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M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Santa is planning to come  early this year in the form of St. Croix’s fabulous array of artists and jewelry artisans delivering presents of Christmas joy at the December 18th Art Thursday event in downtown Christiansted.       To visit Art Thursday is to be transported into another world that is about as far away from the worries and troubles of everyday life as you can imagine. Upon entering each gallery you are immediately struck by the totally uni

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   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  The Caribbean - Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, have launched a EU-style free movement...

M.A. Dworkin  Broward County, FL - Facing massive funding cuts if not in compliance within 30 days, the Trump Administration has ordered...

St. Croix Times Staff USVI - As if life under the Trump Administration tariffs and funding cuts hasn’t been difficult enough to digest,...

M.A. Dworkin Puerto Rico - The former Puerto Rico Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, after being shuttered by the Navy in 2004, is back in...