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Male Plaskett Employee Will Spend Two Years In Prison For Admitting To Circulating Topless Photo of Delegate

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- Former employees of Del. Stacey Plaskett pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to distributing lewd images of the Virgin Islands congresswoman and her…

John McCarthy January 24, 2018

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UNITED NATIONS REPORT: U.S. Virgin Islands Is The New Murder Capital of the Caribbean … And Fourth Overall in the World

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The U.S. Virgin Islands has the fourth highest murder rate in the world, according to a study done by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…

John McCarthy January 23, 2018

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Women’s Coalition Bookkeeper Faces 10 Years In Prison If Convicted of Federal Theft and Money Laundering Charges

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED – A bookkeeper with the Women's Coalition of St. Croix (WCSC) was arraigned today in federal court on a criminal indictment charging her with federal program…

John McCarthy January 23, 2018

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Acting U.S. Secretary of Education Jason Botel Weighs in on State of Territory’s Schools Following Devastating Hurricanes

By ACTING ASSISTANT U.S. EDUCATION SECRETARY FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION JASON BOTEL SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Two trips to the U.S. Virgin Islands opened my eyes to…

VI Free Press January 23, 2018

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PUBLIC WORKS: Today Is The Deadline To Have Your Tree and Plant Debris Out By The Side of Road

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Department of Public Works said that the final pass for debris pickup will begin today. Contractors have worked over the last four months removing debris from…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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Police Say They Are Investigating Who Slashed Pit Bull With Machete In Estate Strawberry

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- Police want to know who hacked a pit bull with a machete so severely that it sent the dog to a veterinarian, badly…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph Won’t Play For A Second Super Bowl Ring This Year, As Philadelphia Soars Above Minnesota 38-7

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MINNEAPOLIS –- St. Croix native Linval Joseph won't get the chance to play for a second Super Bowl ring. That's because the Philadephia Eagles mercilessly…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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New England Ekes Out Another Championship Victory, This Time With Tom Brady’s Injured Hand, 24-20 Over Jacksonville

(Foxboro, MA, 01/21/18) New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady checks out his injured hand before the AFC Championship game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, January 21,…

John McCarthy January 22, 2018

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BITING WORMS: British Couple Sits on the Beach In Martinique and Gets Hookworm In Their Behinds

FORT-DE-FRANCE — One tourist couple visiting a Caribbean beach got some itchy visitors of their own. According to a report by Live Science, the British couple visited Martinique during a cruise…

VI Free Press January 21, 2018

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Trinidad and Tobago Elects First Female Head of State in Retired Judge Paula-Mae Weekes

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] PORT OF SPAIN -- Retired judge Paula-Mae Weekes was elected president of Trinidad and Tobago Friday by Trinidad’s Electoral College, which is comprised of members of…

John McCarthy January 21, 2018