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Trump: Airspace Above           Venezuela Closed M.A. Dworkin      Washington, D.C. - In what has become an increasingly powerful show of force that appears to be leading to a serious conflict which could include U.S. military ground forces moving into Venezuela, President Donald Trump has announced that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.       Trump, in a Truth Social post said: “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traf

Two Shot in Golden Rock A.J. Pike      St. Croix - The St. Croix 911 Emergency Call Center received a radio transmission from an officer on Thursday November 27, 2025, at around 11:40 pm regarding shots fired on Northside Road in the vicinity of Pueblo Supermarket in Golden Rock, Christiansted.       Upon arrival, the officers found a vehicle with two males who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. They were transported by ambulance to the Juan F. Luis Hospital. One male sus

UFO Doc: Trump Could  Reveal Truth about Aliens;   Bush Knew of Alien Contact A.J. Pike      Milky Way Galaxy - The filmmaker behind a bombshell documentary has suggested that President Donald Trump might soon acknowledge the existence of extraterrestrial life. Don Farah, the Director and Producer of the 2025 documentary The Age of Disclosure claims sources have indicated that Trump has become aware of the “base facts” regarding Unidentified Autonomous Phenomena (UAPs) aka UF

John F. McKeon  Getty Images  This past week I drove into Frederiksted to pay a call on the newly arrived USS Iwo Jima (1) Frederiksted is on the west end of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. It is a port with a long pier that welcomes cruise ships. The area is known for sunsets, calm blue waters, and white sand beaches. A noticeably large US maritime presence has been gathering in the Caribbean Sea since this past July. The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group arrived o

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - The bonds of true friendship run deep. They take time and patience to establish. They command mutual respect. They are cherished. They are not easily broken because they have survived the test of time. Such are the bonds that exist between the Palestinian community and the community of the U.S. Virgin Islands. This strong bond was exhibited at the VI Palestinian Friendship Day that was presented by the Virgin Islands Palestinian Friendship Associatio

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - There’s an old saying: “You may be through with the past, but the past may not be through with you.” When you think about Jeffrey Epstein you don’t think about your garden variety type of criminal, nor do you think of him as any sort of criminal mastermind. Because when you think of Jeffrey Epstein, in any informed way, you must think in terms of one of the most disgusting, low-life monsters to ever walk the earth.        He was a lot worse tha

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - The art of the collage is not an easy artform to master. When it is produced by the hand of a master artist such as Jeff Condit, a collage involves mixing up images in such a way they not only have a singular meaning unto themselves, but they send off a newly formed unified message to the viewer. Mr. Condit’s remarkable collages succeed in titillating the imagination to a point the viewer is able to slowly move outside their single-image comfort zon

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - Despite what appears to be overwhelming evidence that Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett was involved with texting the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 Oversight Committee Hearing, the House voted 209-214 Tuesday night against formally reprimanding Plaskett, enabling the Virgin Islands’ nonvoting delegate to Congress to keep her House intel post.       Congresswoman Plaskett drew scrutiny after documents released from the

A.J. Pike USVI - V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that the Honorable Judge Ernest E. Morris, Jr. sentenced 34 year-old Kertis Tonge, Jr. to a life sentence without parole on November 19, 2025, for the murder of Quanza Heath.        This sentence comes after a jury convicted Mr. Tonge, on September 10, 2025, of Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Third Degree, Reckless Endangerment, Unauthorized Pos

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - When you head down to the Boardwalk on St. Croix, there’s really only one name that comes to mind when you’re looking to have a good time, catch a brew, chill out on the harbor view, and have the juiciest burger and fries on the Big Island, that name is Shupe’s!        For ten years, Derek Shupe and his wife Jenn have built STX’s Go-to gathering spot, for locals and tourists alike. Shupe’s on the Boardwalk  was created in the same cozy space as the i

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On Monday, November 17, 2025, the 911 Emergency Call Center received a call at about 12:11 pm, from a concerned citizen who reported that a male was lying in the bushes and that he appeared to be unresponsive in Castle Burke, Frederiksted.       Emergency Medical Technicians arrived on the scene and pronounced the male dead. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.       The deceased was identified by his next of kin as 33 year-old Mal

A.J. Pike St. Thomas - The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) in close collaboration with the Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) and our federal partners, are continuing to investigate a series of bomb threats targeting public schools on St. Thomas. These threats have caused significant disruptions to learning environments and unnecessary alarms within the community.        As of Tuesday, November 18, 2025, VIPD confirms that six minors from Charlotte Amalie H