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Police Taking A ‘Broken Windows’ Approach To Crime, Now That Puerto Rico Records 46 Murders This Month

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Federal and local authorities in Puerto Rico said Tuesday that they will implement a "broken windows" policing campaign to fight a surge in killings…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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1,000 Generators Owned and Maintained By Federal Government Are Key To Maintaining Quality of Living in Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Maintenance operations conducted as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporary emergency power mission in Puerto Rico are keeping nearly 1,000…

John McCarthy January 17, 2018

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Major Earthquake Strikes Caribbean Between Honduras and the Cayman Islands … Tsunami Warning Extends Out 621 Miles From Epicenter

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] TEGUCIGALPA -- A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean region between the coast of Honduras and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night and the Virgin…

John McCarthy January 10, 2018

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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…

VI Free Press December 28, 2017

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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