EDINBURGH — Great Scott! That makes two times Donald Trump has been undone by COVID-19. Once in 2020 — and once in 2021. Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in America — or lack thereof — might have cost him the 2020 presidential election. Now Trump is being told by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon […]
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VIPD’s COVID-19 Task Force Monitors Crowds For Mask Compliance At Kallalloo Man
CHRISTIANSTED — VIPD’s COVID-19 Task Force and Deputy Police Commissioner Celvin G. Walwyn was monitoring the crowds at the Kallalloo Man at Estate Richmond on Saturday afternoon. The Virgin Islands Police Department has been encouraging everyone to follow the governor’s coronavirus protocols mandate — whether they are indoors or outside. “Let us continue to flatten […]
LOVE IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS! Virtual Strangers Are Hooking Up In Caribbean Through Airbnb
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is the top Caribbean destination on Airbnb, with a 600 percent increase in bookings over 2019. San Juan, Puerto Rico isn’t far behind with a 400 percent increase. Rounding out the top three is Grand Cayman with a 100 percent spike. The Caribbean has been particularly hard hit by the […]
Sun Country Airlines and Delta Air Lines Competing For Minnesota Travelers To The U.S. Virgin Islands
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands is welcoming new flights from Minneapolis to St. Thomas this winter from Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines. Delta is offering thrice weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, while Minneapolis-based carrier Sun Country is operating weekly Saturday service between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Cyril E. […]
6 Boy Scouts Achieve Top Rank Of Eagle Scout On St. Croix In Virtual Ceremony
CHRISTIANSTED — The Boy Scouts motto is: “Be Prepared.” So when coronavirus happened in 2020, it didn’t prevent six St. Croix scouts from achieving the top rank of Eagle Scout. But instead of being recognized at an Eagle Court of Honor ceremony at the Howard M. Wall Boy Scout Camp — in adapting to their […]
Ontario Finance Minister Resigns Amid Outrage Over St. Barts Holiday Vacation
TORONTO — Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigned on Thursday after public outrage over a Caribbean vacation he took earlier this month in violation of his own government’s coronavirus travel warnings. Phillips, a member of the ruling Progressive Conservative Party in the Canadian province, admitted this week that he traveled to the French island of […]
Carnivorous Mushrooms? Leaching Septic Tank? Trade Winds? Barking Dogs? What Killed Rich Doumeng’s Flamboyant Tree? The Final Mystery of the Year 2020
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder. The last day of the year of coronavirus — the dreaded COVID-19 — I mean what could go wrong today? Right? LOL! It is a mystery that involves barking dogs, carnivorous mushrooms, lurking septic tanks and toppling trees — and that is the […]
Trump Intercedes On Georgia Teen’s Behalf In Cayman Islands, Gets Her Prison Term Cut In Half
GEORGE TOWN — A U.S. college student who got four months behind bars in the Cayman Islands for skipping COVID-19 quarantine to watch her beau jet-ski just caught a break. Skylar Mack of Georgia — whose grandma had written a letter to President Trump asking him to help her granddaughter — had her sentence chopped in half by a […]
USVI Government Takes Out A $60 Million Line Of Credit At Local Banks To Make Payroll … Because It’s Broke!
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan and Lt. Governor Tregenza Roach closed on a $60 million line of credit with two local banks approved earlier this year by the 33rd Legislature, known as a Revenue Anticipation Note (RAN) to supplement government operations in anticipation of a potential decline in fiscal year 2021 second-quarter revenues as […]
Health Department Won’t Answer Important Questions From Public On COVID-19
CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Department of Health has had the number of COVID-19 cases on St. John pending for six days now. People on social media were publicly asking the VIDOH how does coronavirus testing “work” on St. John. “Wondering how testing works on St. John?” Jane Porter Roskin asked. “We have had […]