CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (VIDHS) Commissioner Felecia L. Blyden announced Friday that the department is the recipient of a $11.5 million grant award from the U. S. Department of…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PONCE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO)and the U.S. Coast Guard collaborated to intercept Saturday a go-fast vessel seizing 1,084 pounds (491.5kilos) of cocaine and 19…
UNDER CONTROL: A Virgin Islands Fire Services firefighter re-arranges the hose to attack the brush fire today. VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS photos by ROBERT NEAL. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — A three-alarm brush…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] BRIDGETOWN — This Earth Day, April 22, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) joins the worldwide celebrations. Earth Day’s theme this year, “End Plastic Pollution,” is especially relevant for…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man was shot multiple times in a Lindbergh Bay housing community and succumbed to his injuries on Friday night. Police have not released his name pending notification of next…
ARRESTED ON ST. CROIX: Jamie Lashawn Brewster FREDERIKSTED — Police under the direction of Commissioner Delroy Richards Sr. arrested five men during a special mission the Virgin Islands Police Department called: “Operation Senatus.” Because of…
FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS: KEVON BENJAMIN EDWARDS, 20. OF ST. CROIX. CHRISTIANSTED — Police say a St. Croix man was brutally gunned down near a Golden Rock housing community on Friday night. Kevon Benjamin…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] HAVANA — Raul Castro has stepped down as president and his brother Fidel is dead but U.S. relations with Cuba are frostier than in years, with their reopened embassies nearly…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — One person has been killed and 10 others injured in a shoot-out in Puerto Rico. Police said a 17-year-old boy died early Friday after someone started shooting…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Two modular units have arrived on St. Thomas and two units will soon arrive on St. Croix as temporary office space for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles…