Coast Guard rescues 4 seaman aboard disabled vessel
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard cutter Joseph Doyle and a Station San Juan boat crew assisted four mariners aboard the disabled vessel Sueño I off Carolina, Puerto Rico, Wednesday. Assisted…
How to choose between the U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands
Boasting a sailing culture like no other, the Virgin Islands archipelago calls to travelers from all over the globe. Blue-green waves as clear as glass shimmer and dance, revealing a…
St. Thomas CBP agents aid BVI police in cocaine bust off Virgin Gorda
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stationed on St. Thomas helped Dutch, French and British law enforcement in an operation last week that resulted in the seizure…
Coast Guard helps BVI, Dutch rescue mariner aboard crippled sailboat
ANEGADA, British Virgin Islands — U.S. Coast Guard, British Virgin Islands Royal Marine Police, and Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard air and surface units rescued a sole mariner aboard demasted sailing…
Anegada residents jolted from sleep by 5.6 magnitude earthquake in the BVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Some BVI residents in Anegada were jolted from their sleep by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake early this morning. The moderate earthquake, which took place at a…
Cruise line adds free drink packages on cruises to the Caribbean through 2026
MIAMI (CF) — This special promotion from Costa Cruises will allow you to receive the “Cruise Plus Drinks” fare for the price of a “Cruise Only fare." The “Cruise Plus…
What we know about the Social Security Administration listing thousands of living immigrants as dead
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s move to classify thousands of living immigrants as dead and cancel their Social Security numbers is an escalation of the president’s crackdown on people who were…
VIPD Marine Unit, U.S. Marshals, capture wanted St. Thomas fugitive in the BVI
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Members of the Virgin Islands Police Department's Marine Unit, partnering with the U.S. Marshals Service, captured a wanted St. Thomas fugitive in the British Virgin Islands yesterday.…
BVI boat captain charged with smuggling 3 Haitians, 1 Dominican through St. John
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands boat captain has been charged with illegally smuggling four illegal migrants through St. John's waters. Jose Miguel Hodge, 31, of Road Town, Tortola,…
Bryan pushes 25% tariff on BVI goods and travelers
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan has requested an emergency session with the legislature to discuss imposing a 25 percent tariff on imports from the British Virgin Islands and introducing…