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QUESTION: How To Restore The Caribbean To The Paradise It Used To Be?

SAN JUAN — When people think of the Caribbean, it’s the turquoise seas, clean beaches, coral reefs teeming with fish, turtles and balmy breezes that come to mind. For us, this…

VI Free Press June 14, 2019

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Elderly St. Croix Man Who Struck And Killed Boy With SUV, Charged With Homicide

FREDERIKSTED — A 79-year-old St. Croix man has been charged with negligent homicide after he struck and killed a teenage boy while driving near an elementary school last month. The…

John McCarthy June 14, 2019

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Link Baltimore Found Shot To Death ‘Execution-Style’ In Concordia Home

FREDERIKSTED — One of four men arrested in 2017 for his involvement in an East End carjacking-rape incident that shocked St. Croix was found shot to death inside a house…

John McCarthy June 12, 2019

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Guyana Businessman Komal Samaroo Tells Congress That Sugar Is A Sweet Business

WASHINGTON — Komal Samaroo, a leading Caribbean business personality, wants the Caribbean region to be better positioned to benefit from its trading relations with the United States through the removal of…

VI Free Press June 12, 2019

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‘Armed And Dangerous’ Wanted St. Croix Man Found By Police Armed, But Not Dangerous

CHRISTIANSTED — A person of interest in a murder and other crimes is now in custody, authorities said. Abijah Isaac, 19, of Sion Farm, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday…

John McCarthy June 12, 2019

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St. Croix’s Dequan Forde Admits To Smuggling 20 Pounds of Marijuana From MIA To STX

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man admitted in federal court on Thursday that he smuggled nearly 20 pounds of marijuana from Miami to Frederiksted last year. Dequan Forde, 21, pled…

John McCarthy June 8, 2019

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WAPA Admits Employee Was Duped By Simplistic Phishing Email Costing It $2.17 Million

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority admitted that one of its employees was fooled by an Internet phishing scheme that cost the quasi-government authority more than…

John McCarthy June 7, 2019

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Tourism Wants St. Croix Substituted For Cuba On Cruise Ship Itineraries

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands government says it is working closely with the cruise lines to help them as they rework their itineraries following the U.S. government's renewed restrictions on travel…

John McCarthy June 7, 2019

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VIPD Needs Your Help To Find Missing Teen Makayla Khodra on St. Croix

MID-ISLAND, ST. CROIX — Police said they need your help today to find a missing teenage girl from Clifton Hill. Makayla Khodra, 15, was last seen leaving her home at…

John McCarthy June 6, 2019

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SENATOR GITTENS: WAPA Failed To Notify VIFS About ‘Major Diesel Fuel Oil Spill’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Senator Kenneth Gittens took Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority officials to task Wednesday for failing to notify the appropriate local authorities and nearby residents of a…

VI Free Press June 6, 2019