CHARLOTTE AMALIE — During a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday afternoon, Governor Albert Bryan hailed the reopening of the upgraded Vendors Plaza and a new restroom there on St. Thomas as a “significant improvement” to the visitors’ experience downtown.…
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health is reporting today that the number of COVID cases remains in the single digits, with the positivity rate holding at 2.4 percent. “Thank you to those of…
SAN JUAN (AP) — Three people died and two others were injured Monday during a shooting in Puerto Rico, according to police. The killings occurred at a corner store in the southern coastal town of…
SANTO DOMINGO — Twenty-four people stranded in the Caribbean Sea on a small boat were safe after the crew of the vessel Carnival Spirit rescued them on Tuesday. In a release, Carnival said its vessel…
CHRISTIANSTED — One teenager is dead and five people injured after a shooting at a sports bar in Peter’s Rest on St. Croix early this morning. Jahmari Joshawn Santiago, 19, was positively identified by next of…
SPANISH TOWN — A minor earthquake registering 5.1 on the Richter Scale occurred about 183 miles east of Virgin Gorda at 5:50 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time today, the National Weather Service reported. No tsunami threat is…
WASHINGTON — A coalition of advocacy groups is suing the federal government’s disaster response agency, claiming it is making Puerto Rico less resilient to storms and more vulnerable to power outages by rebuilding the island’s…
KINGSTON — The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies reported that a 5.2 magnitude earthquake was felt across eastern sections of Jamaica on Saturday afternoon. It was felt approximately 4:35 p.m., with…
TEAGUE BAY — A St. Croix hotel worker was charged with murder after detectives say he intentionally ran over a co-worker with his vehicle and killed him on Friday morning. Hubert Lee Sr., 64, of…
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a teenager broke down the door to get to a gun locked in her parents bedroom and then shot herself fatally, authorities said. An adult female stated that she…