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Fear of Job Loss Slows Technology Adoption in Virgin Islands Business, Panel Warns at Summit
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The Virgin Island Consortium
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Could the fear of eliminating traditional jobs be one reason for delays in incorporating more technology into local business processes? A panel discussion on the territory's business ecosystem explored this and other angles during the first day of...
Owner: Ernice Gilbert
CCT LAUNCHES 5G IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Caribbean Cellular Telephone (CCT) has officially switched on the Territory’s first 5G network, marking a milestone that ushers the British Virgin Islands into a new digital era. With faster speeds, lower latency, and greater reliability, 5G is...
Owner: Cornelius Prior
Premier Brantley Confirms Steady Progress on VAI Airport Expansion Project
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS – The Honourable Premier Mark Brantley, Minister of Tourism in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), has confirmed that work on the Vance W. Amory International Airport expansion and enhancement project is moving ahead...
Owner: Peter James
Virgin Islands Stories Shine at the 2025 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
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The Virgin Island Consortium
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The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) proudly represented the U.S. Virgin Islands at the 2025 National Book Festival, bringing the territory’s culture and literature to a national stage. CFVI staff, joined by four scholarship...
Owner: Ernice Gilbert
4 Telecom Giants Are Goldman Sachs October High-Yield Dividend Picks
Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is the world’s second-largest investment bank by revenue and is ranked 55th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations by total revenue. The Wall Street white-glove giant offers financing, advisory...
Owner: Jeremy Phillips
F-35s Deployed To Puerto Rico Showcased In First Official Images
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Pentagon has published its first official set of images of USMC F-35Bs forward-deployed to the former Roosevelt...
Owner: Andrew Perlman and Matt Sechrest
More People Are in Immigration Detention Than Ever Before
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Vera Institute of Justice - New York
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Recent reports show that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is currently holding more than 59,000 people across the United States—a record and unprecedented high. To imprison such an enormous group of people, ICE has built a massive,...
Owner: Vera Institute of Justice (Non-profit)
Which Wall Street Banks Loved Pedo Jeffrey Epstein As Much As His BFF Trump Loved Him? These Did!
Pour a cup of tea, the Wall Street Journal’s got more Epstein File drip drips! Looks like they’re still putting out BORING Epstein stories, in spite of how President Donald J. Trump is currently suing Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s Wall Street...
Owner: Rebecca Schoenkopf
Japan tours on XRP Ledger, USDC and USDT payments via Grab: Asia Express
Japan’s tourism industry on the XRP Ledger SBI Ripple Asia has partnered with Japanese travel agency Tobu Top Tours to develop tokens and payment systems on the XRP Ledger. Under the memorandum of understanding, SBI Ripple Asia will issue tokens...
Owner: Yana Prikhodchenko
Poultry Science Graduate Student Awarded Sustainable Agriculture Grant
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University of Arkansas
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Lacie Bryles Tanmaie Kalapala Tanmaie Kalapala, poultry science Ph.D. student, has been awarded a Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education 2025 Graduate Student Grant. This grant is awarded to graduate students at accredited...
Owner: University of Arkansas
Fmr PWD Director Jeremy W. Hodge takes up managerial role @ RDA
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Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) on September 3, 2025, Mr Jeremy W. Hodge has taken up a new position with the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA). He stepped into the role of Manager-...
Owner: Julian Willock
Creator marketing is entering its ‘era of efficacy’
CreatorIQ — the software platform that manages creator-led growth for clients including NBCUniversal, IPG, Disney, Meta, Nestlé, Sephora and Amazon — released its sixth-annual State of Creator Marketing Report this morning with Sapiro Research....
Owner: Heseltine Family
Inside two-time Olympic champion’s football-style plan to disrupt SailGP as ‘basically impossible’ scenario set to spark transfer chaos
Iain Percy has never been afraid to rock the boat. Quite literally, too, given he won two Olympic and three World Championship gold medals sailing for Great Britain. Iain Percy opens up on SailGP's newest team! He’s proved himself equally adept...
Owner: Murdoch Family
Mother of missing British woman Sarm Heslop says she'll never give up fighting for answers - as top police chief in the US Virgin Islands urges her ex-boyfriend to speak to detectives
The mother of a woman who vanished without a trace four years ago said that she will 'never give up' fighting for answers - as previously unseen footage of her final moments on land have been released. Former flight attendant Sarm Heslop, 41,...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt
By Justin Dunnavant, University of California, Los Angeles “For a long time now, a large number of [escaped slaves] have established themselves on lofty Maroon Hill in the mountains toward the west end of the island [of St. Croix]. … They are...
Owner: Pasquines Inc.
Bryan presses for energy, healthcare, and economic growth at federal IGIA session
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) of the United States Virgin Islands joined federal officials and territorial leaders in Washington for the United States Department of the Interior’s Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) Mid-Year Plenary Session,...
Owner: Pasquines Inc.
Mississippi State University researchers taking dolphin studies to new heights
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi State University researchers are taking dolphin studies to new heights, using drones equipped with thermal imaging to learn more about the animals that call the Mississippi Sound home. Holley Muraco, an assistant...
Owner: Gray Television Inc.
13 Local Women to Be Honored During 30th Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Awards Reception Oct. 5
(Annapolis, Md. – September 13, 2025) — Chosen from across Anne Arundel County, 13 trailblazing women will be honored during the 30th annual Fannie Lou Hamer Awards Reception for their leadership inn civil and human rights. The celebration will be...
Owner: Times Community Services, Inc
Caribbean Cannabis: A Local Look at the U.S. Virgin Islands
The waves of legal cannabis swell in the gorgeous, clear blue waters of the Caribbean, breaking with teal and white caps gently onto the crystalline sands of the Virgin Islands. A place of exploring and vacationing with its warm yacht-filled...
Owner: Noelle Skodzinski