CHARLOTTE AMALIE — During their monthly board meeting, the Virgin Islands Port Authority board authorized the negotiation of a new three-year lease with SkyHigh Aviation Services LLC, a Dominican Republic airline. SkyHigh will operate two…
SAN JUAN (AP) — A federal jury has found a former Puerto Rican mayor guilty of bribery, extortion and conspiracy in the U.S territory’s latest government corruption case. Ángel Pérez Otero, who was mayor of…
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) — Leaders attending the Ibero-American Summit meeting in the Dominican Republic on Saturday discussed the need to address Haiti’s deepening humanitarian crisis while vowing to cooperate on environmental issues. “From what various presidents…
The color was an important and integral part of the ancient worldview, and up to the present day, many signs and superstitions are associated with various shades. If you enjoy shiny things, you can always…
FREDERIKSTED — Friends and family are paying tribute to a motorcyclist who lost his life near Kmart West last night. Zioney Ruiz, 23, was pronounced dead after multiple blunt force trauma to the body and head…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A routine traffic stop during the VIPD’s Operation Rewind netted two suspects with a “large” amount of cocaine in their vehicle on Tuesday afternoon. Calis Sewer, 24, and Javier Francisco Pimentel Feliciano, 56,…
FREDERIKSTED — A wanted St. Croix man turned himself in to authorities without incident after a reckless driving complaint was filed against him last summer. Kertis “Papa” Tonge Jr., 32, was arrested Tuesday and charged with…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after someone fired guns near the Department of Labor on the waterfront drive in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Patrol officers of the Richard Callwood Command were…
FREDERIKSTED — A motorcycle driver was killed after his vehicle struck an SUV on the Queen Mary Highway Tuesday night. The Traffic Investigation Bureau was notified by the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA) at 7:06…
ANKARA (Reuters) — President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s parliament will start ratifying Finland’s accession to NATO, lifting the biggest remaining hurdle to enlarging the Western defense alliance as war rages in Ukraine, though he held…