St. Thomas Woman Pleads Out After ‘Going Postal’ In Ottley Post Office
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas woman who bumped into a customer while leaving a post office — only to return a couple minutes later to punch her in the face in a post office…
New York City Man With 3 Pounds Of Marijuana In Luggage Convicted Today
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A New York man was convicted of smuggling over three pounds of marijuana on a flight to St. Thomas, authorities said. Christopher Dunn, resident of New York City, was convicted today for…
St. Croix Woman Gets 1.5 Years In Prison For Stealing $83K In Tax Fraud Case
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix woman was sentenced in Golden Rock today to 1.5 years in prison for her role in a complicated tax fraud scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert. Thema Liverpool,…
Coast Guard Helicopter Rescues Man With Head Injury Off Sailboat Near St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and the crew of a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement medevaced a passenger from the sailing vessel Orion Monday, approximately 18 miles south of…
How To Prepare To Work Abroad
Working in another country opens plenty of doors of opportunities right before your eyes. It also offers excellent benefits for you to acquire new experiences and enhance your skills for your development and growth. Thus,…
CDC Warns Americans Not To Travel To Trinidad, Regardless Of Vaccination Status
PORT OF SPAIN — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising against travel to the twin-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, regardless of vaccination status. In Europe, Poland also made the list along…
Social Security Benefits To Increase In 2022
About 23,000 people of different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds in U.S. Virgin Islands (and 850,000 in Puerto Rico) qualify for a 5.9 percent increase in their Social Security benefits in 2022. Federal benefit rates increase…
Tens Of Millions Go Hungry In Caribbean And Latin America, UN Report Finds
CARACAS — Tens of millions are going hungry in Latin America and the Caribbean as the COVID-19 pandemic sharpens a regional malnutrition crisis to its worst levels in decades, according to the United Nations. In just one…
Coast Guard Seizes 882 Pounds Of Cocaine From Dominicans On Boat Near Dorado
SAN JUAN — A Station San Juan boat crew offloaded approximately 400 kilograms in seized cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to federal agents Wednesday, following the interdiction of a go-fast vessel near Dorado, Puerto…
UVI Mourns the Loss of Playwright and Professor, David Edgecombe
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is mourning the loss of David Edgecombe, former executive director of the Reichhold Center for the Arts and retired associate professor of communications who passed away on November 19. During his 30-year career at UVI, Edgecombe inspired…