SAN JUAN — With necks craned and eyes shielded from the sun, dozens of people gathered Wednesday around a towering eucalyptus tree in the heart
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St. Croix Refinery Bidders Face Hidden Environmental Costs – U.S. EPA letter
CHRISTIANSTED — Potential bidders for the bankrupt Limetree Bay refinery in the Virgin Islands may be on the hook for newly discovered groundwater contamination near
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Roach Pays Homage To Legacy of Rights Leader D. Hamilton Jackson On Liberty Day
FREDERIKSTED — Lt. Governor Tregenza Roach, prior to leaving the territory on a personal matter, called on Virgin Islanders to pay homage to native son
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Smugglers Used Kids’ Lunch Boxes to Ship Cocaine From Puerto Rico, Prosecutors Say
SAN JUAN — Five men were indicted Wednesday for allegedly running a “vast narcotics conspiracy” where they smuggled millions of dollars worth of cocaine into
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U.N. Deep-Sea Mining Rules Unlikely To Be Completed By 2023 Deadline, Latin American Countries Say
BOGATA — Regulations governing deep-sea mining will take longer to finalize due to the global pandemic, a group of Latin American countries said, creating uncertainty
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SHAKE AND BAKE: 4.9 Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Of Antigua And Barbuda
ST. JOHN’S — A strong earthquake rocked the Caribbean a short time ago; fortunately, the earthquake wasn’t large enough to generate a tsunami and there
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U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Says ‘Buon Giorno’ To Italian Travelers
ROME — The Virgin Islands Department of Tourism took its marketing messages to Italy in anticipation of welcoming European visitors once again this November. “Italy
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US, Haiti Seek Release of 17 Missionaries Snatched By Gang
PORT-AU-PRINCE — U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children with a U.S.-based missionary
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17 American Missionaries, Including Children, Kidnapped In Haiti, Group Says
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A group of 17 U.S. missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday, according to a voice message sent
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Puerto Rico Ponders Racial Identity Amid Surprising Census Results
SAN JUAN — The number of people in Puerto Rico who identified as “white” in the most recent census plummeted almost 80 percent, sparking a
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