SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard said it is searching for a Royal Caribbean cruise ship crew member who went overboard on Christmas Day — the fifth person to disappear that…
Category: Puerto Rico News
VITEMA: No Tsunami Threat From 4.2 Earthquake Near Puerto Rico This Morning
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA) said there was “no tsunami threat” from a 4.2 magnitude earthquake that struck west of Puerto Rico this morning. VITEMA and…
Coast Guard Sends 74 Migrants Back to Dominican Republic After Four At-Sea Interceptions
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard returned 74 Dominican migrants to law enforcement authorities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Tuesday night following the at-sea interdictions of four migrant vessels off Puerto…
Three Dominican Republic Natives Charged With Smuggling $30M Worth of Cocaine Here
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Three natives of the Dominican Republic appeared in federal court over the weekend to hear charges that they tried to smuggle $30 million worth of cocaine into the region….
Del Monte Fiesta Corn Recalled in Nine Caribbean Countries, 25 U.S. States
JESSUP, Maryland – Del Monte Foods has recalled incompletely sterilized cans of one of its corn products from nine Caribbean countries, because of potential contamination. The recall of Fiesta Corn Seasoned with Red…
U.S. Coast Guard Nets $30M Worth of Cocaine, Three Smugglers Off St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Coast Guard and Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) crews seized $30 million worth of cocaine and apprehended three smugglers this week, authorities said. The Coast Guard said it…
Puerto Ricans Feel Federal Government Ambushed Them With Cockfighting Ban
SAN JUAN — Thursday was a somber day at the Cockfighting Club of San Juan. The rows and rows of cubbies that usually house up to 80 roosters waiting to fight were…
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico Express Outrage Over Possible Cockfighting Ban
SAN JUAN — Congress on Wednesday gave final passage to legislation that would shut down legal cockfights in U.S. territories including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, ending an institution dating…
Cockfighting Ban Poised To Take Effect In USVI, Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON — A few lines in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 would make cockfighting illegal in the U.S. Virgin Islands under the massive 2018 Farm Bill compromise reached recently between House and…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Sponsors Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Training for VI and PR
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F Shappert said today that the Virgin Islands U.S.Attorney’s Office is sponsoring training this week for prosecutors from the USVI and Puerto Rico and federal agents…