CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Residents of the Knolls at Contant got some much needed food thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture this weekend. Food care boxes from the USDA’s “Farms to Families” program were handed out on Saturday morning, according to Annette Jennings Raimer. Jennings Raimer said there are at least 40 elderly residents over […]
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Saharan Dust Still A Problem In The Caribbean Even As Hurricane Season On The Wane
NASSAU — An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this photograph of storm clouds rising over Andros Island, one of the Bahama Islands. Even though the spacecraft was passing over southern Indiana (nearly 1,100 miles north of Andros Island) at the time of the photo, the crew managed to shoot what seems like […]
Bodies Of Man And His Slave Unearthed From Ashes At Pompeii
ROME — The skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave fleeing the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered in Pompeii, officials at the archaeological park said Saturday. The partial skeletons were found during excavation of an elegant villa on the outskirts […]
Caribbean Nations Explore New Ideas, Directions To Recover From Pandemic
MIAMI — Caribbean experts assessed the coronavirus’s impact on the region in a webinar on Thursday hosted by the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas. Owing in part to its geographic terrain, the Caribbean has fared relatively well from a health standpoint in managing the COVID-19 virus, yet the region has […]
Banana Growers On Guadeloupe, Martinique Poisoned By A Carcinogenic Pesticide
BASSE-TERRE — The results of a French parliamentary commission of inquiry into the use of the carcinogenic pesticide chlordecone in the Guadeloupe and Martinique show that the government “consistently failed” to respond to environmental and health warnings over two decades. “First we were enslaved. Then we were poisoned.” That’s how many on Martinique see the […]
Health Department Says Positive COVID-19 Patients Aboard Vessels Are ‘Safe and Isolated’ From Public
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Health has reported 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its latest epidemiology report. Eight of the positive cases are on St. Thomas. The new coronavirus cases are associated with two separate vessels. This brings the territory’s total active cases to 66. “All positive cases from each vessel and […]
St. Thomas And Orlando To Get Better Acquainted Thanks To New Flights On Frontier Airlines In 2021
ORLANDO — Locals who want to spend a week visiting Central Florida’s theme parks, or just looking for a deal on a flight, have a new option: Frontier. The twice-weekly flight between Florida’s busiest airport and St. Thomas will connect the two cities in the second month of 2021. Orlando is a major hub for […]
The United States And The Caribbean: Time To Seize The Moment By David Jessop
It is easy to share the excitement felt across the Caribbean at President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. polls. However, a calmer voice within suggests that while the outcome will bring some short-term big-picture policy gains for the region, the extreme political polarization the election highlighted does not bode well for the country that […]
U.S. Coast Guard Works To Contain Oil Spill From Sunken Tugboat In Krause Lagoon On St. Croix
CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Coast Guard is working to clean up oil leaking from an abandoned tugboat in Krause Lagoon on St. Croix’s south shore. The owner of St. Croix Renaissance Group made a report on Thursday and placed a containment boom around the partially sunken Cape Lookout, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad said yesterday. […]
BOC Deserves Praise, Not Scorn, For Successful COVID-19 Response: OP-ED
As director of the Bureau of Corrections (BOC) I have learned to accept criticism whenever the Bureau makes mistakes. But I never expected tobe criticized when the Bureau does its job well. Two weeks ago, the court-appointed monitors overseeing the St. Croix prison praised BOC for its COVID-19 response. Yet, an article in yesterday’s Daily […]