[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WELLINGTON — A fundraiser last week in Florida brought in some big money for hurricane relief in the British Virgin Islands. The Thursday event was co-hosted by Palm Beach Travel, the…
NEW KING IN KINGSTON: The boy lived in the Corporate Area of Kingston in Jamaica [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] KINGSTON — Fears over a killer Ebola-like disease in Jamaica are mounting after an eight-year-old…
CARACAS — Venezuela has extended its ban on air and maritime ties with three nearby Dutch Caribbean islands, citing out of control smuggling, officials said today. Venezuela is pressing for high-level talks with leaders of Aruba,…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PANAMA CITY – The Panama-based Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) says that the Caribbean’s coastal environment is stressed out, but adds that there is hope, according to data from a…
PHILIPSBURG — A British man was airlifted to the Cayman Islands after he fell from a three-story balcony on the Dutch island of Sint Maarten on December 27. Reports are that 32-year Kurt Russell had…
CHRISTIANSTED – The Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission announces that it will hold a Special Commission Meeting on Friday December 29, 2017 beginning at 11:00 a.m. The Commission will consider approving casino employee licenses, casino…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] BRIDGETOWN — The Caribbean race season’s opening regatta is now to be known as Barbados Sailing Week, which replaces its former title – the Mount Gay Round Barbados Series. Organized…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Cruise lines are recovering after hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed our region earlier this year, though cruise-goers describe “blackout” conditions on some islands, and mourn the loss of some of their favorite attractions. The…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ST. GEORGE’S — Susan Adolphus James has one vivid memory of childhood Christmases on the island of Beaulieu, Grenada: black cake. “Christmas don’t feel like Christmas if you don’t have…
BLEAK HOUSE: Gov. Kenneth Mapp is presiding over a 100,000-person territory with no money. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The economic future of the Virgin Islands is in dire jeopardy. The debt…