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American Eagle Flight Overruns The Runway At Freeport, Grand Bahama

NASSAU — An American Eagle flight overran the runway at the Freeport Airport in the Grand Bahama region of The Bahamas on Saturday. The flight operated by American Airline's wholly-owned…

VI Free Press October 25, 2020

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5 Shot, 1 Dead In Early Morning Shooting At Four Winds Plaza Shopping Center: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating a shooting at an Anna's Retreat strip mall in St. Thomas that left one person dead early this morning. The VIPD responded to the…

VI Free Press October 24, 2020

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Woman Foils Sign Thief’s Plans, But Gets A Beating For Her Trouble: VIPD

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Detectives are investigating after a woman said she was assaulted in downtown Charlotte Amalie on Tuesday night, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to Commandant Gade in St.…

VI Free Press October 23, 2020

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ECLAC Will Hold Biennial Meeting Virtually Next Week

SAN JOSE — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 26-28 its thirty-eighth session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting. There,…

Alicia Bárcena October 22, 2020

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1 Shooter At Attempted $1 Million Bank Heist That Left Ranger American Guard Shot In Leg Pleads Guilty

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — One of the two shooters in the attempted holdup of security guards trying to pick up nearly one million dollars in cash at a bank in St.…

VI Free Press October 21, 2020

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UVI Student Nurses Get Gift of Needed PPE From Sorority

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Mu Eta Chapter — Chi Eta Phi Sorority donated "much needed" personal protective equipment (PPE) to nursing students attending the University of the Virgin Islands’ School…

VI Free Press October 21, 2020

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Finance Commissioner Fired For Issuing $109,500 In Unauthorized Bonuses To Department Employees

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Finance Commissioner Kirk Callwood, Sr. was abruptly fired this week after issuing more than $100,000 in unauthorized stipends to employees in his department. Government House…

VI Free Press October 21, 2020

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Commissioner Advises Against Any Unneeded Travel To U.S. Mainland As COVID-19 Cases Spike There

CHRISTIANSTED — During the Government House weekly COVID-19 press briefing, Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion urged Virgin Islanders to avoid traveling unless it is necessary because of the continuing surge of coronavirus…

VI Free Press October 19, 2020

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Police Were Searching For Missing New York Bartender Because He Was Wanted On Domestic Violence Charge

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — New York bartender Lubens Besse was described by the Virgin Islands Police Department as a "missing person" on Twitter Friday. The VIPD said on Saturday that his…

John McCarthy October 19, 2020

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Nadir Man Charged With Federal Crimes In Shotgun Jewelry Store Robbery

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man faces new federal charges in connection to a shotgun robbery of Gems and Gold Corner on September 19, but two other wanted, unnamed…

VI Free Press October 19, 2020