[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] FREDERIKSTED — An official visit to a registered sex offender led police to a cache of at least 600 marijuana plants were found in the man’s Mt. Pellier house. Virgin…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice extending the relief it provided last year to residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico who evacuated…
CRUZ BAY – Island Green Living Association, working in concert with the Department of Planning & Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture, oversaw the assignment of hurricane mulch on St. John and all has…
FREDERIKSTED — Police have named 34-year-old Ivan James as the primary suspect in the double homicide at the Coliseum Cockpit in Estate Glynn on February 17. The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) established a hotline…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN — Five people have been killed and one injured in a shooting outside a bar in downtown Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican police said the incident occurred around midnight…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PORT OF SPAIN — An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 rattled three islands in the region on Sunday night, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.…
By FREDERICK HANDLEMAN SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Health Care in the Virgin Islands is on life support and in critical condition. There is an urgent need for major changes to the…
CHRISTIANSTED — Commissioner Dawn L. Henry, Esq. of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) advises the public that the Division of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) will be hosting public meetings on all three…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A minor earthquake was recorded about 16 miles southeast of the British Virgin Islands on Friday morning, authorities said. The quake, registering 3.4 on the Richter…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) says a “tripped (generator) unit” at its Richmond power plant plunged St. Croix customers on four feeders into darkness last…