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JUST IN TIME! Crews Install New Radar Station In Puerto Rico Serving Virgin Islands

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- A new radar has risen from the ground nine months after Hurricane Maria tore it and thousands of other structures down to their…

John McCarthy June 20, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Puerto Rico News

Travelers Don’t Have To Avoid Hurricane Belt This Season … Just Come Prepared

SAN JUAN -- Memorial Day signaled the unofficial start of summer, the conch shell reveille rousing travelers dreaming of an ocean getaway. Then four days later, hurricane season shows up like…

John McCarthy June 19, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

UNPRECEDENTED: Hurricanes Cost Caribbean $1 Billion in Tourism: Industry Group

NASSAU -- The Caribbean lost more than $1 billion in tourism revenue after hurricanes deterred visitors during the costliest storm season on record, and recovery efforts could cost close to…

John McCarthy June 19, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Community Affairs

UVI Professor Asks Homeowners Who Find Bats to Get Expert Help Relocating Them

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- As we go into another hurricane season, homeowners especially are asked to seek help before evicting an unusual type of refugee from last…

John McCarthy June 19, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Santo Domingo Native Admits To Trying To Move 33 Pounds of Cocaine in St. Thomas

GUILTY PLEA IN FEDERAL COURT: JESUS DEL ROSARIO-RONDON [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Dominican Republic native admitted today that he wanted to get at least 33…

John McCarthy June 18, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

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

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Elderly St. Thomas Man Found Shot To Death in A Chair In His Home in Estate Thomas

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Police said an elderly man was discovered shot to death sitting in a chair in Estate Thomas on Sunday afternoon. The Virgin…

John McCarthy June 18, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Community Affairs

2nd Meeting of Project Safe Neighborhoods To Take Place at Contant Knolls Thursday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE --U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said that she and other federal law enforcement and members of the District’s Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force…

John McCarthy June 18, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News British Virgin Islands News

Earthquake Measuring 3.4 in Magnitude Occurs 64 Miles North of St. Thomas on Sunday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A "minor" earthquake was recorded about 64 miles north of St. Thomas on Sunday afternoon. The quake, measuring 3.4 on the Richter…

John McCarthy June 18, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

HOME INVASION! Women Report Two Armed Masked Men Robbed Them in Enighed Pond

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CRUZ BAY -- Police are investigating an incident in which two women were robbed at gunpoint in their residence in Enighed Pond, St. John late…

John McCarthy June 17, 2018