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Jamaica rushes to prepare for peak tourism season as it digs out from Hurricane Melissa
November 5, 2025
Hurricane death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean
November 5, 2025
Dust and dander will be at extreme levels on St. Croix today
November 5, 2025
Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat
November 4, 2025
Jamaica sees 30% GDP hit from Hurricane Melissa, at least 75 dead in Caribbean
November 4, 2025
US to provide $24 million for Caribbean countries hit by Hurricane Melissa
November 4, 2025
Kremlin: Russia remains in contact with Venezuela over Caribbean tensions
November 4, 2025
76-year-old lottery player becomes millionaire in Michigan. ‘I was so happy’
November 4, 2025
Woman found dead in ravine in 1998 identified but mystery remains
November 4, 2025
Man who faked injury to gain entry to old man’s home, then ‘beat him unconscious,’ now faces murder charge
November 4, 2025
Video shows Lowanya Durant coldcocking man in Tutu Park Mall
November 4, 2025
Jesus, not Virgin Mary, saved the world, Vatican says
November 4, 2025
Coach accused of sexually assaulting teen in a car outside admin building
November 4, 2025
Movie cash circulating in the Florida Keys, sheriff’s office warns
November 4, 2025
Patch of drier air moves in, limiting rain showers
November 4, 2025
Help cops find Nia Cruz-Watts wanted for contempt of court on St. Croix
November 3, 2025
Boyfriend loses his cool when questioned about A/C use, VIPD says
November 3, 2025
Lover’s tiff over bed spacing leads to stabbing, VIPD says
November 3, 2025
Supreme Court won’t stop Trump’s tariffs. Deal with it, officials say
November 3, 2025
2 US citizens arrested in alleged ISIS-inspired Halloween plot
November 3, 2025
US military kills three in strike on drug-trafficking vessel in Caribbean, Hegseth says
November 3, 2025
Insured losses from Hurricane Melissa estimated at up to $4.2 billion, says Verisk
November 3, 2025
Aid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica
November 3, 2025
Trade Winds ‘perturbation’ brings breezy conditions and showers
November 3, 2025
Trump’s Caribbean military buildup: a war on drugs or a regime-change campaign?
November 2, 2025
Accused stalker used dating app to send strangers to victim’s home
November 2, 2025
Fans beg Mama June to take off her rings as she shows ‘raw’ blistered fingers
November 2, 2025
Man rapes woman walking down sidewalk because he was a virgin
November 2, 2025
6 people dead, 25 hospitalized due to Listeria outbreak linked to recalled pasta meals
November 2, 2025
How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela
November 2, 2025
Nelson Navarro accused of breaking into woman’s home, strangling her
November 2, 2025
US carries out new strike in Caribbean, killing 3 alleged drug smugglers
November 2, 2025
Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica’s farmers and fishers
November 2, 2025
Breezy winds along the coasts as more stable weather sets in
November 2, 2025
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
November 1, 2025
Russia denounces ‘excessive’ US military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela
November 1, 2025
580,000 bottles of a blood pressure drug recalled over cancer risk, FDA says
November 1, 2025
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
November 1, 2025
Guyana arrests incoming opposition leader following US extradition request
November 1, 2025
U.S. boat bombings violate international law, UN human rights chief says
November 1, 2025
Are the deadly US strikes on alleged drug vessels legal?​
November 1, 2025
Tropical wave to bring showers and thunderstorms
November 1, 2025
McDonald’s Lockhart Garden burglary suspect found sleeping in front of Foot Locker
November 1, 2025
Two men linked to Four Winds Plaza shooting arrested by police, VIPD says
October 31, 2025
Woman faces revenge porn charges for posting images of sexual encounter online, VIPD says 
October 31, 2025
Cops charge woman allegedly linked to the shooting of cars at Cane Bay 
October 31, 2025
Bryan protects November SNAP benefits for Virgin Islanders amid feds shutdown
October 31, 2025
Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says
October 31, 2025
Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown
October 31, 2025
Melissa dissipates, leaves destruction and at least 50 dead in Caribbean
October 31, 2025
The American Dream on Hold: Why Global Talent is Swapping H-1B Headaches for Dubai’s Real Estate Boom
October 31, 2025
