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Police Seek Four F’sted Men For Questioning In Connection With Double Murder at Cockpit Saturday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- Police say they are looking for four men as "persons of interest" in the St. Croix Coliseum Cockpit double murder that took place…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018

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Minor Earthquake Felt in Tortola Was One of Nine Quakes Around BVI, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico on Sunday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] ROAD TOWN, Tortola -- A minor earthquake took place about 24 miles off the coast of the British Virgin Islands on Sunday afternoon. The U.S.…

John McCarthy February 19, 2018

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Double Murder At St. Croix’s Coliseum Cockpit Saturday … The Second One In Less Than A Year

MID-ISLAND ST. CROIX -- Two men were killed after a shooting at the Coliseum Cockpit on Saturday afternoon. Luis Colon, 32, and Jacobo Garcia, 46, were shot to death sometime…

John McCarthy February 19, 2018

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Guyana Hopes To Go From Zero To Hero In Two Years With Offshore Oil Drilling Program

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] GEORGETOWN -- Guyana’s government has said the cabinet is reviewing a profit sharing contract with United States oil giant ExxonMobil amid mounting criticisms about its…

John McCarthy February 18, 2018

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BORINQUEN RINGER: Puerto Rico Has One Entrant in 2018 Winter Olympics … He Was Born in Cincinnati

SEOUL -- Charles Flaherty doesn’t remember thinking that he was about to give his bones — and therefore his life — to his younger brother, but that’s the story they tell him. At seven,…

John McCarthy February 18, 2018

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U.S. Coast Guard Cleanup of Abandoned Boats In Water Moves To St. John

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CRUZ BAY -- U.S. Coast Guard Petty officer Jake DiPaola arrived on St. John about a week after Hurricane Maria. In Coral Bay, on the…

John McCarthy February 17, 2018

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‘MEATING’ OF THE MINDS: Japanese Tourist Kicks Airport Official In Groin When He Tries To Search Her … She’s Jailed For 14 Days

ST. JOHN'S -- A Japanese woman who kicked a police officer in the groin and refused to be searched on arrival at the V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua recently was…

VI Free Press February 17, 2018

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UVI’s Youth Ocean Explorers Program To Expand Thanks to Donation From Tropical Shipping-Saltchuk

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- Each summer the Youth Ocean Explorers (YOE) Program educates middle school and high school youth about the marine ecosystems that surround the territory.…

John McCarthy February 16, 2018

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Cruise Ship Passengers Giving St. Thomas, San Juan and Sint Maarten Higher Ratings … After The Storms

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Passenger ratings for St. Thomas, Sint Maarten and San Juan are consistently higher now than before the hurricanes, a senior Carnival Cruise…

John McCarthy February 16, 2018

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REPORT: Record Thirty Million Tourists Visited Caribbean Despite Last Year’s Storms

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — A record 30 million people visited the Caribbean last year despite two devastating hurricanes that hit the region. The Caribbean Tourism Organization…

John McCarthy February 15, 2018