SAN JUAN — They were called the Taíno, and the Europeans who colonized their land took almost everything away from them. A half-century after Christopher Columbus set foot upon the New World, these decimated natives…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — Police say they are looking for four men as “persons of interest” in the St. Croix Coliseum Cockpit double murder that took place Saturday in Estate Glynn. The…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A minor earthquake took place about 24 miles off the coast of the British Virgin Islands on Sunday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said it…
MID-ISLAND ST. CROIX — Two men were killed after a shooting at the Coliseum Cockpit on Saturday afternoon. Luis Colon, 32, and Jacobo Garcia, 46, were shot to death sometime before 3:49 p.’m. when the…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] GEORGETOWN –– Guyana’s government has said the cabinet is reviewing a profit sharing contract with United States oil giant ExxonMobil amid mounting criticisms about its reported lopsidedness from various sections…
SEOUL — Charles Flaherty doesn’t remember thinking that he was about to give his bones — and therefore his life — to his younger brother, but that’s the story they tell him. At seven, Flaherty would donate the bone…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY — U.S. Coast Guard Petty officer Jake DiPaola arrived on St. John about a week after Hurricane Maria. In Coral Bay, on the island’s eastern end, DiPaola says…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — Each summer the Youth Ocean Explorers (YOE) Program educates middle school and high school youth about the marine ecosystems that surround the territory. Coral reefs and vital marine…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Passenger ratings for St. Thomas, Sint Maarten and San Juan are consistently higher now than before the hurricanes, a senior Carnival Cruise Line executive said Thursday. “There’s…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — A record 30 million people visited the Caribbean last year despite two devastating hurricanes that hit the region. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) said today that visitors…