[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CRUZ BAY — The wrecks lie half-sunk in marinas, fully submerged in coves, tangled in mangrove roots, tossed akilter against trees, or piled atop one another, a jumble of punctured hulls, snapped masts and bent propellers. The hurricanes that raged through the territory in September, damaged or destroyed not only […]
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE: WAPA Needs 50 Flagmen and You Don’t Need A High School Diploma To Get The Job
MERRY CHRISTMAS: Gov. Kenneth Mapp is in the holiday spirit early. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED – Gov. Kenneth Mapp announced 50 jobs are available for flagmen to assist in managing traffic as the territory marches forth with power restoration efforts. At Monday’s press briefing at Government House, Mapp said those interested in the positions, which will […]
U.S. Coast Guard Intercepts Three Drug Smugglers and $23 Million In Cocaine Off The Dominican Republic
[ad name=”HTML-68″] ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Pelican brought ashore almost one ton of cocaine last month. The cocaine is valued at $23 million, and along with the seizing of the drug, three smugglers were also arrested. The cocaine came from a drug bust in the Caribbean Sea on Nov. 11, just […]
U.S. Virgin Islands Turning Away Boat Refugees Arriving From Hurricane Irma-Ravaged British Virgin Islands
TOTAL DEVASTATION: Aerial view of devastation following Hurricane Irma at Bitter End in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands September 8, 2017, is seen in this still image taken from social media video. [ad name=”HTML-68″] ROAD TOWN, Tortola, BVI — The U.S. government is turning away people trying to flee the hurricane-devastated British Virgin Islands for the […]
IRMA-GEDDON! In The USVI, St. John Got The Worst of it from Hurricane Irma, And It Will Take At Least 10 Years To Recover
AERIAL VIEW: Of St. John following Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6. 2017. [ad name=”HTML-68″] CRUZ BAY — The Asolare restaurant is gone, practically blown off its cliff, along with its world-famous carrot ginger soup. The facade of Margarita Phil’s is a junkyard of yellow and vermilion planks. Multimillion-dollar homes and aluminum huts alike lie in ruins. […]