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64-Year-Old Man Drowns At Brewer’s Bay Beach In St. Thomas On Friday: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating a drowning incident that took place at a St. Thomas beach on Friday morning, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center received a call…

VI Free Press December 5, 2020

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‘American-Led’ Group Building ‘Hong Kong of the Caribbean’ In Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA — An American-led group of foreign investors is developing an experimental city on an island off the coast of Honduras, with ambitions to become the Hong Kong of the…

VI Free Press December 3, 2020

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State Department Asks Americans Not To Travel To Antigua and Barbuda Because Of COVID-19

ST. JOHN'S — The U.S. Department of State is recommending U.S. travelers reconsider travel to Antigua and Barbuda due to “health and safety measures and COVID-related conditions.” Issued Monday, the…

VI Free Press December 2, 2020

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U.S. Virgin Islands Partners with American Airlines on Preflight Testing Program

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is hopeful that its entry into American Airlines’ preflight testing program will strengthen efforts to minimize the spread of coronavirus…

VI Free Press December 2, 2020

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1st Hotel Indigo Is Coming To The Cayman Islands Near 7 Mile Beach

GEORGE TOWN — The Caribbean’s tourism sector may be suffering along with the rest on the world in the pandemic, but the first Hotel Indigo is coming to the region.…

VI Free Press December 2, 2020

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Drunk Man Goes Berserk In Puerto Rico Airport When Asked To Put On A Face Mask

SAN JUAN — An impaired man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after attacking a Department of Health employee at Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport this past weekend.…

VI Free Press December 1, 2020

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Caribbean Indigenous People Return To Roots As COVID-19 Shrinks Tourism

BELMOPAN — Indigenous cultures in the Caribbean, struggling as their tourism-dependent economies are ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, are returning to traditional farming and fishing roots for their livelihoods, local…

VI Free Press November 28, 2020

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Chinese-Owned Rouge Et Noir Casino Shut Down By Dutch Government For Flouting Operating Contract

PHILIPSBURG --- Rouge Et Noir Casino was ordered closed as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday by the Minister of TEATT Ludmilla de Weever since the establishment violated their ministerial decree…

VI Free Press November 26, 2020

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U.S. Airlines Add COVID-19 Testing to Popular Caribbean Destinations

CANCUN — U.S. airlines are adding flights, and in some cases COVID-19 testing programs, for travel to Mexico and the Caribbean, a region central to carriers’ strategies to tap into…

VI Free Press November 25, 2020

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Cruise Ship Magazine Picks St. Thomas As No. 1 Caribbean Port of Call

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas has been named the top cruise destination in the Caribbean for the second year in a row. The award was determined by readers of Porthole…

VI Free Press November 24, 2020