Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) poses with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) By STACEY PLASKETT, VIRGIN ISLANDS DELEGATE TO CONGRESS SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS
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DEA and CBP’s AMO Team Up To Seize 25 Pounds of Cocaine Off Coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized 25 pounds (11.4 kilos) of cocaine
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HURRICANE RECOVERY: Spirit Airlines To Expand Service To St. Croix Starting In May
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIRAMAR — Spirit Airlines is bringing more flights to the territory even as the region as a whole recovers from the
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UVI WORKSHOP: Pruning Trees Is of Supreme Importance Especially After A Hurricane
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — The University of the Virgin Islands’ Cooperative Extension Service (UVI-CES) – Agriculture and Natural Resources Program will hold
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Taino Indians Are Alive and Well and Living In Puerto Rico … At Least Their Descendants … DNA Says
SAN JUAN — They were called the Taíno, and the Europeans who colonized their land took almost everything away from them. A half-century after Christopher
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Police Seek Four F’sted Men For Questioning In Connection With Double Murder at Cockpit Saturday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — Police say they are looking for four men as “persons of interest” in the St. Croix Coliseum Cockpit
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BVI Olympic Committee Says It Will Send Ten Athletes to Commonwealth Games in Australia
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] GOLD COAST — The British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC) said today that it will send ten athletes to April’s
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Minor Earthquake Felt in Tortola Was One of Nine Quakes Around BVI, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico on Sunday
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A minor earthquake took place about 24 miles off the coast of the British Virgin Islands
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Double Murder At St. Croix’s Coliseum Cockpit Saturday … The Second One In Less Than A Year
MID-ISLAND ST. CROIX — Two men were killed after a shooting at the Coliseum Cockpit on Saturday afternoon. Luis Colon, 32, and Jacobo Garcia, 46,
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Guyana Hopes To Go From Zero To Hero In Two Years With Offshore Oil Drilling Program
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] GEORGETOWN –– Guyana’s government has said the cabinet is reviewing a profit sharing contract with United States oil giant ExxonMobil
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