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Coast Guard Seizes 882 Pounds Of Cocaine From Dominicans On Boat Near Dorado

SAN JUAN — A Station San Juan boat crew offloaded approximately 400 kilograms in seized cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to federal agents Wednesday, following the interdiction of a…

John McCarthy December 1, 2021

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UVI Mourns the Loss of Playwright and Professor, David Edgecombe

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is mourning the loss of David Edgecombe, former executive director of the Reichhold Center for the Arts and retired associate professor of communications who passed away on November 19. …

John McCarthy November 30, 2021

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5 Current Inmates At St. Croix Prison Have Tested Positive For COVID-19, BOC Says

FREDERIKSTED — Two additional inmates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease at the St. Croix prison, bringing the current total to five, authorities said. Updating efforts to mitigate COVID-19,…

John McCarthy November 30, 2021

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Inmate At St. Thomas Jail Tests Positive For Tuberculosis On Monday, BOC Says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — One detainee at the Criminal Justice Center on St. Thomas tested positive for Tuberculosis on Monday, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections said. As part of BOC's…

John McCarthy November 30, 2021

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Barbados Bids Farewell To British Monarchy, Becomes Independent Republic

BRIDGETOWN — Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II today as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.…

Bro Bot November 30, 2021

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France Sends More Police, SWAT Team, Extends Curfew In Caribbean Territory

PARIS — The French government will send police reinforcements, including an elite SWAT team, and extend a curfew in the French island of Guadeloupe after two weeks of unrest, the…

Bro Bot November 30, 2021

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UVI Now Offers ‘Marine Debris Curriculum’ For Educators Across The Territory

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), in partnership with local educators, said it now offers a "USVI Marine Debris Curriculum." The curriculum was written exclusively for the…

John McCarthy November 29, 2021

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USVI Tourism At Bahamas Conference Trying To Scare Up Hotel Development

NASSAU — The U.S. Virgin Islands is reveling by investor interest in the territory and the wider Caribbean. Attending the recently concluded annual Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS) in…

Bro Bot November 29, 2021

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Charles Turnbull Library Closed Today Due To A/C Problem: DPNR

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Commissioner Jean-Pierre Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources said that the Charles W. Turnbull Regional Library on St. Thomas will be closed today. The A/C…

John McCarthy November 29, 2021

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Coast Guard Rescues 27 Haitian Migrants Stranded On Monito Island Off Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless rescued 27 migrants Saturday, after the migrants abandoned a disabled vessel Wednesday and ended up stranded on Monito Island off of Puerto…

John McCarthy November 29, 2021