CARACAS — Venezuela has extended its ban on air and maritime ties with three nearby Dutch Caribbean islands, citing out of control smuggling, officials said today. Venezuela is pressing for high-level talks with leaders of Aruba,…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] SAN JUAN – Sea Star Holdings Inc., parent company for Seaborne Puerto Rico LLC, Seaborne Virgin Islands, Inc. and affiliates (“Seaborne” or “the Company”), announced the company has commenced a…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – Since hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the territory in September, federal assistance has been “consistently flowing to survivors and communities to repair, recover and rebuild. So far, more…
FREDERIKSTED — One person was killed and two children were injured in separate incidents here, causing the closing of the Crucian Christmas Festival early. One man was arrested and charged with the murder of 31-year-old…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — “In order to continue protecting the lives and property of residents of the United States Virgin Islands,” Gov. Kenneth Mapp said that he has extended the State of the Emergency until next…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] PANAMA CITY – The Panama-based Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) says that the Caribbean’s coastal environment is stressed out, but adds that there is hope, according to data from a…
ROYAL MESS: Flooding damage to a reading room at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao. SAN JUAN — Hurricane Maria, the 10th most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in Puerto Rico on…
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man was arrested Thursday for allegedly raping a woman on New Year’s Day. Stedroy Blake Jr., 37, of Upper Love, was arrested February 2 and charged with harassment by written…
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHRISTIANSTED – Gov. Kenneth Mapp has been lauded for his leadership in the face of two Category 5 hurricanes, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, in Inc.com, a weekly magazine for entrepreneurs and…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man will be extradited to Oregon to face child rape charges, according to Lt. Dan Duncan, public information officer for the Corvallis, Oregon Police Department. Jason D. Monigold, 42,…