CHRISTIANSTED — We certainly aren’t going out on a limb to call the Year 2017 the Year of the Hurricane. Not when you live here.
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Devastating ‘White Plague’ Smothering Coral Reefs In Southern Florida and Beyond
Brain Coral (Diploria strigosa) in Juno Beach, FL suffering from White Plague, a disease that has ravaged coral reefs in the Western Atlantic. [ad name=”HTML-68″]
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St. Croix’s Linval Joseph: I Want Aaron Rodgers Because The Packers Are At Their Best With Him
EDEN PRARIE, Minn. — St. Croix’s Linval Joseph knows that the Minnesota Vikings have a trip to Lambeau Field this weekend and he wants
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‘PRETTY BUT DANGEROUS’: Most People Don’t Believe There Is A Major Crime Risk In The Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN — “Pretty but dangerous,” is how one Miami attorney describes our region. The greatest danger in visiting the Caribbean islands might not be the
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UNICEF REPORT: 350K Caribbean Children In Dire Humanitarian Need After Hurricanes Passed
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] HAVANA — Though three months has passed since hurricanes Maria and Irma terrorized and destroyed Caribbean islands, thousands of children
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Virgin Islands GOP National Committeeman Jevon O.A. Williams Returns From Washington After Meeting With President, Vice President and French Ambassador
WHITE HOUSE ACCESS: Vice President Mike Pence (left), Karen Pence (middle) and Virgin Islands GOP National Committeeman Jevon O.A. Williams meet for the Christmas holidays.
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OPINION: Puerto Rican Americans Can’t Be Second-Class Citizens Forever … Now’s The Time To Do The Right Thing By Its People
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] By JACQUELINE N. FONT-GUZMAN SPECIAL TO THE V.I. FREE PRESS SAN JUAN — Hurricanes do more than destroy homes,
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NEW TECHNOLOGY: Custom Microsoft App Is Helping the Region Rebound After Devastating Hurricanes
CODRINGTON, Barbuda — Last month at a United Nations donor conference, the international community pledged $1.3 billion to rebuild the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean. But how did they know
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ECLAC REPORT: Caribbean and Latin American Economies Will Show ‘Modest’ Gains in 2018
BRIDGETOWN — The economies of the Caribbean and Latin America should experience a moderate recovery in 2018, expanding 2.2 percent next year after recording an
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TO SALVAGE OR DESTROY, THAT IS THE QUESTION: When It Comes To Abandoned Boats In The Territory
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY — The wrecks lie half-sunk in marinas, fully submerged in coves, tangled in mangrove roots, tossed akilter against
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