[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PORT OF SPAIN — New research from UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean’s coral reef fish communities from the…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — The RTPark Program of the Virgin Islands highlighted partnerships, communication, and the potential for new financial approaches as dominant themes for the future during its “Recovery, Renewal, Resilience…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY — Property tax reform is crucial for all Virgin Islanders, especially St. Johnians, and must be tackled now as part of the territory’s hurricane recovery efforts, Sen. Janette Millin…
CHRISTIANSTED — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai on Friday pledged his agency’s commitment to help restore and expand the U.S. Virgin Islands communications network. After meeting with Gov. Kenneth Mapp and members of…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some 2,000 years ago there was likely a thriving Taino community in the heart of St. Thomas. In 2013, contractors began turning up shards of pottery and…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The European Union, without justification, has added the U.S. Virgin Islands to its list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions” for tax purposes. There is no evidence that the U.S.…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] GEORGETOWN — The National Disaster Management Agency in Grenada, has raised the alert level for the underwater volcano, Kick ‘em Jenny from yellow to orange because the activities have increased. The…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Almost six months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed into several Caribbean countries, the Canadian government is warning its citizens about travel to two islands impacted by…
BRIDGETOWN — Biodiversity in the Caribbean Sea is at serious risk, scientists are warning, with illegal fishing reducing fish stocks and placing the marine environment under increasing strain. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), between 20 and 30 percent of fishing in Caribbean waters is illegal,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The assistant secretary of the Interior Department, Douglas Domenech, arrived in the territory on Sunday. As head of the Office of Insular Affairs, Domenech oversees the Virgin Islands and the three other…