SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard returned 10 Haitian migrants to the Dominican Republic between Tuesday and Wednesday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage
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Coast Guard Cracks Down On Illegal Passenger-For-Hire Vessel Operations
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard Sector San Juan announced Thursday efforts against illegal passenger-or-hire vessel operations in Puerto Rico. Since April, Coast Guard units and
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Turks and Caicos On The Lookout For Low Pressure System in the Caribbean
MIAMI — There’s a low pressure system located northeast of the Turks and Caicos, but tropical development is unlikely due to the presence of storm-shredding
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Courage Of Ancestors Reflected Today In Modern-Day Observance Of Contract Day
It was 143 years ago on October 1, 1878, when Crucian agricultural laborers set fire to Frederiksted town and western plantations on St. Croix. The
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USVI Hoping For ‘Moisture Surge’ From Invest 93L Expected To Reach Here Soon
MIAMI — We still have two X’s on the board, but we don’t expect either of them to amount to much of anything. Disturbance #1
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NWS Now Monitoring 2 Strong Tropical Waves In The Atlantic
MIAMI — Activity in the Caribbean is on the rise again, with forecasters monitoring two areas for potential development as a third peters out. A
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Liberty Mobile Moves To Acquire Broadband VI In Territory
SAN JUAN — With its acquisition of AT&T wireless operations in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico complete, Liberty Latin America is targeting another local
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Puerto Rico Will Host Show’s First Spanish-Language New Year’s Eve Countdown
SAN JUAN — A Spanish-language countdown will be included for the first time in the “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” show
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NWS Expects Tropical Wave To Bring ‘Heavy Rainfall’ To USVI On Wednesday
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Forecasters are monitoring “a vigorous tropical wave” located about 500 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands, the National Weather Service said today.
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‘Offshore’ Banks Can Be Tucked Away Anywhere These Days … Even On Shore
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI — A mention of “tax havens” usually conjures up images of sun-soaked Caribbean escapes like the Cayman Islands or the British
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