MIAMI — Even before the coronavirus swept through Latin America and the Caribbean, the region was ailing. With sluggish commodity prices and massive debt, economic growth was anemic — averaging just 0.7 percent annually over…
CHRISTIANSTED — From the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor Juan J. Luis Hospital said it identified that its internal healthcare workers are the persons on the island of St. Croix that are the…
SANTO DOMINGO — The number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the Caribbean continues to increase, despite a slow down in some countries, with the total passing 10,000 last night. According to a News Americas…
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix woman waiting for her take-out food order from a Golden Rock restaurant was robbed at gunpoint of her purse this afternoon, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched officers…
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man offered to drive a woman home, but first took a detour along the way in order to rape her, authorities said. Police were notified of a first-degree rape at…
FREDERIKSTED — As part of our continued Crime Prevention and Community Policing initiative, the VIPD Crime Prevention Bureau presents the following suggestions that when followed, reduces burglaries and robberies within our community. To avoid robberies:…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who allegedly slipped a woman a mickey was arrested on a domestic violence-related charge Friday, authorities said. Job N. Nicholas, 46 of Smith Bay was arrested at 1:05…
FREDERIKSTED — A St. Croix man is facing an illegal gun charge after an informant phoned in a tip that he was driving a vehicle with an unlicensed firearm in it, authorities said. Jonathan Scribner,…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two armed men robbed a fast food restaurant of an undetermined amount of cash at a shopping center in mid-island St. Thomas on Friday night, authorities said. The 911 Emergency Call Center…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the reconstruction of the Leonard B. Francis Readiness Center in St. Thomas is on schedule to meet its November 2020 deadline. After extensive damage sustained by Hurricanes…