KINGSTON — A major 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit off the northwest coast of Jamaica today about 78 miles west of the Cayman Islands. But no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at latitude 19.3, longitude…
FREDERIKSTED — A Grove Place woman faces multiple DUI-related charges after police say she left an accident scene near the Sunshine Mall, authorities said. Rashema A. “Bam Bam” George, 29, of St. Croix Mutual Homes,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Raises for Schneider Regional Medical Center hospital executives must be put on hold until rebuilding efforts are well underway, Senator Kenneth Gittens said today. Given the current state of the territory’s hospitals,…
FREDERIKSTED — A burglar entered a Paradise home while her children were there and made off with stolen items, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of a burglary at Estate Paradise…
AUSTIN, Texas — About 1,300 service members from the National Guard and the Army Reserve are now providing shelter for thousands of Puerto Ricans left homeless by a series of earthquakes that devastated the island…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Caribbean Writer (TCW) announces a call for submissions for Volume 35 under the 2020 theme: Diasporic Rhythms: Interrogating the Past, Imagining a Future.” Submissions that explore the ideas resonating within the…
By Troy A. de Chabert-Schuster, State Director AARP in The Virgin Islands On December 12, 2019 the U.S. House of Representatives took a vital step to lower prescription drug costs and passed the Lower Drug…
SAN JUAN — A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit southern Puerto Rico today at a shallow depth, raising concerns about unstable infrastructure in a region that has been hit by quakes every day for nearly a…
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department is advising the motoring public of two scheduled activities that will have pedestrians on the roadways tomorrow. The St. Croix 50K Marathon will take place from downtown Christiansted,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man can expect a minimum 10-year prison term after admitting in federal court to supplying a drug mule with at least 50 pounds of cocaine at the St. Thomas…