Tag Archives: Vieques

Puerto Rico travel alert: assault on a golf course

Posted on February 3, 2016 by FRANK WORLEY

As if Puerto Rico didn’t have enough problems already a couple of thugs made life even more difficult for the entire population this morning.  A pair of tourists playing golf at the Wyndham Rio Mar were assaulted and robbed at … Continue reading →

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The Popular Democratic Party does something right

Posted on April 1, 2015 by FRANK WORLEY

I hate it when I agree with something the Popular Democratic Party does.  It takes away from my main message that the commonwealth status must end.  While the party of the ‘populares‘ has steadfastly destroyed every opportunity to fix the … Continue reading →

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More bloodshed on Vieques Island

Posted on January 14, 2015 by FRANK WORLEY

It is time for the heads of the ‘families’ to get together and find a peaceful way forward in the drug trade on Vieques. Continue reading →

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Should Vieques Island go independent?

Posted on January 8, 2015 by FRANK WORLEY

Don’t just seek to leave the commonwealth, seek instead the right to be free and equal among the nations of the earth. Continue reading →

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Living in terror: Vieques and Puerto Rico

Posted on August 27, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

While some may argue that Puerto Rico’s crime rate is no different than the urban centers of Detroit, Chicago, New York or LA, I respectfully submit that people don’t spend their hard earned money to visit the ghetto. Continue reading →

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Vieques Tourism: robbery of of tourists on camera

Posted on August 22, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

Picture shows tourists being robbed at gun point while having dinner on Vieques Continue reading →

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Is Vieques safe for tourists?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

Ever since the U.S. Navy left Vieques Island and Roosevelt Roads Naval Station on the main island of Puerto Rico, things have gone steadily downhill for that part of the U.S. commonwealth.  Things continue to deteriorate to the point where … Continue reading →

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Decay of Roosevelt Roads: gross incompentance of PR Government

Posted on August 11, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

A special thank you should go out to the protesters on Vieques who helped close the base and the more than a million Puerto Ricans who claimed to support the Navy but remained silent for most of the time the protests underway. Continue reading →

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Journalism in Puerto Rico: propaganda and partisanship

Posted on July 31, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY

It was election night 1996 and I was covering the news for San Juan radio station WOSO.  Fighting through the diminished crowd, through the door and up the stairs to the second floor where I could find some good interviews … Continue reading →

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Vieques, Puerto Rico, Murder Rate Highest in the World Only One Explanation: The Drug War Frank Worley-Lopez October 23, 2013 at 5:13 pm – Originally published in the Pan Am Post. 0 Sidenotes EspañolThis week the El Vocero newspaper reported murder … Continue reading →

Posted on June 9, 2014 by FRANK WORLEY | 1 Comment