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SELL OUT! Seaborne Airlines Says Toxic Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing Won’t Affect Its Sale To Silver Airways

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN – Sea Star Holdings Inc., parent company for Seaborne Puerto Rico LLC, Seaborne Virgin Islands, Inc. and affiliates ("Seaborne" or "the Company"), announced…

John McCarthy January 9, 2018

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The Book On Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands Libraries After Hurricane Maria Tore Through The Region

ROYAL MESS: Flooding damage to a reading room at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao. SAN JUAN -- Hurricane Maria, the 10th most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, made…

John McCarthy January 6, 2018

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Weather Report For The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico According to the National Weather Service

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Sunny to partly cloudy skies and fair weather conditions are expected. Seas up to five feet and east to southeast winds up…

John McCarthy January 3, 2018

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MEXICAN CARIBBEAN: Algae and Sponges Are Choking Off Oxygen To The World’s Coral Reefs

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] COZUMEL ISLAND -- Descending into the clear blue water of the Colombia Reef, off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, there are two ways to look at…

John McCarthy December 29, 2017

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NIGHT OF THE IGUANA: Now That The Iguanas Have Invaded From St. Thomas and Are Part of Our Ecosystem … What Next?

DAY OF THE IGUANA: An iguana in St. Croix takes in the view over a culvert near the Pearl B. Larsen Elementary School in Estate Peter. MIAMI -- Growing up…

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LOOMING BANK FORECLOSURES: The Next Financial ‘Hurricane’ To Strike Puerto Rico Is Already On The Event Horizon

SAN JUAN -- Lenders to Puerto Rican homeowners have kicked foreclosures into high gear in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, skirting local and federal borrower protections. According to attorneys and experts,…

John McCarthy December 23, 2017

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33 Percent of The USVI and Puerto Rico Will Be Without Electricity This Christmas

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…

John McCarthy December 22, 2017

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V.I. Teetering On Brink of An $81 Million Bankruptcy … Despite Proposed Federal Bailout After Hurricanes Irma and Maria

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…

John McCarthy December 21, 2017

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TRUMP TAX REFORM: Big Tax Breaks For The Ultra Rich Will Hurt The Ultra Poor in Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON -- Sweeping tax code changes aimed at keeping U.S. companies from shifting profits offshore to avoid taxes will not affect the battered economy of Puerto Rico, a senior White…

John McCarthy December 21, 2017

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The Jones Act Costs Too Much For All Americans, Not Just Those In The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN -- Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane plight has drawn attention to the Jones Act, the 1920 law that compels all maritime commerce between United States ports to be carried on…

John McCarthy December 14, 2017