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Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025 Troupe to participate in August Monday Parade
Virgin Islands News Online
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- Gov’t inviting young people to join Emancipation Festival Troupe; Registration ends July 18 ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Young people ages 8 to 17 are being invited to take a stand against crime by joining the Virgin Islands Anti-Crime Summit 2025...
Bahamas Set to Host U14 Girls International Friendlies vs U.S. Virgin Islands
Our News Bahamas
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July 17, 2025
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas Football Association (BFA) will host the U14 Girls International Friendlies between The Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands on July 25 & 26, 2025 at Roscow A.L. Davies Field in Nassau. The event features four matches...
Southwest to serve St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island, beginning in early...
721 News
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July 16, 2025
Airline begins adding new destinations to its network for the first time since 2021 DALLAS, July 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) intends to grow its network in 2026 initially with new service at Cyril E. King...
US Virgin Islands stops recreational bird hunting to protect local and migratory species
Pasquines
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July 15, 2025
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) in the United States Virgin Islands is taking new steps to protect birds across the territory. On June 4, 2025, Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol announced that no recreational hunting of...
Southwest to launch 1st new destination since 2021, with nonstop US Virgin Islands flights
The Points Guy
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July 14, 2025
Southwest Airlines is expanding in the Caribbean, with plans to serve its first new destination in nearly half a decade. The Dallas-based carrier on Monday announced it will launch nonstop service to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The new...
The shame of Sabina: CWI’s Failure to Deliver
St. Vincent Times
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July 19, 2025
CRICKET WEST INDIES: A BRAKE ON OUR CRICKET DEVELOPMENT THE DEBACLE OF SABINA On July 1, 2025, at Sabina Park, Jamaica, in the third test match of the recent cricket series against Australia, the West Indies were bowled out in the second innings...
Why Jost Van Dyke Is the Ultimate Caribbean Beach Bar Island
Caribbean Journal
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July 20, 2025
You step off the boat and your toes are in the sand in seconds. Music is floating out of the bar. Someone hands you a Painkiller. And just like that, you’ve arrived. This not a beach bar. This is the beach bar. This is White Bay. This is Jost Van...
Editorial: In Jeffrey Epstein matter, world’s powerful men slither away
The Malaysian Star
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July 19, 2025
WE’VE said little about Jeffrey Epstein, the serial sex offender who wormed his way into the upper echelons of elite America in no small part by trafficking underage teenage girls to powerful men. The affair is sordid, the conspiracy theories...
Who is Elizabeth Buckley Harrold O'Donnell? Meet Kathryn Harrold's daughter
Briefly
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July 19, 2025
Kathryn Harrold and Lawrence O'Donnell's daughter, Elizabeth Buckley Harrold O'Donnell, is the ex-couple's only child, who they welcomed during their two-decade relationship. They raised her out of the spotlight, and she has maintained a low...
Powerball winning numbers for today's draw, 07/19/2025: Jackpot of $288 million
MARCA
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July 20, 2025
The big Powerball jackpot opportunity is knocking again, so tonight Saturday, July 19th, 2025 at 10:59 p.m. ET, you'll have another chance to win millions of dollars. Tonight the Powerball is at $288 million, but with a cash value of $130.6...
I moved our family of four from the US to France & pay just $2,235 for everything – but the grocery stores blew me away
The U.S. Sun
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July 19, 2025
ONE woman up and left America with her husband, two children, and dog five years ago and has since been enjoying an affordable lifestyle across the globe in France. The expat has come to love not only the rich culture and beautiful landscape of...
Virgin Islands Veterans Now Eligible for Mainland Medical Travel Reimbursement Under New Law
The Virgin Island Consortium
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Eligible veterans residing in the Virgin Islands can now receive full reimbursement for up to two medically related trips to VA facilities on the U.S. mainland or Puerto Rico each year, following the enactment of Act 8991, signed into law on June...
Don’t forget to buy a ticket: Mega Millions jackpot grows to $110 Million
Times of San Diego
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July 19, 2025
California lottery ticket. (Photo by Alexander Nguyen/Times of San Diego) No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $110...
Dominica hosts Caribbean Cadet Camp and Commandants’ Conference for the first time
Dominica News Online
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July 19, 2025
Executive of the Dominica Cadet Corps: (l-r) backrow – Nathalie Walsh, Nazarine Gordon, front row – Colonel Raymond, Lt. Colonel Leon.For the first time in its history, Dominica will host the prestigious 38th Annual Association of Caribbean...
Virgin Island star splits from partner as ‘challenging’ sex surrogacy blamed: ‘I suffered, he suffered’
Entertainment Daily
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July 9, 2025
Virgin Island put the work of sex surrogates in the spotlight when the documentary series aired on Channel 4 earlier this year. The show saw 12 virgins living on a Croatian island for two weeks. And, during that time, they were coached in all...
David Lammy: I am not informed about Georgia and the corrupt activities there, but I will look into the matter closely and present it to the British Virgin Islands
Inter Press News
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“I am not informed about the details of the case you are raising regarding Georgia and the corrupt activities there, but I will carefully review it and present these issues to the British Virgin Islands,” said David Lammy, the United Kingdom’s...
More Virgin Islands ‘icons’ honoured
The BVI Beacon
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July 11, 2025
Deborah Reynolds-O’Neal won a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for her work in fashion. Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway was named “media presenter of the year.” Kenisha Sprauve was honoured for her children’s books, restaurateurs Jamal and Strassa...
EDITORIAL: Happy Virgin Islands Day
The BVI Beacon
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July 11, 2025
Despite our disappointment that the government didn’t host an official Virgin Islands Day celebration this year, we were greatly encouraged by the many activities organised instead by community groups and other residents. As part of...
Mid-Year Update Shows Healthy Cruise Growth in US Virgin Islands
Cruise Hive
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July 10, 2025
Midway through 2025, the three main islands of the US Virgin Islands are taking stock of the region’s tourism industry and have found cruising to be quite robust and on the rise. An update issued by the USVI Department of Tourism shows that cruise...
British Virgin Islands reports nearly 14% jump in tourist arrivals for Q2 2025
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 10, 2025
The British Virgin Islands recorded a 13.8 percent increase in tourist arrivals during the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, Premier Dr. Natalio Wheatley announced during a recent Virgin Islands Voice broadcast. “We...