National News – Page 278 – Virgin Islands Free Press

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

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St. Croix Man Refused Beer On Flight … So He Screamed, Fought and Spit Blood, FBI Says

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- A St. Croix man on an American Airlines flight to Miami was arrested after he allegedly launched into a midair, profanity-laced tirade and traded punches…

VI Free Press May 26, 2018

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NHC Monitoring Invest 90L To See If It Becomes Season’s First Named Storm … In May!

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- The disturbance in the northwest Caribbean- called Invest 90L - is becoming better organized, and the models are now indicating that there is a good…

John McCarthy May 25, 2018

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Today Is May 25 National Missing Children’s Day After First Being Declared in 1983

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – In 1983, President Ronald Regan proclaimed May 25th National Missing Children’s Day. The day was observed after a string of child abductions…

John McCarthy May 25, 2018

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Recovery Worker ‘Swims’ At Only Beach In Territory Closed For Pollution … And Drowns

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Police said a recovery worker ignored local government warnings and swam at the only beach closed to the public for environmental reasons…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

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Republicans Join With Democrats to Defeat Anti-Food Stamps and Cockfighting Bill

WASHINGTON – The House rejected its own Republican version of the farm bill (H.R. 2—Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018) May 18 by a vote of 198 to 213. For House…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

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Puerto Rico Stocks Food, Water, Radios as Hurricane Season Approaches June 1

SAN JUAN -- Federal and local officials said that they are stockpiling radios, food, water and generators in Puerto Rico and demanding rigorous emergency training to prepare the U.S. commonwealth for…

John McCarthy May 15, 2018