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U.S. Air Force Airmen Work To Restore Radio Communications To Puerto Rico

HIGH WIRE ACT: An airman with the 85th Engineering and Installation Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., works atop a radio tower at Cerra de Punta Mountain near Ponce,…

John McCarthy October 24, 2017

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U.S. Air Force Evacuates 63 Critically-Ill Kidney Patients From St. Croix For Needed Care In Tampa

[ad name="HTML-68"] FREDERIKSTED -- Some 63 kidney patients were evacuated from St. Croix as part of a humanitarian mission of the U.S. military. Air Force Major Gavril Goodman was on…

John McCarthy October 24, 2017

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Cane Bay Cares Gives 36 Generators, 18,000 Bottles Of Water To Maria-Struck St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED -- The first phase of Operation Cane Bay Cares St. Croix Hurricane Relief Drive has kicked off successfully with 36 community groups receiving a generator and thousands of residents…

VI Free Press October 24, 2017

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U.S. Senate Moves Forward On $36.5 Billion Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Disaster Relief Package

[ad name="HTML-68"] WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate is pushing ahead on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of…

John McCarthy October 23, 2017

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Irma and Maria Disaster Survivors Have Until Dec. 18 To File Their Claim With FEMA In The Territory

OPERATING IN THE DARK: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is located in the Old Post Office building beneath the steeple tower at Church and Company Streets in Christiansted. The…

VI Free Press October 23, 2017

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Indie Pop Duo Wild Belle Drops Single Called ‘Hurricane’ To Benefit Disaster Victims In Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] Indie pop duo Wild Belle comprised of siblings Elliot and Natalie Bergman, has released an impromptu single titled "Hurricane" Friday (Oct. 20). Although the song compares a lover…

John McCarthy October 22, 2017

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Students In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Qualify For Discounted Tuition At New Jersey University Because Of Irma and Maria

[ad name="HTML-68"] NEWARK -- College students in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico whose studies have been halted by the recent hurricanes are being offered an educational lifeline by New…

John McCarthy October 21, 2017

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Members of the Palestinian Diaspora Get A Hearing About The Situation In Our Region At Managua

MANAGUA -- Representatives of the Palestinian diaspora in the region have been arriving in the Nicaraguan capital as the Fourth Congress of the Confederation of Palestinian Communities in Latin America and…

John McCarthy October 19, 2017

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Young Teacher With Amnesia Like Jason Bourne Character Disappeared On St. Thomas Last Month And Hasn’t Been Found After Hurricane Maria

MISSING EIGHT DAYS AFTER HURRICANE IRMA: HANNAH UPP CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A young schoolteacher with a rare form of amnesia is feared dead after she disappeared in St. Thomas last…

John McCarthy October 12, 2017

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CROSSFIRE HURRICANES! Irma and Maria Knock St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John Off The Grid … Again

FREDERIKSTED -- Three weeks after Hurricane Maria demolished St. Croix as a Category 5 storm at least 90 percent of the island still does not have electricity and many residents…

John McCarthy October 11, 2017