April 15, 2021 St. Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak as positive cases climb after volcano eruption Officials in St. Vincent said Thursday that they were extremely worried about a COVID-19 outbreak given the lack of water and more positive cases being reported as thousands of evacuees fleeing the erupting volcano crowd into shelters and private homes.
April 9, 2021 Volcano eruption in Caribbean prompts mass evacuation during popular vacation week The La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted Friday after authorities ordered the mandatory emergency evacuations of thousands.
April 1, 2021 US Virgin Islands missing Sarm Heslop: 'Not normal' for police not to search boyfriend's yacht, expert says More than three weeks into the search for missing British woman Sarm Heslop, police have announced little progress in the search -- and they haven't searched the yacht where she was last seen.
March 31, 2021 Virgin Islands' Ryan Bane was cited by Coast Guard for numerous violations, including blocking search of cabin The U.S. Coast Guard issued multiple citations to U.S. Virgin Islands yacht captain Ryan Bane after he reported his British girlfriend, Sarm Heslop, missing earlier this month – including for alleged obstruction of a boarding.
December 22, 2020 Grandmother of Georgia teen imprisoned on Cayman Islands alleges double standard The grandmother of a Georgia college student who has been imprisoned in the Cayman Islands for violating quarantine protocols admitted Tuesday that her granddaughter had "made a bad judgement call."
December 21, 2020 Grandmother of Georgia student jailed in Cayman Islands is seeking the White House's help The grandmother of a Georgia college student who is currently jailed in the Cayman Islands for failing to follow coronavirus quarantine guidelines tells ӣƵ that she has written to President Trump seeking the U.S. government's help in the case.
December 15, 2020 China exploiting mobile networks to spy on American cellphones: report China may be abusing telecoms vulnerabilities to spy on Americans’ cellphones through Caribbean phone networks, according to a new report.
December 1, 2020 American group detained for accidentally sailing in British Virgin Island waters Four Americans claim they are being held like “hostages” in a British Virgin Islands hotel room after they accidentally sailed into the territory’s waters — breaking rules that prohibit U.S. visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report.
October 5, 2020 Tropical Storm Delta strengthens in Caribbean, forecast to target Gulf Coast as hurricane A newly formed tropical depression is growing stronger in the warm waters of the Caribbean and could make landfall later this week as a hurricane somewhere along the storm-battered Gulf Coast, according to forecasters.
October 4, 2020 Hurricane center 'closely monitoring' tropical wave in Caribbean, could develop into 'Delta' As the 24th named storm of a busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season swirls off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, forecasters are monitoring an area of disturbed weather in the Caribbean that could bring trouble to the Gulf of Mexico.