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COVID-19: Puerto Rico Welcomes Tourists As Virus Surge Sows Lockdown Fears

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico officially reopened for tourists Wednesday, even as the U.S. commonwealth sees a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations that threatens to undermine its early gains…

VI Free Press July 16, 2020

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Boy, 11, Killed In Drive-By Shooting In Ponce On Sunday Night: PRPD

SAN JUAN — An 11-year-old boy was killed in southern Puerto Rico in a drive-by shooting that left three others injured, including his six-year-old brother, authorities said today. Unknown gunmen…

VI Free Press July 13, 2020

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Puerto Rico Questions Spain’s Legacy As Statues Tumble In The United States

SAN JUAN — Statues, street names, plazas and even the body of conquistador Juan Ponce de León himself: Spain left a nearly indelible legacy in Puerto Rico that attracts hordes…

VI Free Press July 12, 2020

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Mostly Black Town In Puerto Rico Sees Its Own Past In The Death Of George Floyd

LOIZA — As evening fell over Puerto Rico, hundreds gathered at a vigil for George Floyd recently in Loíza, a coastal town home to one of the island’s largest Black…

VI Free Press July 10, 2020

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New York Man Gets Probation, $2.5 Million Fine After Multi-Million Dollar Kickback Scheme in USVI, PR

MONTPELIER — A New York man who siphoned off money from three General Services Administration projects totaling $34.4 million in St. Croix, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico was sentenced to…

John McCarthy July 6, 2020

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Worsening Drought Forces State of Emergency In Puerto Rico … What Is USVI Doing?

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s governor declared a state of emergency effective Monday as a worsening drought creeps across the U.S. territory amid a coronavirus pandemic. Starting July 2, nearly 140,000…

Bro Bot July 5, 2020

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2 Earthquakes Shake, Rattle, Roll Puerto Rico … Latest In Series Of Quakes

SAN JUAN — Two strong earthquakes have shaken Puerto Rico, but there have been no reports of injuries in the latest of a series of tremors that have hit the…

Bro Bot July 4, 2020

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PUERTO RICAN CRIME WAVE PLAGUES USVI! San Juan Native Brought 10 Pounds Of Ganja To St. Croix In 2017

CHRISTIANSTED — A Puerto Rican woman admitted to being part of the Puerto Rican crime wave plaguing the U.S. Virgin Islands, owning up in federal court to bringing 10 pounds of…

Bro Bot July 2, 2020

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Puerto Rico Man Who Paid Out $1.2 Million In Kickbacks Gets 8 Months, Home Prison

CHRISTIANSTED — Reinaldo Cruz Taura, president of Puerto Rico-based RCT Mechanical Engineering, was sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of home confinement for providing kickbacks in connection…

VI Free Press July 2, 2020

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Feds Pluck $2.25 Million In Cash Out Of The Waters Off Of St. Thomas: USAO

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Federal law enforcement agents recently recovered four duffel bags stuffed with $2.25 million in cash out of the waters off of the coast of St. Thomas, authorities said. U.S. Department of Homeland…

VI Free Press June 18, 2020