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PORT TASK FORCE: Tackles Growing Pains Of St. Thomas While Hurricane Recovery Is Ongoing

PORT TASK FORCE: (from left) Department of Public Works Commissioner Nelson Petty, Gov. Kenneth Mapp and Department of Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty. CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Gov. Kenneth Mapp met with…

John McCarthy February 21, 2018

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MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: British Virgin Islands’ and Anguilla’s ‘Financial Skulduggery’ Allows North Korea To Avoid U.S. Sanctions

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] ROAD TOWN, Tortola -- A prominent British politician has accused Her Majesty's overseas territories of undermining the security services by helping North Korea dodge U.S.…

John McCarthy February 21, 2018

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PLASKETT OPINION: Virgin Islands Must Be Sober-Minded As We Execute Our Rebuilding

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) poses with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) By STACEY PLASKETT, VIRGIN ISLANDS DELEGATE TO CONGRESS SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS In the early morning hours…

VI Free Press February 21, 2018

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DEA and CBP’s AMO Team Up To Seize 25 Pounds of Cocaine Off Coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized 25 pounds (11.4 kilos) of cocaine in a backpack concealed inside the…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018

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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Spirit Airlines To Expand Service To St. Croix Starting In May

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIRAMAR -- Spirit Airlines is bringing more flights to the territory even as the region as a whole recovers from the destructive 2017 hurricane season. The…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018

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UVI WORKSHOP: Pruning Trees Is of Supreme Importance Especially After A Hurricane

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- The University of the Virgin Islands’ Cooperative Extension Service (UVI-CES) - Agriculture and Natural Resources Program will hold a tree pruning workshop entitled,…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018

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Taino Indians Are Alive and Well and Living In Puerto Rico … At Least Their Descendants … DNA Says

SAN JUAN -- They were called the Taíno, and the Europeans who colonized their land took almost everything away from them. A half-century after Christopher Columbus set foot upon the…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018

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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