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A.J. Pike  St. Croix - At approximately 8 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the 911 VITEMA Emergency Call Center received several reports of shots fired in Estate Rattan and the reports indicated that two people had been shot. Officers responded to the call and found a woman lying unresponsive on the ground and a man suffering from a gunshot wound.        Emergency medical personnel also responded to the call and upon examination pronounced the female dead at the scene. The

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - President Joe Biden recently arrived back on his island home of St. Croix, USVI. His arrival brings to mind the tough and turbulent world of U.S. politics. It’s a common tactic in all politics, or shall we say “all dirty politics” for the incoming administration to blame everything that is going wrong with their policies on the previous administration. It’s so easy to say: that incompetent so-and-so has screwed everything up while he was in office, an

M.A. Dworkin USVI - On December 29, 2025, V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced the filing of a lawsuit by the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice (VIDOJ) against Meta Platforms, Inc. and the company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries - including Instagram, LLC and Facebook Holdings, LLC - to protect the well-being and safety of the tens of thousands of U.S. Virgin Islands teens and children who use Facebook and Instagram. In addition, VIDOJ’s complaint marks the fir

A.J. Pike St. Croix - At approximately 1:15 pm on Saturday, December 27, 2025, the 911 Emergency Call Center received several calls relating to a shooting near the Crab Queen seafood restaurant in Estate Glynn, St. Croix.          VIPD officers responded to the scene and immediately found an unresponsive male inside a vehicle. The victim, who was later identified as D’Andre Friday, age 25, was slumped over in the driver’s seat where he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to

Dec 9, 2025 It’s another clear sunny day on the island of St. Croix. The crew of the Denis Sullivan are laying into an afternoon of maintenance after a morning educational program with Coral Reef Academy. The Captain is diving to rig our mooring pennant so we can observe the annual Christmas Boat parade from our comfortable little position in the Gallows Bay Harbor. The cook is provisioning and we all dream of the popsicles she will stock up for us.       Upon arrival in late

A.J. Pike St. Thomas - A reckless car crash on St. Thomas’ Veterans Drive in the early morning hours of Christmas Day caused the death of a pedestrian and the driver of the vehicle.        VIPD reported that the car was apparently speeding when traveling westbound on Veterans Drive when it lost control in the vicinity of Rue de St. Barthelemy, and ran up on the curb, continuing along the sidewalk where it struck a pedestrian who was walking on the south side of the roadway. A

Charu Suri Grammy-Nominated Jazz Pianist Saturday at  The Galleon to Perform      “A Christmas Cantata” Jazz at The Galleon - Tamarind Reef Presents the incomparable Charu Suri performing A Christmas Cantata on stage at the “Saturday Situation” Jazz Club  ONE NIGHT ONLY!! December 27. 2025 Check out further details in the NEWS or ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Sections of St. Croix Times

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - The Trump Administration gave student loan borrowers a Christmas warning by announcing federal student loan borrowers in default on their loans will be subject to possible garnishment of their wages in early 2026.       More than 5 Million borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are 270 days past due on their payments. The Department of Education said it will send out approximately 1,000 notices to borrowers starting the week of Janua

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - It’s one thing to love what you’re doing. But when you also love the place where you’re doing it and the people you’re doing it for, you’ve hit a grand slam in the world of business.        Dani Facenda and her niece Annabel are two such people who have made St. Croix their home and brought with them Tea Mama teas which have taken the tea lovers on St. Croix by storm. Their wonderful product which  comes in all flavors is distributed in grocery stores

M.A. Dworkin World Wide Web - A.I., A.I., A.I., coming at you this Christmas like an out of control   sleigh with a jolly, old mad scientist at the helm. On Prancer, and Dancer, on Dixon… no way to stop these runaway reindeer as they fill-up the stockings with good and bad A.I. toys on their chimney-run. The tree-lit, living room, all covered in love and delight, could be a morning mash-up of epic proportions.        A new report conducted by the well-respected digital securi

M.A. Dworkin The Arctic - Actually, it’s easy-peasy to live to the ripe old age of 200 years, that is if you take a tip or two from the Bowhead Whales who live to two hundred-plus all the time in the Arctic.        First off, you’ll probably have to buy yourself one of those triple-thermal suits and  layer-up when you move to the arctic, where it gets down to ninety below. But most of all you have to become a master of your DNA repair like the Bowhead Whale. Yet, given all th

M.A. Dworkin St. John’s, Antigua - Antigua and Barbuda along with Dominica will encounter partial entry restrictions beginning January 1, 2026. President Donald Trump expanded restrictions on foreign nationals entering the United States by targeting two Caribbean nations that offer Citizenship by Investment (CBI), but he exempted three other nations that offer similar programs.        The proclamation blocks nationals from both countries from obtaining: Immigrant visas, B-1