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As Storm Looms, Medics Rush To Hospitals Overrun By Haiti Earthquake

LES CAYES — Doctors and aid workers rushed today to get flights to southwestern Haiti ahead of a looming storm, with hospitals in the devastated area unable to cope with…

Bro Bot August 16, 2021

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7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Haiti; At Least 1,000 People Killed

PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least 1,000 people were killed and hundreds were injured and missing after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he…

Bro Bot August 14, 2021

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United States To Deliver Nearly 837K Pfizer Vaccines To The Caribbean

SAN JUAN — The U.S. government said today that it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources struggles with a spike in…

Bro Bot August 12, 2021

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7 Detainees At St. Thomas Jail Test Positive For COVID-19, BOC Says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Six detainees at the Alexander A. Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex on St. Thomas tested positive for COVID-19 Monday evening, the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections said Tuesday.…

John McCarthy August 11, 2021

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‘No Virgin Islands Child Goes Hungry’ Feeding Initiative Resumes August 23

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education will resume its “No Virgin Islands. Child Goes Hungry” Feeding Initiative on Monday August 23 for school year 2021-2022. Now in…

John McCarthy August 8, 2021

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Colombia Becomes Weigh Station For 9,000 Migrants Heading To North America

BOGOTA — Some 9,000 migrants are stranded in a Caribbean municipality in Colombia amid a surge of people passing through on their way to north America following the re-opening of…

VI Free Press July 29, 2021

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Delta Variant Causes COVID-19 Outbreak At St. Croix Prison; 1 Inmate Hospitalized

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections said it first learned that an inmate at the John Bell Adult Correctional Facility tested positive for COVID-19 at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday.…

John McCarthy July 28, 2021

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Mexican President Defies U.S. Sanctions On Cuba, Saying They Are ‘Inhumane’

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president today asserted his country's right to send fuel to Cuba and said U.S. sanctions on the island were "inhumane," after a diesel cargo shipped by…

Bro Bot July 27, 2021

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Severe Floods Hammer Costa Rica, Leaving 2 Dead

SAN JOSE — Relentless rainfall in the Caribbean region caused at least two deaths amid severe flooding and major infrastructure damage in northern and eastern Costa Rica, authorities said on…

Bro Bot July 27, 2021

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Haitians Apprehensive of Foreign Troops As Government Seeks U.S. Help

PORT-AU-PRINCE — A troubled past of foreign military intervention has made many Haitians anxious or hostile to calls requesting U.S. or other foreign troops be sent to there in the…

Bro Bot July 14, 2021