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East Indian Pleads Guilty To Taking $2.5 Million in Kickbacks In Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

RUTLAND, Vermont — A Florida man who worked as a project manager for a company that has done more than $200 million of dollars in energy efficiency work for the U.S. government…

John McCarthy August 7, 2018

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Ritz Crackers Are Being Recalled in Virgin Islands Over Possible Salmonella Risk

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] DEERFIELD, Ill. -- A wide variety of Ritz Bits and Ritz cracker sandwich products got recalled Saturday across the United States, including the U.S. Virgin…

John McCarthy July 24, 2018

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Despite Paying $7.5M In Restitution, Man Who Swindled Tim Duncan Must Stay Jailed

SAN ANTONIO — The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the federal prison sentence for the former financial adviser of St. Croix's Tim Duncan. A judge ordered Charles…

John McCarthy July 18, 2018

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St. Thomas Native Akira Pickering Wins Miss Black USA Talented Teen Competition

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- The Miss Black USA Organization crowned St. Thomas native Akira Pickering as Miss Black USA Talented Teen 2018 at TheARC Theater in Washington,…

John McCarthy July 14, 2018

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San Diego Online Paper Wants Help To End Its ‘Inadvertent’ Association With Porn

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN DIEGO -- East County Magazine said it is powerless to stop a smut attack that has linked its urls to a porn site and…

John McCarthy June 26, 2018

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Separated Migrant Children Forced To Take Psychotropic Drugs At U.S. Detention Centers

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] DALLAS -- Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters to manage their trauma after…

John McCarthy June 21, 2018

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U.S. Immigration Rounds Up 30 Caribbean Illegals In Sweep of New Jersey Suburbs

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] NEWARK -- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a number of Caribbean nationals have been arrested among 91 immigrants during a five-day…

John McCarthy June 18, 2018

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Coast Guard Promotes St. Croix’s Claricia Gautier in Ceremony At Nation’s Capitol

PROMOTED: Claricia Gautier [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- U.S. Coast Guard senior chief Yeoman Claricia Gautier, a 1995 graduate of Central High School on St. Croix has been…

John McCarthy June 7, 2018

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Canegata, Not Running For Any Office, Takes Credit For Federal Response To Disasters

FREDERIKSTED -- The top GOP official in the Virgin Islands suggested his fundraising group’s "behind the scenes" relationship with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke helped influence the department's response to last…

VI Free Press June 7, 2018

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St. Croix’s Jason Felix Faces 20 Years in Prison on Federal Interfering With A Flight Crew Charge

MIAMI -- A St. Croix airline passenger who was denied alcohol on a flight and then launched into a screaming tirade involving spit and blood -- now faces the possibility of up to 20 years in…

VI Free Press May 28, 2018