Dengue Study Confirms Ongoing Threat of Disease

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Dengue Study Confirms Ongoing Threat of Disease

Sun, sand, sea — and dengue. It’s been 10 years since the territory’s last outbreak, but a recent study among Virgin Islands school children finds the dengue virus is still very much a part of island life.

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WCSC to Host Domestic Violence Awareness Month Virtual Forum on the Marginalized

The “DV in Special Populations Virtual Forum” will be held via Zoom, from 3-5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27.

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Street Level VI Awards Hughley Prince Scholarship to New Testament Academy

"The Street Level VI Hughley Prince Memorial Scholarship allows us to spearhead relaunching the Steel Pan Division of our youth music education program, get maintenance for the existing equipment, lessons for the students and secure instructors.”

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BMV Director Says Only Vehicle Inspections Are Waived, Not Registration

Virgin Islands Bureau of Motor Vehicles Director Barbara Jackson-McIntosh clarified the temporary suspension of vehicle inspections for private vehicles in Gov. Albert Bryan’s latest COVID-19 executive order, during a Senate hearing Tuesday.

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Board of Election’s Voter Registration Set for UVI on Wednesday, Oct. 13

The Board of Elections (St. Croix District) will be conducting voter registration on Oct. 13, at the University of the Virgin Islands Albert A. Sheen Campus from noon to 2 p.m.

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Older adults now have their own exercise space at Miller Park - WS Chronicle

After a year of waiting due to the pandemic, the ribbon was finally cut to officially open the AARP FitLot at Miller Park. On Friday, May 28, at 10 a.m., city officials, AARP representatives, Recreation and Parks Department staff, and most excitedly older adults, gathered to celebrate the official

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V.I.’s Tim Duncan Makes a Rare Speech a Year After Being Inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame

Basketball superstar Tim Duncan took the stage in mid May to offer his emotional Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech to a socially distanced live audience that included at least three Virgin Islanders

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Reuters Exclusive: Refinery Operator Limetree Bay Ventures LLC Being Dissolved

The ownership company Arclight formed to oversee the refinery, Limetree Bay Ventures LLC, is now being dissolved, according to pension fund executives and documents viewed by Reuters.

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Fortress Investment Group Plans to take Frenchman's Reef to Next Level

Officials from CREF3 USVI Hotel Owner, Inc., a company owned and managed by Fortress Investment Group, on Tuesday presented plans for the Frenchman's Reef Marriott Resort, which the company has scheduled to reopen in November 2022.

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Yvonne Samuel-Hood Dies at 74

We lost our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Yvonne Samuel-Hood on Saturday, Sept. 25, after 74 years of a life well lived.

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Liberty Mobile Moves To Acquire Broadband VI In Territory

SAN JUAN — With its acquisition of AT&T wireless operations in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico complete, Liberty Latin America is targeting another local communications company, Broadband VI. Pending regulatory approvals, Liberty Latin America announced this week its agreement to acquire

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Elusive American Oystercatchers on the Rocks

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Courage Of Ancestors Reflected Today In Modern-Day Observance Of Contract Day

It was 143 years ago on October 1, 1878, when Crucian agricultural laborers set fire to Frederiksted town and western plantations on St. Croix. The objective was to burn all the way east to “Bassin jailhouse,” known today as Fort Christiansvaern. In those days, Christiansted was called Bassin by

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The Caribbean Writer Calls for Creative Work and Artwork for Volume 36

The Caribbean Writer (TCW) has issued a call for submissions for Volume 36 under the 2021 theme: “Disruption, Disguise and Illuminations.” Writers are invited to offer for consideration creative works exploring this theme in its widest permutations.

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Food Costs Rise in USVI as National Supply Chains are Disrupted

Prices at the register have been rising since the onset of the pandemic as local grocers contend with disruptions to national supply chains, reduced allocations, inflated shipping costs, and increased consumer demand.

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Boschulte Calls for Caribbean Cruise Collaboration at Seatrade Cruise Global

Speaking at the 35th edition of Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami last week, Commissioner Boschulte said it is important for travelers to feel safe at every destination they visit, and working with other destinations is essential to ensure that happens.

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CFVI Seeking Nominations for Euan P. McFarlane Environmental Leadership Award

This award was established in 1987 to acknowledge individuals who have displayed both exemplary and sustained leadership on behalf of the environment in the insular Caribbean.

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Virgin Islanders Continue to Run Well in Cross Country on Mainland

The Track and Field Federation (VITFF) will start the Virgin Island’s Cross-Country Season on St. Croix in October. VI Paving and the Department of Agriculture are assisting with the creation of a new cross-country course where the races will be held.

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UVI to Open Only Procurement Technical Assistance Center at an HBCU

Small businesses in the Virgin Islands will benefit from a full range of services and resources provided by the new Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC).

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Cruise Ship Carnival Freedom Returns to St. Thomas After More Than a Year

As part of Carnival Cruise Line’s return to guest operations, Carnival Freedom arrived in St. Thomas Wednesday, tying up at the West Indian Company dock for the first time since the industry-wide pause in operations a year and a half ago.

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Long-Stalled Paul E. Joseph Stadium to Start Construction Next Week

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Nine Injured in Two Vehicle Collision on STT

Nine people were treated at Schneider Regional Medical Center after they were injured in an auto collision Monday evening in the vicinity of Lockhart Gardens on St. Thomas.

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Novelist Tiphanie Yanique to Sign Books at Bajo El Sol Art Gallery

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Didier Becomes First Woman to Swim Non-Stop Around St. John

An hour before the sun rose on Sept. 2, Sydne Didier slipped into the water from the National Park boat ramp in Cruz Bay. Twelve hours and 47 minutes later, she returned to that spot, having just swum 23 miles around St. John without stopping.

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Didier Becomes First Woman to Swim Non-Stop Around St. John

An hour before the sun rose on Sept. 2, Sydne Didier slipped into the water from the National Park boat ramp in Cruz Bay. Twelve hours and 47 minutes later, she returned to that spot, having just swum 23 miles around St. John without stopping.

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VITFF Reports on Virgin Islands’ Young Track and Field Athletes

VITFF has announced that Nia Jack, who attends Alabama State University, contributed to its winning streak in the Women’s Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

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Corrupt VIPD Officer Sentenced to 15 Years

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