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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

A.J. Pike St. Croix - The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) has been investigating a series of vehicular hit and run and physical assaults that have taken place over the past few weeks. With a recent incident on Friday, November 28, 2025, in LaGrange, Frederiksted at around 6:30 am, where a woman was physically attacked causing injuries. Another incident occurred on October 23, 2025, at about 5:55 pm, at the Villa La Reine, Pueblo parking lot, where a pedestrian was hi

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

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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

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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 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 sustained a non-life-threatenin

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

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