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 Ernesto. HMS Trent was deployed…
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 the islands later today and…
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. Thomas. Santos Jiminez Caraballo, 42,…
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 as an illegal migrant ...…
‘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 passes north of the U.S.…
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, approximately 22 nautical miles south…
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 Rodriguez-Molina, 37, a native of…
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 ships and private destinations to…
‘Strong’ 4.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Anegada; no tsunami threat
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A "strong" magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred about 33 miles northwest of Anegada Island in the British Virgin Islands at 8:23 a.m. AST today, the Pacific Tsunami…
BVI man admits he smuggled 5 illegal migrants into the territory by boat
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands man admitted to a federal judge that he smuggled five illegal migrants into the territory by boat. Lorenzo Ortis Charles, 36, of Road…