SEOUL — Virgin Islands skeleton slider Kathryn Tannenbaum will miss the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday turned down her attempt to compete via a quota spot. The…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Researchers affiliated with the United States Geological Survey returned to Anegada this month to examine the environmental impacts of Hurricane Irma and to determine the connections…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] By ROBERT BREEDLOVE SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Every year when Our Town winter temperatures begin to drop and consistently stay at or below the freezing point, our…
PUNTA CANA — Canadian couple Eddie Zytner and Katie Stephens can’t help but regret a recent trip to the Dominican Republic — but so would anybody who came home with parasites burrowing into their feet.…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — St. Croix has made the Caribbean Journal’s list of the “18 best islands to visit in 2018.” On the CJ list, the Big Island is No. 4 in…
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says economic prospects for the region are generally improving and modest growth is expected in 2018 and 2019. The IMF, in its Regional Economic Outlook Update for Latin…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CASTRIES — The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has received information from the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, Trinidad, indicating that that there was a 3.7 magnitude…
FORT-DE-FRANCE — One tourist couple visiting a Caribbean beach got some itchy visitors of their own. According to a report by Live Science, the British couple visited Martinique during a cruise and after sunbathing on a…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PORT OF SPAIN — Retired judge Paula-Mae Weekes was elected president of Trinidad and Tobago Friday by Trinidad’s Electoral College, which is comprised of members of the country’s House of Representatives…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ABU DHABI — During the recent events of the IRENA General Assembly, the United Arab Emirates-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund, valued at $50 million, has launched its second funding cycle by establishing…