CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands man will remain in federal custody pending trial on charges related to a human smuggling operation, federal authorities
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HMS Trent helps BVI recover from Tropical Storm Ernesto
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class OPV arrived in the British Virgin Islands to assist with recovery measures following Tropical Storm
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Hurricane Watch in effect for the Virgin Islands, Vieques and Culebra
SAN JUAN — A Hurricane Watch was issued for the Virgin Islands, Vieques and Culebra. Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to intensify as it approaches
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Dominican coke don indicted by federal grand jury in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A recently unsealed case in the U.S. District Court alleges that a Dominican man smuggled cocaine between Road Town, Tortola and St.
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Colombian man charged with illegal re-entry and alien smuggling
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Colombian man who was deported four years ago has been indicted by a federal grand jury for re-appearing in St. Thomas
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‘Fish storm’ expected to pass north of the USVI as a strong tropical cyclone
SAN JUAN — Tropical Cyclone Five is slowly approaching the Lesser and Greater Antilles and expected to build into a hurricane but only after it
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Coast Guard aircrew aids BVI-bound cargo vessel taking on water in Caribbean Sea
SAN JUAN — The aircrew of a Coast Guard MH-60T helicopter assisted a BVI-bound cargo vessel that was taking on water in the Caribbean Sea,
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BVI resident gets 5 years for smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine into St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — A British Virgin Islands resident was given nearly five years in prison for smuggling $20 million worth of cocaine into St. Croix Augusto
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Lawsuit accuses jail staff of leaving sick man to die in pain
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A new lawsuit accuses staff at the St. Thomas jail of leaving a 36-year-old man to die in a cell after denying
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Royal Caribbean recruiting thousands to meet surging demand
MIAMI — Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group is in discussions with new and existing markets around the world to recruit thousands of workers to staff its
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