Hurricane Melissa aftermath: Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti facing economic losses, more hardship
October 31, 2025
Hurricane Melissa’s death toll in Haiti climbs to 30; another 20 are missing
October 31, 2025
Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa’s destruction
October 31, 2025
Happy Halloween! Your weekend forecast isn’t that frightful …
October 31, 2025
US is sending dozens of relief workers to help with fallout from Hurricane Melissa
October 30, 2025
US charges 19 with flooding Washington Square Park with drugs
October 30, 2025
Serial fraudster Daliqua Moses finally captured on St. Thomas
October 30, 2025
Therese Williams accused of pointing gun at Wendy’s employee in ‘dispute’ at restaurant
October 30, 2025
4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth
October 30, 2025
Veterans health care network flags changes for USVI, Puerto Rico
October 30, 2025
‘The helpers need help’. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms.
October 30, 2025
Two brothers convicted of selling black-market HIV drugs to pharmacies, patients
October 30, 2025
How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa
October 30, 2025
A mix of sun and clouds with a passing shower, high 90
October 30, 2025
In Hurricane Melissa’s wake, Jamaican expats can only wait and pray
October 29, 2025
Mom of 4 killed when family crashes into big rig hidden by fog, Iowa family says
October 29, 2025
Man sexually abused baby and took videos. Now he’s been sentenced
October 29, 2025
Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
October 29, 2025
Jamaica’s strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, moves on to Cuba
October 29, 2025
1.6 million people in the US illegally have self-deported, 500K deported: DHS
October 29, 2025
A re-energized Hurricane Melissa now turns its attentions to Cuba
October 29, 2025
High rip current risk for St. Croix this afternoon, NWS says
October 29, 2025
Help cops find Danllerli Cabrera wanted for illegal gun act in St. Thomas
October 28, 2025
Hiker dies after falling from icy trail and plunging over cliff, rescuers say
October 28, 2025
14 dead in more strikes against alleged drug boats, War sec says
October 28, 2025
25 states sue Trump administration over SNAP food stamp freeze during shutdown
October 28, 2025
Lumoses Donawald arrested for tampering with a vehicle
October 28, 2025
Judge faces increased scrutiny for jailing testifier over ‘daddy issues’
October 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa barrels towards Jamaica as Category 5 storm, threatening catastrophe
October 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began
October 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa to bring ‘catastrophic situation’ to Jamaica in storm of the century
October 28, 2025
Breezy with clouds and sun, a couple of showers this morning, high 90
October 28, 2025
70-year-old mom faces murder charges for holding man in a chokehold while her daughter beat him to death
October 27, 2025
Couple tries to flee territory to avoid charges of child rape, VIPD says
October 27, 2025
Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm
October 27, 2025
As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa’s ferocity
October 27, 2025
Why blowing up Venezuelan boats won’t stop the flow of drugs
October 27, 2025
Distant but dominant — Melissa fuels local showers and thunderstorms
October 27, 2025
Social Security unveils cost-of-living adjustment for 2026. Here’s what to know.
October 27, 2025
Hindu prayers to open meeting of the Legislature for the first time
October 27, 2025
Venezuela condemns ‘military provocation’ by CIA and Trinidad and Tobago
October 26, 2025
US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, putting more pressure on Venezuela
October 26, 2025
Funeral home displays wrong body at memorial service, leading relative to suffer heart attack
October 26, 2025
Quick trip to buy lottery tickets before work ends in huge win in Missouri
October 26, 2025
Category 4 Hurricane Melissa slowly moves towards Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas
October 26, 2025
Melissa now a category 4 hurricane, NHC says
October 26, 2025
Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti
October 26, 2025
Mostly cloudy with a couple of brief showers late morning, followed by a little rain in the afternoon, high 87
October 26, 2025
Travel warnings expand after surge of poisonings from tainted alcohol
October 25, 2025
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Jamaica rushes to prepare for peak tourism season as it digs out from Hurricane Melissa

