2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins Today
MIAMI — There is an 80 percent chance that a hurricane will form in the next 48 hours from an area of low pressure located near the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and the…
Coast Guard Takes 35 Illegal Migrants Back To The DR
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard between Tuesday and Friday returned eight Dominican, 15 Haitian and 12 Uzbek nationals to the Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages in Mona Passage waters near…
From Undocumented To Entrepreneur – A Caribbean Immigrant Story
NEW YORK — “Undocumented immigrants” or “illegal aliens” are most often stereotyped as migrants who come over the border to take “away jobs from Americans.” Listen to Fox News or any right-wing propaganda and the…
UVI Hosts USVI-BVI Mangrove Restoration Learning Exchange
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Center for Marine and Environmental Studies (CMES) hosted a mangrove restoration learning exchange with individuals from the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLCC) in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.…
Celebrate Hashtag National Turtle Day Today!
Today is #NationalTurtleDay! If you’re in the Caribbean, that’s reason enough to start celebrating! Anyone who is lucky enough to come across these gentle creatures in their underwater world feels excited and blessed to have…
New York Times Reveals How Haiti Became The Poorest Country In The Americas
By GERMAN LOPEZ/New York Times France’s ransom Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, and a new Times investigative series explores why. One stunning detail: France demanded reparations from Haitians it once…
U.S. To Ease A Few Economic Sanctions Against Venezuela
CARACAS — The United States government is moving to ease a few economic sanctions on Venezuela in a gesture meant to encourage resumed negotiations between the U.S.-backed opposition and the government of President Nicolás Maduro.…
Coast Guard Rescues 38 Survivors From Capsized Vessel in the Mona Passage
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard suspended at 10 p.m. Sunday the four-day search for additional survivors of a capsized vessel in Mona Passage waters between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Rescued are 38…
Coast Guard Returns 24 Dominicans After Illegal Voyage Northwest of Aguadilla
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley repatriated 24 Dominican Republic nationals Monday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage Wednesday in Atlantic Ocean waters northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This interdiction is…
Wayne James Premieres Cuba Movie While Challenging Conviction, Battling Blindness
UNION CITY — “Going…Going…Gone: The Grandeur of Golden-Age Cuba,” a film by fashion designer and former St. Croix Senator Wayne James, premiered at New Jersey’s prestigious Musto Cultural Center. The public screening of the three-part…