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FCC Chief Ajit Pai To Do Follow-Up Visit To Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Six Months After Storms

WASHINGTON—About six months after Hurricane Maria made landfall and nearly four months after an initial trip to the islands, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced a follow-up trip to the…

John McCarthy February 22, 2018

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Dominican Man Who Shot Massachusetts Man In Face, Arrested By Marshals In Puerto Rico After Three Years On Lam

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] LYNN, Mass. -- A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a Massachusetts man after more than three years on the…

John McCarthy February 22, 2018

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DEA and CBP’s AMO Team Up To Seize 25 Pounds of Cocaine Off Coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized 25 pounds (11.4 kilos) of cocaine in a backpack concealed inside the…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018

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Taino Indians Are Alive and Well and Living In Puerto Rico … At Least Their Descendants … DNA Says

SAN JUAN -- They were called the Taíno, and the Europeans who colonized their land took almost everything away from them. A half-century after Christopher Columbus set foot upon the…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018

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Minor Earthquake Felt in Tortola Was One of Nine Quakes Around BVI, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico on Sunday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] ROAD TOWN, Tortola -- A minor earthquake took place about 24 miles off the coast of the British Virgin Islands on Sunday afternoon. The U.S.…

John McCarthy February 19, 2018

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BORINQUEN RINGER: Puerto Rico Has One Entrant in 2018 Winter Olympics … He Was Born in Cincinnati

SEOUL -- Charles Flaherty doesn’t remember thinking that he was about to give his bones — and therefore his life — to his younger brother, but that’s the story they tell him. At seven,…

John McCarthy February 18, 2018

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Cruise Ship Passengers Giving St. Thomas, San Juan and Sint Maarten Higher Ratings … After The Storms

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Passenger ratings for St. Thomas, Sint Maarten and San Juan are consistently higher now than before the hurricanes, a senior Carnival Cruise…

John McCarthy February 16, 2018

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U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Make USA Today’s List of ‘Best Beaches’ for 2018

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The U.S. Virgin Islands made USA Today's list of the "Best Beaches in the Caribbean, 2018 Edition." The article in their Travel Section…

John McCarthy February 15, 2018

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Commerce Secretary Rules V.I., P.R. and Florida Fisheries Suffered ‘Catastrophic’ Damage and Fishermen Can Get Grants, Loans

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross ruled the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida and Puerto Rico all suffered catastrophic fishery disasters after Hurricanes Irma…

John McCarthy February 12, 2018

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Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 Includes Provisions That Puts A Stay On Planned Reductions In Rum Cover Over For V.I. and P.R.

WASHINGTON -- Congress approved the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018” early Friday morning. It is a complex piece of legislation that includes important modifications to the excise tax known as…

John McCarthy February 10, 2018