the USVI Cancer Coalition, is hosting the second annual USVI Cancer Summit to present the Territory’s first comprehensive plan to improve…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti said on Monday “there’s no room for failure” and that the United Nations-backed police mission was committed to ensuring democratic elections in…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An investigation got underway after a “male” was killed near the University of the Virgin Islands campus in St. Thomas today. Officers responded to multiple 911 reports of gunshots in the John…