Workers of specific industries can face critical health conditions years after the first exposure to dust. Airway diseases such as silicosis and asbestosis are notorious for progressing slowly but lethally. Although such diseases are easy…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Public Works (DPW) said today that it has resumed road striping efforts on St. Thomas. “The contractor, Precise Builders, is currently installing road striping and directional markings along Airport…
CHRISTIANSTED — A Florida woman tried to smuggle 14.61 pounds of marijuana in her checked luggage at the St. Croix airport, federal authorities said. Yvette Simeina, 40, of Orlando, was arrested and charged with possession…
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services said Monday that they are immediately closing the Mars Hill Head Start location to staff (students have not been attending in person) and pausing food distribution…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Public Works said today that construction work at Nisky Center’s intersection will continue through March 31. “During this time, single-lane and full-lane closures will be implemented,” DPW spokeswoman Renee…
FREDERIKSTED — The search for a missing 80-year-old St. Croix man entered its sixth day today as police offices and volunteers continue to look for Michael Emmanuel, who was last seen at his Canebrake Apartments…
FREDERIKSTED — Two Golden Grove prison inmates accused of shanking two other inmates with a machete and a knife — causing “life-threatening injuries” were arrested on attempted murder charges this afternoon, authorities said. 42-year-old Hector…
BRIDGETOWN — The Caribbean is a multicultural, multiethnic, multi-religious, multilingual region. The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM-1973) was initially a group of former British colonies. Today, CARICOM is a grouping of 20 countries: 15…
For the first time in nearly 40 years, Caribbean Travel Marketplace, the annual gathering where Caribbean hospitality and tourism professionals meet with regional colleagues and international buyers and sellers, will be staged virtually. The marketing…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — For years, the University of the Virgin Islands through its Coastal Cleanup initiatives has picked up glass beverage bottles and other trash that littered Virgin Islands beaches and shores. Through UVI’s Glass Crusher Project, the local higher learning institution is once again gearing up to accept glass waste from the…