[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — Puerto Rico is working on building emergency management capabilities that would help the American island withstand future disasters, the head of the U.S. government agency that oversees disaster…
BOGOTA — The Colombian National Navy said that it continues its frontal assault against narco-trafficking in the Colombian Caribbean. “We seized 27,419 kilograms of cocaine [from January to April 2018], a record amount for the…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] GRAND ANSE, Grenada — The onset of hurricane season this week could prove disastrous for Caribbean nations that were slammed by storms last year and are still struggling to rebuild…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — Nobody who is running for governor this year has as many good ideas for generating revenue streams for the Virgin Islands government as hedge fund mogul Warren Mosler.…
WASHINGTON — Eight months after hurricanes Maria and Irma, large swaths of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands still don’t have reliable internet access and phone service—denying the Americans that live there a crucial…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA)Preserving Paradise team advises the community that the Mangrove Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) septic receiving station is unable to accept any waste due to a…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A Mexican national who was once deported from the United States tried to sneak in again on St. Thomas this morning, authorities said. Filiberto Moreno, 50, of…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A minor earthquake occurred about 14 miles southeast of St. Thomas early this morning, authorities said. The quake, measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale, happened about 2:48…
MIAMI — A St. Croix airline passenger who was denied alcohol on a flight and then launched into a screaming tirade involving spit and blood — now faces the possibility of up to 20 years in prison. Jason Felix was flying…
QUALITY UNKNOWN: An area of beachfront St. Croix that used to be sampled, Princess Condo Row in Golden Rock. (PHOTO COURTESY: DPNR) [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The Department of Planning and Natural…