Antigua Moves To Take Control Of Financially-Troubled Airline LIAT
ST. JOHN’S — A Caribbean airline that helps tie together the region’s many island nations has been saved from going under — at least for now — by a rescue plan led by the government…
QUESTION: How To Restore The Caribbean To The Paradise It Used To Be?
SAN JUAN — When people think of the Caribbean, it’s the turquoise seas, clean beaches, coral reefs teeming with fish, turtles and balmy breezes that come to mind. For us, this paradise is what we call…
Elderly St. Croix Man Who Struck And Killed Boy With SUV, Charged With Homicide
FREDERIKSTED — A 79-year-old St. Croix man has been charged with negligent homicide after he struck and killed a teenage boy while driving near an elementary school last month. The driver, Laurely E. Henry, was…
VIPD: Jahkoy Bolques Detained For Damaging 30 Vehicles on St. John
CRUZ BAY — A man with a history of mental illness went on a destructive rampage in the parking lot of The Marketplace in St. John and damaged about 30 cars with a metal pipe, authorities…
Six Arrested, One At Large In $8K Murder Plot Against Red Sox Icon David Ortiz: Police
SANTO DOMINGO — Six men have been arrested in the brazen ambush shooting of Boston Red Sox icon David “Big Papi” Ortiz that occurred at a crowded nightclub in the Dominican Republic. Prosecutors and police said…
SBA Boot Camp To Aid ‘Economically Disadvantaged Small Businesses’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands District Office will conduct a Federal Contracting Opportunities Boot Camp on St. Thomas on June 27 as part of the SBA’s…
BVI’s Ashan Westcott Admits To Being Illegal Alien With A Gun In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A native of the British Virgin Islands admitted in federal court to being an illegal alien with a gun in St. Thomas. Ashan Randolph Westcott, 28, of Road Town, Tortola, pleaded guilty…
USAO: Puerto Rican Sea Captain Teams Up With Dominican In Maritime Smuggling Operation
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican sea captain and a native of the Dominican Republic were captured by the feds while operating a maritime smuggling operation in the territory. Eduardo Javier Reyes of the Dominican Republic…
Link Baltimore Found Shot To Death ‘Execution-Style’ In Concordia Home
FREDERIKSTED — One of four men arrested in 2017 for his involvement in an East End carjacking-rape incident that shocked St. Croix was found shot to death inside a house in Concordia Bay about 10:38…
Guyana Businessman Komal Samaroo Tells Congress That Sugar Is A Sweet Business
WASHINGTON — Komal Samaroo, a leading Caribbean business personality, wants the Caribbean region to be better positioned to benefit from its trading relations with the United States through the removal of trade barriers and expanded American…