Skip to content
Virgin Islands Free Press Virgin Islands Free Press

Virgin Islands Free Press/Latest News and Updates

  • Home
  • #12664 (no title)
  • Blog
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • My account
  • Refund and Returns Policy
  • Shop
  • V.I. FREE PRESS SUPPORT
  • About Us
  • Location
  • Contact Us
  • facebook.com
  • twitter.com
  • t.me
  • instagram.com
  • youtube.com
Subscribe

Caribbean News

  • Home
  • Breaking News
  • Caribbean News
  • Page 232
Jamaican Finance Minister Sees Interest In Regional Caribbean Catastrophe Bond
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Business News

Jamaican Finance Minister Sees Interest In Regional Caribbean Catastrophe Bond

KINGSTON (Reuters) — Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke said he is seeing "definite interest" from other Caribbean countries to join in issuing a regional catastrophe bond that would protect their…
Posted by John McCarthy June 18, 2023
NHC Monitors Invest 92L
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

NHC Monitors Invest 92L

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Invest 92L, which could eventually become the second named system of the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters have been watching a disturbance,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 17, 2023
Costa Rican Man Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana To St. Croix
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Costa Rican Man Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana To St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — A native of Costa Rica admitted to drug smuggling charges in federal court in Golden Rock today. Luis Antonio Orellana- Orellano, 69, of San Jose, pled guilty in…
Posted by John McCarthy June 16, 2023
Laws In Some Caribbean Countries Still Criminalize Gay Sex
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Laws In Some Caribbean Countries Still Criminalize Gay Sex

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — In recent years, several Caribbean nations have struck down laws criminalizing same-sex relations. Courts in Belize in 2016 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2018 found…
Posted by John McCarthy June 16, 2023
30,000 Haitian Kids Live in Private Orphanages; Officials Want to Close Them and Reunite Families
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

30,000 Haitian Kids Live in Private Orphanages; Officials Want to Close Them and Reunite Families

SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — Mylouise Veillard was 10 when her mother dropped her off at an orphanage in southern Haiti and promised her a better life. For three years, Mylouise slept on…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
Meet the LGBTQ+ Activist Who Challenged Antigua’s Anti-Sodomy Law and Won
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Meet the LGBTQ+ Activist Who Challenged Antigua’s Anti-Sodomy Law and Won

ST. JOHN’S (AP) — For years, Orden David was persecuted in his native Antigua and Barbuda — a frequent complaint by many LGBTQ people who fear for their safety across…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
NWS Monitoring Tropical System Expected To Bring Rain To The USVI Next Week
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

NWS Monitoring Tropical System Expected To Bring Rain To The USVI Next Week

MIAMI — A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa later today and early Friday, the National Weather Service said. Environmental conditions are expected to…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2023
Puerto Rican Man With Cocaine Bricks In Duffle Bag At Hotel Gets 7 Years In Prison
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Puerto Rican Man With Cocaine Bricks In Duffle Bag At Hotel Gets 7 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who checked into a St. Thomas hotel with a duffle bag filled with 30 bricks of cocaine was handed a sentence of seven years…
Posted by John McCarthy June 9, 2023
Dominican Who Paid $26,000 To Illegally Re-Enter United States Will Be Deported Again
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Dominican Who Paid $26,000 To Illegally Re-Enter United States Will Be Deported Again

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A native of the Dominican Republic who previously entered the United States as an illegal migrant was found guilty of the same crime again in a federal court.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 9, 2023
Joran van der Sloot, Chief Suspect In Natalee Holloway Disappearance, Transferred To U.S. Custody
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Joran van der Sloot, Chief Suspect In Natalee Holloway Disappearance, Transferred To U.S. Custody

LIMA, Peru — The Dutch man long suspected of playing a role the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway has been transferred to U.S. custody to face fraud allegations.…
Posted by John McCarthy June 8, 2023

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 … 230 231 232 233 234 … 386 Next page
Copyright 2025 — Virgin Islands Free Press. All rights reserved. Bloghash WordPress Theme
Scroll to Top