CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who allegedly threatened a woman with a knife, punched her, kicked her, choked her and hit her with a rock — was arrested on multiple domestic violence related…
CHRISTIANSTED — A Venezuelan defendant who claimed that armed pirates forced him and 10 others to smuggle 121 pounds into St. Croix got nearly four years in prison today. Daniel Jesus Salazar-Gonzalez, 43, of Caracas,…
SAN JUAN — A former Puerto Rico legislator was sentenced Wednesday to 57 months in prison for engaging in a bribery and kickback scheme. He was also ordered to pay $190,000 in restitution. Nelson Del…
SAN JUAN — Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin filed a lawsuit Wednesday against his indigent, mentally ill nephew that accused him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of law and damages — stemming from false allegations…
NASSAU — A 58-year-old Pennsylvania woman died in a bull shark attack in The Bahamas on Tuesday, police said. The woman has been identified as Caroline DiPlacido from Millcreek Township. She was a mother of three.…
CHRISTIANSTED — During today’s Government House weekly briefing, Territorial Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis announced that the Virgin Islands Department of Health (DOH) now has doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine that is more effective against the…
The Community of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) has recently been honored with an invitation to serve as an affiliate Center for the Book. The Center for the Book was originally founded in 1977 by the Library…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 50-year-old fisherman clinging to jagged rocks off Dog Island in St. Thomas was saved Sunday by the Coast Guard in a daring rescue during Tropical Storm Earl. The rescued fisherman, who was…
CIENAGA DE ZAPATA — Shirtless and waist-deep in the dark waters of Cuba’s palm-speckled Zapata Swamp, researcher Etiam Perez releases a baby crocodile confiscated from illegal hunters back into the wild. It is a small…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man was flagged at the St. Thomas airport as being wanted for dealing in stolen property in Florida, authorities said. John Stephen Grandgerard, 37, of Jacksonville, was detained today by CBP…