LAYING PIPE: Brig. Gen. Diana Holland, commander of south Atlantic division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, surveys Guajataca Dam, Puerto Rico, Oct. 23, 2017, which was compromised during Hurricane Maria. U.S. military assets support FEMA…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] MIAMI — The 2017 storm season tormented the U.S. with four hurricane landfalls and scores of deaths, but a preliminary review shows no one succumbed to the most lethal force in a…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Researchers affiliated with the United States Geological Survey returned to Anegada this month to examine the environmental impacts of Hurricane Irma and to determine the connections…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] By ROBERT BREEDLOVE SPECIAL TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS FREE PRESS Every year when Our Town winter temperatures begin to drop and consistently stay at or below the freezing point, our…
PUNTA CANA — Canadian couple Eddie Zytner and Katie Stephens can’t help but regret a recent trip to the Dominican Republic — but so would anybody who came home with parasites burrowing into their feet.…
APT ATTENTION: Rep. Richard Neal (right) and Rep. Jim McGovern hear what needs to happen in Puerto Rico. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts congressman has asked Trump administration officials to provide an…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED — St. Croix has made the Caribbean Journal’s list of the “18 best islands to visit in 2018.” On the CJ list, the Big Island is No. 4 in…
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund (IMF), says economic prospects for the region are generally improving and modest growth is expected in 2018 and 2019. The IMF, in its Regional Economic Outlook Update for Latin…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CASTRIES — The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has received information from the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, Trinidad, indicating that that there was a 3.7 magnitude…
GUILTY: RON DELANO KUNTZ OF ESTATE TUTU [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE – After a two-day trial, yesterday a federal jury found Ron Delano Kuntz, 42, Keon Wilson, 22, and Shawn McIntosh, 24,…