SAN JUAN — Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Puerto Rico this week to highlight how the Department of the Interior is supporting locally led, landscape-scale conservation projects on the…
FREDERIKSTED — When you buy a bottle of rum in the United States, by law nearly all the federal taxes on that rum must be sent to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It’s…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The inhabitants of Copenhagen’s freewheeling Christiania neighborhood plan to dig up the aptly named Pusher Street, in their latest attempt to stop illegal hashish sales which have led to deadly gang…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A second man was convicted of transporting $2.1 million worth of cocaine across St. Thomas, authorities said. A federal jury took less than two hours to return guilty verdicts against Russell Robinson,…
SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevaced a Symphony of the Seas cruise ship passenger southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on Thursday. Medevaced is 57-year-old man, U.S. citizen, who experienced…
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…