St. Thomas man shot dead in Bovoni
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a St. Thomas man was shot dead in a housing project on St. Thomas late Thursday night. Omar K. Fontaine, 20, was positively identified by a family member…
Barbudans launch new environmental legal fight in Caribbean against wealthy developers
ST. JOHN’S (AP) — Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the latest environmental legal fight between angry residents and wealthy foreigners seeking to develop the Caribbean island with…
Royal Caribbean boosts annual profit forecast on strong cruise demand
MIAMI (Reuters) — Royal Caribbean Group raised its annual profit forecast as the company benefits from strong cruise demand during the key ‘wave season’ and robust on-board spending. The company’s shares rose 6% in premarket…
Former Haitian police chief accused in 2021 presidential slaying resigns as OAS representative
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Léon Charles, the former chief of Haiti’s National Police who was recently accused in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, said Thursday that he was stepping down as permanent representative of Haiti to the…
Texas judge upholds school’s suspension of black student over dreadlocks
HOUSTON (BBC) — A Texas judge has ruled that a school district did not discriminate against a black high school student when it punished him over his dreadlocks. Barbers Hill Independent School District in Mont…
Judge Engoron’s Ruling Is a Detailed Road Map to Trump’s Thievery
The news about the eye-popping $355 million judgment against Donald Trump Friday minimized or even missed the real story in the judge’s richly detailed ruling. In justifying his findings of fact, New York Judge Arthur Engoron’s analysis…
Suspect arrested for drive-by shooting near fire station
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who is a suspect in a drive-by shooting that occurred in Richmond last year has been charged. Malyki Lockhart, 19, was arrested today and charged with first-degree attempted murder,…
Slayings of tourists and Colombian women expose the dark side of Medellin’s tourism boom
MEDELLIN (AP) — The lush valley enveloping Medellin was once the heart of a brutal war involving the Colombian government, drug cartels and a smattering of other armed groups. But a sharp dip in violence in the…
Liberty Mobile responds to nationwide AT&T outage affecting the U.S. Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN — Giovanna Ramírez de Arellano, senior director of communications and corporate responsibility, Liberty Communications, issued the following statement on the “AT&T outage impacting local non-migrated Liberty customers.” “AT&T confirmed that they are experiencing…
The number of short-term rentals in Puerto Rico has surged. A new report says that’s a problem
SAN JUAN (AP) — Activists want stricter regulations of short-term rentals in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory sees a growing number of displaced renters and a spike in housing costs, the Hispanic Federation said…