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Caribbean Birth Rates Are Falling. Baby Grants Are Growing, but Women Say Money Isn’t th...

23 September 2026

Caribbean governments are rolling out baby grants and child funds as fertility falls. Women who spoke with The Consortiu...

St. Croix Boil-Water Advisory Lifted After Follow-Up Tests Find No E. coli

23 September 2026

After weeks of follow-up testing, WAPA has lifted St. Croix’s boil-water advisory issued Aug. 28 after E. coli was det...

See 340-693-1021 Calling? VIDOH Says Answer. It’s the Territory’s Health Survey

23 September 2026

Residents who see 340-693-1021 on caller ID are being asked to answer as VIDOH and UVI conduct the BRFSS health survey, ...

Wrong Year, Recorded Calls and Sentencing Math at Center of Jenifer O’Neal’s Third Cir...

22 September 2026

O’Neal’s appeal argues a wrong year in the indictment became a constructive amendment, bribery evidence was insuffic...

17 Charged in Federal Cocaine Network Accused of Using San Juan Airport and U.S. Mail to R...

22 September 2026

The indictment alleges a network operating since November 2022 used San Juan’s international airport and the U.S. ...

USVI Gets New Sept. 30 Deadline as HUD Reopens $4 Billion Homelessness Grant Competition

21 September 2026

HUD reopened its $4.04 billion homelessness grant competition after the First Circuit stayed a lower-court ruling that h...

Former Puerto Rico Bank CEO Gets More Than 9 Years for $24.9M Fraud and Venezuela Sanction...

21 September 2026

Former Nodus International Bank CEO Tomás Niembro Concha was sentenced to 112 months in prison after admitting a $24.9 ...

FEMA Places USVI Recovery Under Enhanced Compliance Review; Bryan Says No New Funding Rest...

21 September 2026

FEMA put USVI recovery work under enhanced compliance review, required a Washington meeting and demanded a Sept. 24 proj...

Nearly 234,000 Amazon-Sold Heated Blankets and Magnetic Toys Recalled After Burns, Child H...

19 September 2026

Nearly 234,000 products sold on Amazon are now under recall: JKMAX heated blankets and pads after 53 burn injuries, and ...