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Jamie Leonard Off the Coast of St. Croix - The Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean and one of the most geologically complex regions on the planet. It stretches nearly 800 miles - roughly the distance from Boston to Chicago - running east-west across the northern edge of the Caribbean. This vast undersea gorge passes north of Puerto Rico, continuing past the U.S. Virgin Islands, and arcs out into the open Atlantic. At its deepest known point, called t

M.A. Dworkin Puerto Rico - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), acting under the direction of the Department of War (DoD), has issued a new Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) establishing temporary flight restrictions over an area off the southeast coast of Ceiba, Puerto Rico.        The order, identified as FDC 5/9106, takes effect on November 1, 2025, and will remain active through March 31, 2026.       According to the FAA, the restrictions are for “Special Security Reaso

M.A. Dworkin David Hamilton Jackson was born on September 28, 1884, in the Estate East Hill, on the island of St. Croix, in the Danish West Indies. He died on May 30, 1946, on the island of St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He was vilified as a rebel to the Danish officials who ruled toward the end of the Danish era. Yet, he was lionized as a hero to the Black population who demanded their freedom from slavery in their homeland of St. Croix.       Jackson’s maternal gran

M.A. Dworkin Jamaica - Hurricane Melissa, the strongest recorded storm to ever hit Jamaica, with winds exceeding 185 mph, has left a trail of death and destruction in its single night of rampage. Hardest hit was the western region of the island where Melissa made landfall as a Cat 5 storm and ripped a path of horror through everything that stood in its way, leaving in its wake hundreds of destroyed structures, completely demolished neighborhoods, catastrophic flash flooding,

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - A delegation of University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) students, led by UVI President Dr. Safiya George, senior faculty, and administrative leaders, traveled to Washington, D.C. recently to participate in the “Inaugural UVI Day on Capitol Hill” - a strategic initiative that advances one of the core goals of UVI’s GRAND Momentum Strategic Plan to create more experiential learning and leadership development opportunities for students.          D

M.A. Dworkin USVI - In a deep blow to the USVI’s hopes to fund residential community solar projects and power storage, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revoked a $62.5 million “Solar For All” grant to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). The grant, which was approved in April 2025, was intended for residential and community solar projects but has now been rescinded under the Trump Administration’s new governmental efficiency policy. The revocation of the funds forces

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made an unprecedented demand on States to share personal information on all 41.7 million  federal food assistance recipients who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The identifying information includes, but is not limited to, names, dates of birth, addresses, and Social Security numbers, as well as the dollar amount each recipient has received over a time peri

M.A. Dworkin The Atlantic - The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season has been suspiciously quiet for the Virgin Islands. ..Is a big storm waiting to exit off the African Coast and barrel its way across the Caribbean? Is there still a Cape Verde Hurricane in its early stages of development? At this point it doesn’t seem too likely.        “The Conga line of tropical waves exiting Africa that hits its peak by late August and September - is a little late to the party this season,” wro

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix -What kind of a world are we living in where 9 million people die of hunger and hunger-related causes every year, of which 3 million are children, and malnutrition is a factor in half of all child deaths worldwide.        What kind of world are we living in where 3 million children under the age of five die from poor nutrition and hunger-related causes each year?        As of this moment, according to The World Counts 7,242,785..86..87..88 and counting,

M.A. Dworkin   St. Croix - Millions of people came out nationwide and globally in peaceful protest to voice their opposition to Trump Administration policies on everything from strong-arm immigration tactics to mass firings of government employees, to overall quasi-Monarch applications of the law.       The nationwide effort involved more than 300 grassroots organizations, with protest events held at over 2,600 locations in all 50 States. Protest events rose up in cities rang

M.A. Dworkin USVI - “There’s a new world comin’   And it’s just around the bend…There’s a new day dawning, That belongs to you and me…” sings Nina Simone.       Such is the battle cry of the U.S. Virgin Islands as it works to reinvent itself as a people who are willing to rise up, shake off its past industrial disappointments, and carve out a new vision for itself as one of the innovative leaders of tourism in the Caribbean Basin.       Now imagine this scenario if you will:

M.A. Dworkin USVI - Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. has submitted two substantive measures to the 36th Legislature that build on his Administration’s commitment to growing the Virgin Islands economy, creating opportunity for working families, and revitalizing local industries.        The governor’s proposals would phase in a $15 minimum wage and open new avenues for small-scale distilleries and breweries tied to local agriculture.        The first proposal, An Act to Support Small-Scal