CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man will be extradited to Oregon to face child rape charges, according to Lt. Dan Duncan, public information officer for the Corvallis, Oregon Police Department. Jason…
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Hurricane Irma and Maria Survivors Encouraged To Register With FEMA and SBA By January 8 Deadline
CHRISTIANSTED – Survivors affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria are encouraged to register before the January 8, 2018 deadline with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster assistance. FEMA assistance may…
LOOMING BANK FORECLOSURES: The Next Financial ‘Hurricane’ To Strike Puerto Rico Is Already On The Event Horizon
SAN JUAN — Lenders to Puerto Rican homeowners have kicked foreclosures into high gear in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, skirting local and federal borrower protections. According to attorneys and experts, lenders have…
SBA Cierra Centros de Recuperación de Negocios Para el Día de Navidad y Año Nuevo; St. Croix y St. Thomas Centros Sábados Horas Cambiar
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — La Agencia Federal para el Desarrollo de la Pequeña Empresa (SBA) ha anunciado hoy que todos los Centros de Recuperación de Negocios (BRCs por sus siglas en…
SBA Closes Business Recovery Centers for Christmas and New Year’s Day; St. Croix and St. Thomas Centers Saturday Hours Change
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that the Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) on St. Croix and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands will close for Christmas Day,…
Campo Rico’s Dion Barnes Arrested In Florida On Charges He Had 40 Pounds of Ganja, LSD And Three Guns In His House
ARRESTED IN TAMPA, FLORIDA: DION BARNES OF ESTATE CAMPO RICO, ST. CROIX [ad name=”HTML-68″] TAMPA — SWAT deputies here said they searched a St. Croix man’s home and found more than 40…
FUGITIVE RETURNS: Police Detectives Collect Jahani Joseph in Atlanta After Fender Bender Check Reveals He’s Wanted For Attempted Murder
WANTED FUGITIVE: Jahani Joseph of St. Thomas [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man wanted for attempted murder has been returned to the territory to face the music here. Jahani…
V.I. Teetering On Brink of An $81 Million Bankruptcy … Despite Proposed Federal Bailout After Hurricanes Irma and Maria
BLEAK HOUSE: Gov. Kenneth Mapp is presiding over a 100,000-person territory with no money. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The economic future of the Virgin Islands is in dire jeopardy. The debt…
TRUMP TAX REFORM: Big Tax Breaks For The Ultra Rich Will Hurt The Ultra Poor in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON — Sweeping tax code changes aimed at keeping U.S. companies from shifting profits offshore to avoid taxes will not affect the battered economy of Puerto Rico, a senior White House official…
Devastating ‘White Plague’ Smothering Coral Reefs In Southern Florida and Beyond
Brain Coral (Diploria strigosa) in Juno Beach, FL suffering from White Plague, a disease that has ravaged coral reefs in the Western Atlantic. [ad name=”HTML-68″] MIAMI — A mysterious epidemic continues to…