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A.J. Pike  St. Maarten - The ultra popular cruise ship port of St. Maarten has decided that enough is enough as far as pushy cruise ship vendors are concerned. A new ban has been put in place on unauthorized vendors soliciting cruise passengers. The ban is being soundly applauded by passengers who are forced to put up with the rude and unruly actions of certain vendors.       One of Royal Caribbean’s main hot stops in the Caribbean, St. Maarten, has issued a new public order

M.A. Dworkin St. Thomas - Amid a great deal of controversy and questions concerning the Governor’s recent trip to Ghana, West Africa, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. led the Press Briefing at Government House St. Thomas on Monday December 8, 2025.        “When I travelled to Accra, I did not go as a tourist, I went as Governor, carrying the hopes of a small territory…I was also carrying the memory of our ancestors whose journeys began in West Africa,” the Governor said. “It was an

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - January brings hope and reflection. Two of the essential ingredients that make up great art. The New Year also brings about a renewed sense of energy, a devout desire to keep on pushing forward, along with a preponderance of thoughts that gathers up the best and worst of the past and hopefully mixes it all up into a potent new brew that propels us towards the future. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past," go

M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - New data from the well-respected University of California, Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project, shows that ICE arrests from January 20 to October 15, 2025, indicates that nearly 75,000 people with no criminal record have been arrested. These figures do not include arrests made by the Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.       More than one-third of the 220,000 people arrested

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

A.J. Pike  The White House - President Trump is apparently plotting a brutal revenge towards Madonna after she attacked him for stamping out World AIDS Day tributes. Sources close to the President of the United States reveal that he is planning to use immigration powers against the Material Girl that involve visa disruptions on the Super Star to complicate her return to the US if she embarks on an international tour. Madonna, being a non-US citizen, would typically require a

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

A.J. Pike St. Croix - On November 22, 2025, at around 9:54 pm, the 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched patrol units to a reported domestic disturbance at Estate Richmond, St. Croix.        Detectives of the Criminal Investigation Bureau who were assigned to investigate the case, found there was a heated family dispute over internet service. The suspect, identified as 21-year old Chrismel Berra, allegedly went berserk and assaulted two older adult female family members over

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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