PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti became Latin America and the Caribbean’s first independent state of the colonial era and the first Black-led republic when it threw off
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V.I. National Guard Association Announces 2021 Scholarship Award Winner
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands National Guard Association presented a $1,000 scholarship award to McKayla Collins recently. The ceremony was held in a conference room
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Coast Guard Seizes $15 Million In Illegal Drugs In The Mona Passage
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard said the crew of the cutter Joseph Tezanos offloaded nearly $15 million in seized cocaine and transferred custody
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Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Holds Change of Command Ceremony In Florida
PORT CANAVERAL — The crew of the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant conducted a formal change of command ceremony in Florida this week. During
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Haitians Apprehensive of Foreign Troops As Government Seeks U.S. Help
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A troubled past of foreign military intervention has made many Haitians anxious or hostile to calls requesting U.S. or other foreign troops be
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‘Ryan Bane Is Only Person Of Interest In Sarm Heslop’s Disappearance … But Now We Don’t Know Where He Is,’ VIPD Says
CRUZ BAY — Virgin Islands police have admitted to “losing track” of the boyfriend of a missing British woman who is the only person of
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Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Person In The Water Near Culebra
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing male boater Wednesday night near the island of Culebra off Puerto Rico. “Suspending a
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Gunmen Assassinate Haitian President In His Home; State of Emergency Declared
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by gunmen with heavy-caliber weapons in his private residence early this morning, sparking an international outcry
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Picking Up Speed, Tropical Storm Elsa Moves Towards South-Central Cuba
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened late on Sunday as its center approached south-central Cuba with the Caribbean island nation’s government issuing hurricane warnings for
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Hurricane Elsa Leaves USVI High And Dry; Storm Stingy When It Comes To Rainfall
CHRISTIANSTED — People in the U.S. Virgin Islands hoping that Hurricane Elsa would get close enough to the territory to effect heavy rainfall without the
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