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Geordie Shore star breaks silence on co-stars return for new series & reveals ‘give away clue’ they were coming back
GEORDIE Shore star Nathan Henry has broken his silence on his co-stars shock return to the show for the first time. The TV favourite has also told of the giveaway clue which 'sealed' one of his co-stars comebacks just weeks before heading to...

Caribbean Corals: Bleaching Ravages a Region Built on Reefs as Aid Falls Short
On a sweltering day in 2023, British Virgin Islands fisherman Zacchari Stoutt was suiting up for a routine dive when he glimpsed something unusual on the seafloor. At first, he thought it was a sunken boat. “It was quite visible,” recalled Stoutt,...
Conflicting reports emerge in death of Haitian woman detained by ICE in Broward
Conflicting records and testimony are raising questions about the death of a Haitian woman in U.S. immigration custody in Broward County this spring. Marie Ange Blaise, 44, died on April 25 at 8:35 p.m. while detained at the Broward Transitional...

BGT finalist reveals she ‘cried herself to sleep’ amid trolling hell following backlash to show appearance
BRITAIN'S Got Talent star Stacey Leadbeatter admits she was "crying herself to sleep" amid a trolling hell following her appearance on the show. Singer Stacey wowed audiences as she took part in BGT this year. 4 Stacey Leadbeatter has revealed she...

Franklin Marshall (Marsh) Terry II
Franklin Marshall (Marsh) Terry II was born to Mildred Castle and Franklin (Mart) Terry on November 8th, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan, and moved with his family to Seattle in 1946. A 1957 graduate of West Seattle High School, he attended Eastern...

The Week in Women's Football: Asian Cup qualifiers; reviewing OFC Champions League
This week, we review Group A from the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers this month (see Group B-Group H’s results in our column last week. We also review the 2025 Oceania Women’s Nations Cup Finals, held in Fiji this month with eight teams. We...

'Treated as second-class citizens': Moylan seeks anew for SSI benefits to US territories, this time with bill cosponsors
Del. James Moylan got Republican and Democrat delegates to cosponsor his bill seeking the inclusion of Guam and other U.S. territories in the Supplemental Security Income, SSI, program so that Americans in the territories would also become...

Walwyn slams gov’t over absence of economic council
in All News / By: BVI News on July 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM / Opposition Leader Myron Walwyn has accused the government of breaching the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) by failing to establish a strategic economic plan and an Economic and Fiscal...

PM praises African people’s resilience
News Clint Chan Tack 6 Hrs Ago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar outside the Red House on July 28. - Photo by Ayanna Kinsale PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has praised members of the Afro-Trinidadian community for their resilience and...
DOJ Medical Examiner’s Office represented at IACME 2025 Conference
CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ) proudly congratulates Khadeem W. DeSilvia, Medicolegal Death Investigator with the DOJ Office of the Medical Examiner, for attending and presenting at the 2025 International...

Celebrating green African heritage
Following African emancipation from slavery, descendants of those freed over a century ago celebrate a holiday recognising this part of our history. After decades of adaptation to a land thousands of kilometres from home, many families still...

Simone Biles’ Family Intervenes as Gymnastics Star Struggles With Alleged Online Controversy After Vacation
For seven days, Simone Biles found a new home, and this time without Jonathan Owens. After her fun-filled trip to Belize, she traded Texas for the British Virgin Islands, traveling over 2,000 miles to embrace beach life once again. On Instagram,...

Olympian Simone Biles In Bikini Is “Using Her Passport”
Simone Biles has been giving all of us vacation envy all year. She and her husband, NFL star, Jonathan Owens, have been traveling all over the globe. Recently, she traveled to the British Virgin Islands, and went on a boat ride and cave...
St. Croix: Another hot day, partial sunshine, high 90
John McCarthy is primarily known for his investigative reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands. A series of reports beginning in the 1990's revealed that there was everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix...
Leaders call for reflection, action on African Emancipation Day
President Christine Kangaloo has challenged citizens to “confront the injustices and inequalities” that persist in society in her African Emancipation Day message. Kangaloo also called on the population to “examine our...

Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky found liable in $1.9bn UK PrivatBank fraud case
The long running PrivatBank saga passed an important milestone after a London court ruled that Ukrainian oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholiubov are liable for damages after they stole billions of dollars from dispositors at Ukraine’s...

Ocean Point Terminals Contributes $140K to UVI Process Technology Program to Bolster Local Workforce Development
Ocean Point Terminals has reaffirmed its long-standing support for workforce development in the U.S. Virgin Islands with a $140,000 contribution to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Process Technology Program. The funding, presented...
Epstein's island, explained: Trump said he 'never had the privilege.'
Former President Donald Trump denied visiting Jeffrey Epstein's private island, claiming he declined an invitation. Epstein's island, located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, was allegedly the site of a criminal enterprise involving sex trafficking of...

Exploration Mysteries: Antillia
Christian Spain was under assault. In 711 AD, invading Muslim forces defeated Roderic, the last of the Visigothic kings, at the Battle of Guadalete. Amid the chaos, several bishops and their followers traversed the perilous Atlantic in search of a...

Maps: Tracking Hurricane Gil
Gil was a Category 1 hurricane in the North Pacific Ocean late Friday Hawaii time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Gil is the seventh named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2025. Forecast wind speeds and direction...