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged nation are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded the…
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Posted by John McCarthy November 5, 2025
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Hurricane death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Tuesday that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing. Crews were still trying to reach people in the…
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Posted by John McCarthy November 5, 2025
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Dust and dander will be at extreme levels on St. Croix today

St. Croix will be partly sunny with a couple of showers later this morning and a high of 89, AccuWeather said. St. Croix will experience increasing cloudiness tonight and a…
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Posted by John McCarthy November 5, 2025
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading…
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Posted by John McCarthy November 4, 2025
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Jamaica sees 30% GDP hit from Hurricane Melissa, at least 75 dead in Caribbean

KINGSTON (Reuters) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday said that last week's Hurricane Melissa, the strongest-ever storm to hit its shores, caused damage to homes and key infrastructure…
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Posted by John McCarthy November 4, 2025
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

US to provide $24 million for Caribbean countries hit by Hurricane Melissa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States is providing $24 million in emergency assistance for Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas and Cuba after the countries were hit by Hurricane Melissa last week,…
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Posted by John McCarthy November 4, 2025
Former Attorney General Soraya Diase Coffelt To Make Campaign Push For Governor This Month
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Former Attorney General Soraya Diase Coffelt To Make Campaign Push For Governor This Month

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Beginning on February 12, 2018, the Committee to Elect Soraya Diase Coffelt Governor said it will launch a broad-ranging media campaign introducing Soraya’s vision to the people…
Posted by VI Free Press February 8, 2018
Federal Agents Seize 292 Pounds of Cocaine Off Coast of St. Thomas Headed To Puerto Rico
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Federal Agents Seize 292 Pounds of Cocaine Off Coast of St. Thomas Headed To Puerto Rico

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents along with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized 292 pounds (132 kilos) of cocaine…
Posted by VI Free Press February 8, 2018
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Lorraine Village Residents Still Don’t Have Electricity After Maria ‘Unleashed’ Its Punishing Fury Five Months Ago
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Lorraine Village Residents Still Don’t Have Electricity After Maria ‘Unleashed’ Its Punishing Fury Five Months Ago

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] By VANISA SOLOMON SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS For many of our Virgin Islands residents, hurricanes Irma and Maria felt like an atrocious…
Posted by VI Free Press February 8, 2018
V.I. Republican National Committeeman Says Plaskett Should Be Willing To Work With G.O.P. For Good of Territory
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V.I. Republican National Committeeman Says Plaskett Should Be Willing To Work With G.O.P. For Good of Territory

CHRISTIANSTED — V.I. Republican National Committeeman Jevon Williams released the following statement in response to Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett’s criticism of the administration in the opinion page of today’s Virgin Islands…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
OPINION: Del. Plaskett Explains Why She Will Never Attend Another Trump State of the Union Speech
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OPINION: Del. Plaskett Explains Why She Will Never Attend Another Trump State of the Union Speech

By CONGRESSWOMAN STACEY PLASKETT I did not have high expectations for this year’s State of the Union address. But I expected that the President would be duty bound to address…
Posted by VI Free Press February 7, 2018
PUERTO RICO: We Won’t Cut Vacation Pay, Severance Pay and Christmas Bonuses For Public Employees, Despite Fiscal Crisis
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PUERTO RICO: We Won’t Cut Vacation Pay, Severance Pay and Christmas Bonuses For Public Employees, Despite Fiscal Crisis

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico government officials on Tuesday pushed back against a federal control board’s suggestion that they cut benefits for the U.S. commonwealth’s…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
Some Lorraine Village Residents Feel They Are Being Put Through ‘Hell’ Because They Still Don’t Have Electricity Five Months After Maria
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Some Lorraine Village Residents Feel They Are Being Put Through ‘Hell’ Because They Still Don’t Have Electricity Five Months After Maria

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"]   LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Good day Editor: Some residents in Lorraine Village apartments in the grove place area on St. Croix are still without…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
HURRICANE RECOVERY: As Things Get Back To Normal, One Question Remains: Who Will Be Left Behind?
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HURRICANE RECOVERY: As Things Get Back To Normal, One Question Remains: Who Will Be Left Behind?

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Five months after Hurricane Irma shredded the roof of his house, Charles Caines feels like he's "living in a tent in the…
Posted by John McCarthy February 7, 2018
Heated Argument Between Two Women In St. Thomas Leads To Stabbing In Ice Cream Parlor at Lockhart Gardens
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Heated Argument Between Two Women In St. Thomas Leads To Stabbing In Ice Cream Parlor at Lockhart Gardens

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- A St. Thomas woman is accused of being too hot-tempered in a specialty ice cream parlor in Rock City. Bithia Simon, 21,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 6, 2018
St. Croix Woman Broke Into Castle Burke Home Saturday, Stole Several Items: VIPD
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St. Croix Woman Broke Into Castle Burke Home Saturday, Stole Several Items: VIPD

KINGSHILL — A St. Croix woman was arrested Sunday after police said she broke into the home of someone she knew and stole things from them. Jerrica Jarvis, 27, of…
Posted by VI Free Press February 6, 2018

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