CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A healthy coral reef is noisy, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp. Research suggests that larval animals use this symphony of sounds…
FREDERIKSTED — Police on St. Croix are searching for a 35-year-old woman in connection with a case of identity theft, according to a notice the Virgin Islands Police Department issued on Thursday. Anyone with information…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police are asking for the community’s help in locating 30-year-old Christopher Ashtian, who was last seen Monday. Ashtian’s mother said he left home Monday and has not returned, and she…
HAVANA (AP) — One religious icon unites Cubans: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre. Cuba’s patron saint is venerated by observant Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions as well as Cubans in exile and…
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) — British Petroleum (BP) and Venezuela confirmed on Thursday they are in talks with Trinidad and Tobago government to develop a shared offshore gas field in the Caribbean. BP has been seeking…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Royal Caribbean is suspending cruise ship ports of call in Labadee, on the northern coast of Haiti, as violence escalates in the Caribbean country. “The safety and security of our guests, crew,…
CHRISTIANSTED (AP) — System failures at McDonald’s were reported worldwide Friday, shuttering some restaurants for hours and leading to social media complaints from customers, in what the fast food chain called a “technology outage” that…
SAN JUAN — More than a dozen people have been charged in connection with an operation trafficking “significant quantities” of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania. Seventeen people from Lawrence County, Puerto Rico and Youngstown,…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those charged with finding new leaders for the country, Caribbean officials…
COCKBURN TOWN — The Indiana mom who perished last month while flying home from vacation in the Dominican Republic died from a tear to one of her neck arteries, her brother said today. Stefanie Smith,…