SAN JUAN — While talk of La Nina doesn’t hold the headlines like a strong El Nino event, we are still under La Nina conditions that
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Trinidad & Tobago Foreign Office Says Terror Attack ‘Likely’ During Carnival This Week
PORT OF SPAIN — Days ahead of the annual Carnival celebrations on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, the Foreign Office has warned a terrorist
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE: Composite Utility Poles Are Here At Cost of $4,000 Each And Can Withstand 200 MPH Winds
CHRISTIANSTED — Reiterating his commitment to rebuilding a more resilient Virgin Islands, Gov. Kenneth Mapp said that the territory will have a stronger energy system
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BVI Earthquake Monitoring Equipment Is Back Up and Working Thanks To University of Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI — The impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on the strong motion and seismic network throughout
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Former Attorney General Soraya Diase Coffelt To Make Campaign Push For Governor This Month
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Beginning on February 12, 2018, the Committee to Elect Soraya Diase Coffelt Governor said it will launch a broad-ranging media campaign introducing
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Federal Agents Seize 292 Pounds of Cocaine Off Coast of St. Thomas Headed To Puerto Rico
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents along with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized 292
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Lorraine Village Residents Still Don’t Have Electricity After Maria ‘Unleashed’ Its Punishing Fury Five Months Ago
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] By VANISA SOLOMON SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS For many of our Virgin Islands residents, hurricanes Irma and
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V.I. Republican National Committeeman Says Plaskett Should Be Willing To Work With G.O.P. For Good of Territory
CHRISTIANSTED — V.I. Republican National Committeeman Jevon Williams released the following statement in response to Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett’s criticism of the administration in the opinion
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OPINION: Del. Plaskett Explains Why She Will Never Attend Another Trump State of the Union Speech
By CONGRESSWOMAN STACEY PLASKETT I did not have high expectations for this year’s State of the Union address. But I expected that the President would
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PUERTO RICO: We Won’t Cut Vacation Pay, Severance Pay and Christmas Bonuses For Public Employees, Despite Fiscal Crisis
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico government officials on Tuesday pushed back against a federal control board’s suggestion that they cut
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