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EARTH DAY! Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Fights Pollution in Region

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] BRIDGETOWN -- This Earth Day, April 22, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) joins the worldwide celebrations. Earth Day’s theme this year, “End Plastic…

John McCarthy April 22, 2018

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St. Thomas Man Dies Near Kirwan Terrace After Sustaining Multiple Gunshot Wounds Friday Night

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas man was shot multiple times in a Lindbergh Bay housing community and succumbed to his injuries on Friday night. Police have not released his…

John McCarthy April 21, 2018

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JOB WELL DONE! VIPD Arrests Five St. Croix Men As Part of ‘Operation Senatus’

ARRESTED ON ST. CROIX: Jamie Lashawn Brewster FREDERIKSTED -- Police under the direction of Commissioner Delroy Richards Sr. arrested five men during a special mission the Virgin Islands Police Department…

John McCarthy April 21, 2018

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VIPD: Kevon Benjamin Edwards Gunned Down Near Harbor View Apartments Friday Night

FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS: KEVON BENJAMIN EDWARDS, 20. OF ST. CROIX. CHRISTIANSTED -- Police say a St. Croix man was brutally gunned down near a Golden Rock housing community…

John McCarthy April 21, 2018

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Raul Castro Bows Out in Cuba But Cold War Chill Returns With President Trump

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] HAVANA -- Raul Castro has stepped down as president and his brother Fidel is dead but U.S. relations with Cuba are frostier than in years,…

John McCarthy April 20, 2018

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17-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead, 10 Injured After Shootout in Mayaguez Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — One person has been killed and 10 others injured in a shoot-out in Puerto Rico. Police said a 17-year-old boy died early…

John McCarthy April 20, 2018

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Bureau of Motor Vehicles Gets Two New Trailers For St. Thomas … Two Arriving For St. Croix Soon

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Two modular units have arrived on St. Thomas and two units will soon arrive on St. Croix as temporary office space for…

John McCarthy April 20, 2018

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POLICE: ‘Major’ Sewage Problem Closes Ann Schrader Command in La Reine Temporarily

MID-ISLAND ST. CROIX -- The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) said that effective at 7:00 p.m., Thursday April 19, 2018 the Ann Schrader Command (Zone A) at Estate La Reine,…

John McCarthy April 20, 2018

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GOLDEN EGGS? People Boiling Hot About High Price of Eggs on St. Croix Since Salmonella Scare

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- People are boiling hot about the high price of eggs on St. Croix, according to social media. Some people said businesses were “price gouging”…

John McCarthy April 19, 2018

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Gubernatorial Candidate Warren Mosler Charges ‘Serious’ Crime Committed With Misapplied GERS Deductions

CHRISTIANSTED -- A 2018 gubernatorial candidate is calling for "justice" in connection with the Virgin Islands government taking money out of payroll checks for the Government Employees Retirement System (GERS)…

John McCarthy April 19, 2018