BURN, BABY, BURN: The 1965 poem by Marvin X about the Watts riots in California doesn’t really apply to the Pockwood Pond dump site in Tortola. [ad name=”HTML-68″] ROAD TOWN, British Virgin…
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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″] 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 across the U.S. territory, which…
TRUE COLORS: Palm Beach Jet Set Goes All Out For Virgin Islands Fundraiser … It’s For The British and They Get $40K
[ad name=”HTML-68″] WELLINGTON — A fundraiser last week in Florida brought in some big money for hurricane relief in the British Virgin Islands. The Thursday event was co-hosted by Palm Beach Travel, the…
Killer ‘Ebola-Like’ Hemorrhagic Dengue Plagues Jamaica’s Corporate District … It’s Spread By Mosquitoes
NEW KING IN KINGSTON: The boy lived in the Corporate Area of Kingston in Jamaica [ad name=”HTML-68″] KINGSTON — Fears over a killer Ebola-like disease in Jamaica are mounting after an eight-year-old…
VIPD: Be On The Lookout For Jimmy Davis, He Is Considered ‘Armed and Dangerous’ and Wanted For Assault
FREDERIKSTED — Police on St. Croix are looking for 39-year-old Jimmy Davis, who is wanted in connection with a second-degree assault and battery-domestic violence. Davis is considered armed and dangerous, the Virgin…
British Man Kurt Russell Falls From Balcony In Sint Maarten …. Is Airlifted To Cayman Islands For Treatment
PHILIPSBURG — A British man was airlifted to the Cayman Islands after he fell from a three-story balcony on the Dutch island of Sint Maarten on December 27. Reports are that 32-year…
SCHNEIDER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: St. Thomas Hospital ‘Barely’ Survived Hurricane Irma and Is Barely Operational Today
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — As we all know too well, two Category 5 hurricanes slammed the capital island in September, stripping off roofs, knocking out power and flooding streets. The Schneider…
Gerber Family Donates Work Time To The Queen Louise Home For Children on St. Croix
[ad name=”HTML-68″] FREDERIKSTED – Between sporadic showers on Thursday, members of the Gerber family painted a colorful picket fence at Queen Louise Home for Children. The fence is one of the first…
BACK TO NORMAL: Drug Killings of Virgin Islands Gangsters Resume With Murder of Jahbari Joseph at Oswald Harris Court
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The lifeless body of a young man was found inside an Oswald Harris Court building after gunhots rang out Wednesday afternoon, according to unofficial police reports. Jahbari…
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 of their…