SAN JUAN – Four Seasons and Paulson Puerto Rico today announced plans for the leading hospitality and branded residential company to assume management of a resort and residences in Bahia Beach, Rio Grande. The opening will…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – A stolen vehicle was recovered and a St. Thomas man was charged as part of “Operation Clear Skies” this week, authorities said. Ray Hendrickson Jr., 28, was arrested and charged with unauthorized…
CHRISTIANSTED — The St. Croix District Elementary School Athlete of the Week is Linyrah Melendez. Linyrah is a 6th grader at Lew Muckle Elementary School and plays Softball. She is the top pitcher for the softball team and has thrown a no…
BRIDGETOWN — The Inter-American Development Bank today announced the launch of a regional security alliance against crime that brings together 16 governments across Latin America and the Caribbean as well as several international finance institutions.…
SAN JUAN (AP) — Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected cases of the mosquito-transmitted virus reported this year, nearly triple the number from last year, health officials…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened on Wednesday to commercial flights, one month after gangs opened fire on planes. It was the second closing this year because of gang violence. Soldiers and police, bolstered by Kenyan…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands Police Department hosted a Consent Decree Summit that took place at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas this week. Some 40 participants attended, including the VIPD’s…
CHRISTIANSTED — A child’s steel pan instructor was sentenced to 15 years in prison for making child pornography, authorities said. Dante Edison James, 28, of St. Croix, was given 180 months for production of child…
BOGOTA — A doll-faced killer will get thrown in the box. A sultry 23-year-old Colombian woman known as “The Doll” and labeled a “dangerous hitwoman” was arrested in connection to several targeted gangland killings —…
BRIDGETOWN — Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related projects. Under a swap, a country buys back more expensive debt and replaces it…