Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of …
Oct 2, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE — Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond, according to a new report released Monday.. The number of Haitians facing crisis, emergency and famine levels of hunger increased by 1.2 ...
St. Croix Educational Complex High School suspends classes due …
Oct 2, 2024 · FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) said that school operations have been suspended at the St. Croix Educational Complex today, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, due to a coordinated teacher sick-out.. Earlier this morning, VIDE officials were alerted to a significant shortage of teachers at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School, as many educators either called ...
Meet the workout group that gets people exercising outdoors, …
Nov 24, 2024 · John McCarthy is primarily known for his investigative reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands. A series of reports beginning in the 1990's revealed that there was everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.
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FREDERIKSTED — Two Virgin Islands police officers were taken to the hospital and a suspect is dead after an exchange of gunfire on a domestic violence call in Grove Place… CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan, in the spirit of transparency and accountability, today announced that …
Cops seek ‘person of interest’ in murder of Angel Casanova
Mar 24, 1998 · CHRISTIANSTED — Police said they are seeking a “person of interest” in the shooting death of 33-year-old Angel Casanova near the Christiansted Cemetery in St. Croix on Tuesday.. Elvis Villar Jr., 26, of Orange Grove, has been identified as a suspect in the murder investigation into Casanova’s death in Peter’s Farm earlier this week, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras President Xiomara Castro ’s comments earlier this week threatening to stop her country’s cooperation with the U.S. military if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on promised mass…
Hurricane Kirk forms in Atlantic and could strengthen into major …
Oct 2, 2024 · MIAMI — Kirk became a hurricane in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. The storm could strengthen into a major hurricane by tomorrow, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm was about 1,070 miles (1,720 kilometers) west of the Cabo Verde Island with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph).
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Dec 24, 2024 · CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan today announced that Thursday, January 9, 2025, will be observed as a local holiday in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in accordance with President Joseph R.… GUSTAVIA — Sean 'Diddy' Combs' twin daughters were spotted dining at a restaurant before hopping on a ...
Ultimate drug don Ivan James gets 35 years
Dec 9, 2024 · CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Ivan James, 40, Joh Williams, 38, Malachi Benjamin, 28, Ariel Petersen, 28, and Jahkiebo Joseph, 26, all of St. Croix, were sentenced by District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy led by Ivan James from his Estate LaGrange compound in Frederiksted, St. Croix, United States Attorney Delia L. …
Education says its investigating student’s removal from school bus
Oct 2, 2024 · FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) is actively investigating an incident involving a student who was removed from a school bus earlier this morning, Tuesday, October 1, 2024.. The student was using transportation services provided by School Busing Inc., a contracted vendor of the VIDE. It is important to clarify that school bus drivers are not employees of the ...