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M.A. Dworkin Costa Rica - The U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica, has issued a “Security Alert” for the popular Central American vacation destination of Costa Rica. The Embassy is warning Americans of a rise in potentially dangerous crimes, which includes property crimes, financial crimes, and robberies that have impacted foreigners in Costa Rica, including U.S. citizens.        The authorities pointed to criminal gangs targeting “foreign-owned businesses and residences fo

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Hatchling Sea Turtle disorientations cause their early death every year around this time on St. Croix. This tragedy is due to problematic landward lights that lead the babies away from the water instead of towards it.        After hatchlings emerge from their nest, they go towards the brightest horizon, which in a natural environment is the ocean. With increasing coastal development, bright inland lights are often visible from the beach and can cause

M.A. Dworkin USVI - The U.S. Virgin Islands is celebrating national recognition as three St, Croix favorites have been nominated in the prestigious USA TODAY 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards. The nominations bestow a great honor and recognition for the hard work that the USVI has done recently to bring its travel sector up to world standards.      The nominations are: Best Caribbean Beach Bar - Deep End Bar & Grill, Christiansted, St. Croix Best Caribbean Resort -  The Buccane

M.A. Dworkin The Caribbean - In a war-like, politically charged, atmosphere that has suddenly rolled across the Caribbean Sea like a tsunami, moving from the drug-struck shores of Venezuela, up to the friendly shores of Old San Juan, Charlotte Amalie and Frederiksted, there currently exists an explosion of a much-needed, economic boost to the retail environments of the U.S. Territorial islands of Puerto Rico and the USVI.       The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest nuc

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - In the absence of Governor Albert Bryan Jr. who is on an informational and exploratory trip to Ghana, West Africa, Communications Director Richard Motta led the Monday Press Briefing at Government House, St. Croix.         Due to a sense of community concern over published reports in the media involving a series of hit and run and physical altercations  on St. Croix, involving a woman and a white vehicle, Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Chief

M.A. Dworkin Caribbean Sea - Caribbean nations are beginning to feel the fallout of a possible military conflict between the United States and Venezuela. As tensions rise between the two countries, tourism departments up and down the quiet waters of the Caribbean Sea are beginning to calibrate what the potential cost of such a conflict might be to their most precious product, tourism.        Even without a shot being fired between the two nations, the threat of conflict is a

M.A. Dworkin USVI - A recent study by the Mayo Clinic proves, what many Virgin Islanders have known for a long time, that friendship isn’t just enriching, it’s crucial to living a longer, healthier life.       Researchers monitored the health of nearly 17,000 adults for more than 17 years. They found that those lacking social connections were approximately 2 to 3 times more likely to die at a younger age than were their companions with more social connections.        This ne

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 Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURRO

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 UFOs, and is deciding on a course of action.        Mr. Farah believes it is time for

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 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