Colombian waddling powder: 2 women smuggling cocaine hidden in their genitals; they ‘walked strangely’ CARTAGENA — Two Colombian women have been caught smuggling cocaine hidden in their genitals after they were spotted “walking strangely.” The pair were caught at the Rafael Nunez International Airport in the city of Cartagena trying to board a flight to the […]
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Limetree Bay Refinery Decommissioning Will Take Months, Company Tells Court
CHRISTIANSTED — The process of decommissioning the shuttered Limetree Bay refinery will take several months, the company’s owner told a Texas bankruptcy court this week. Limetree Bay, which filed last month for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has engaged investment bank Jefferies Financial Group Inc to run the sale of the St. Croix plant, likely in […]
Laptop, MiFi Handouts At Julius Sprauve School Stop Due To COVID-19 Exposure
CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Department of Education has suspended laptop and MiFi distribution at the Julius E. Sprauve School on St. John, effective immediately due to COVID-19 exposure on its St. John campus. Contact tracing and COVID-19 testing of impacted employees are being conducted by the Virgin Islands Department of Health. As a […]
Delta Variant To Halt VITRAN Bus Service In St. Thomas-St. John This Week: DPW
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Public Works is advising the community that effective immediately all St. John VITRAN operations will be suspended until further notice. On St. Thomas, fixed route services will be suspended from 9 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, August 6) until further notice. The service interruptions will allow the department to test drivers […]
2 Celebrity Cruise Ships Visit St. Thomas In Last 2 Days, But Residents Are Delta Wary
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two Royal Caribbean Group cruise ships have visited St. Thomas in the last two days. The Celebrity Equinox visited the Austin “Babe” Monsanto Marine Terminal at Crown Bay in St. Thomas today, the Virgin Islands Port Authority said. Its sister ship the Celebrity Edge was at the Crown Bay Center yesterday morning, […]
VIPD Closes Records Bureau On St. Thomas Due 2 ‘Circumstances Beyond Our Control’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department said that “due to circumstances beyond their control,” the Records Bureau offices on St. Thomas will be closed today, August 4. The VIPD’s Bureau of Planning, Research, Records and Statistics is located at the Alexander A. Farrelly Justice Complex in Charlotte Amalie. “We apologize for any inconvenience […]
Why Is The Caribbean Letting Others Shape Its Future? OP-ED By David Jessop
A few days ago, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, delivered a speech marking the anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar. In it he argued that the time has come for “a new coexistence among all the countries of the Americas” as “the model imposed more than two centuries ago is exhausted”. […]
TAKE THAT! Senators Spank Bryan With Overrides For Trying To Protect WAPA
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Senator Janelle K. Sarauw expresses immense gratitude to her colleagues for their unanimoussupport and favorable vote to override the Governor’s veto of Bill Nos. 34-0021 and 34-0026 respectively. Each bill, primarily sponsored by Senator Sarauw, seek to address the long overdue overhaul of the inefficiencies of the organizational structure of the management/board […]
New USVI COVID-19 Protocol For Cruise Ships Improves Royal Caribbean’s Safety
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Royal Caribbean International said the territory won’t allow cruise ships to visit its ports unless all passengers ages 12 and up are vaccinated against COVID-19. The local government informed Royal Caribbean about its new policy on Monday, the cruise line said in a statement. Because of the new policy, Royal Caribbean said […]
‘Contaminated’ Juan F. Luis Hospital Makes Healthy People Sick With COVID-19
CHRISTIANSTED — St. Thomas gets four times as many tourists from the U.S. mainland as St. Croix. So you’d expect to see more hospitalizations in Charlotte Amalie than in Diamond Ruby, but that is not the case. In his weekly press briefing this afternoon, Governor Albert Bryan said fully 23 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 […]