ST. GEORGE’S –– The catastrophic 2017 hurricane season provided ample demonstrations of the increasing vulnerability of Caribbean populations and infrastructure to natural disasters. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz and the Nature Conservancy have now measured…
SAN ANTONIO — Retired San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan has agreed to accept $7.5 million to settle his lawsuits against a former financial adviser he accused of bilking him out of more than $20 million.…
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands National Guard (VING) issued instructions today on what soldiers should do if they received checks from the government that bounced, the V.I. Free Press has learned. Under the first heading…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross ruled the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida and Puerto Rico all suffered catastrophic fishery disasters after Hurricanes Irma and Maria swept through the…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola — One thousand and seventy four households have benefited from the financial assistance program led by the BVI Red Cross and Caritas Antilles with the support of…
DIED IN ACCIDENT: Samuel Don Ramtool. He was 61. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI — A Trinidadian truck driver was killed in a freak accident in the British Virgin Islands on…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] BRIDGETOWN — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted several Caribbean islands on Friday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Center…
WASHINGTON — Congress approved the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018” early Friday morning. It is a complex piece of legislation that includes important modifications to the excise tax known as the “rum cover over,” which…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A native of the Dominican Republic was given 7.5 years in federal prison for his role in the shotgun robbery of a fast food restaurant last year. Betel Paulino, 18, was sentenced…
SAN JUAN — While talk of La Nina doesn’t hold the headlines like a strong El Nino event, we are still under La Nina conditions that are forecast to continue through the rest of winter before…