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Weather Halts S.t Croix House-to-House Waste Collection
St. Thomas Source
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November 18, 2024
The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority informs the community of delays in house-to-house waste collection in the following areas due to inclement weather: • Estate Grove • Estate Plessen • Estate Cane (Behind of the Sunshine Mall) • Mount...
Hurricane Rafael heads into the Gulf as as a Category 2 storm
South Florida Sun Sentinel
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November 5, 2024
Hurricane Rafael began to move into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday evening, a few hours after making landfall as a Category 3 storm in the Cuban province of Artemisa. Rafael, weakened to a Category 2 storm, will continue moving through the...
FRASER HIGHLIGHTS BVI’S OCEAN ACTION AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS ON WORLD STAGE
284 Media BVI
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July 3, 2025
Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Climate Change Honourable Julian Fraser RA attended the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference , held in Nice, France. The global forum was held from June 9 to 13 and brought together Heads of...
Climate Change Responsible for 19% of Today’s Rising Dengue Incidence Rates
ContagionLive
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According to a new study presented last week at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, climate change is accounting for 19% of dengue cases currently. And the study investigators says the environmental crisis...
Soda giants blamed for plastic crisis ravaging paradise US territory
The Mirror US
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July 3, 2025
The government of the US Virgin Islands has warned that the territory is facing a “plastic waste crisis” and has accused Coca-Cola and Pepsi for contributing to the issue. The government has filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, accusing...
Operation Maverick's Armistice: A collaborative Air National Guard exercise in agile combat training
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES 07.10.2025 JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- In a formidable display of readiness and collaboration, more than 800 mission-ready Air National Guard members gathered at the Air Dominance Center in...
Plaskett and Golub Capital Donate Over $48,000 to Combat Period Poverty in the U.S. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Island Consortium
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In a significant effort to address period poverty among middle and high school-aged girls in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the organization Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett in partnership with Golub Capital, has donated a total of $48,190 to local...
New boating fees threaten livelihoods in fishing communities
The Nassau Guardian
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Dear Editor, The recently implemented anchorage and cruising fee structure imposed on vessels entering Bahamian waters has raised serious alarm for residents of fishing communities such as West Grand Bahama and Bimini. While revenue generation is...
Ernesto victims in Virgin Islands get tax relief
Accounting Today
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August 28, 2024
Individuals and businesses throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands who were affected by Tropical Storm Ernesto that began on Aug. 13 now have until next February to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The...
Plaskett Leads New Initiative to Combat Period Poverty in Virgin Islands Schools
St. Thomas Source
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August 29, 2024
The VI for Plaskett team presented a check this week to Family Resource Center. (Photo courtesy Delegate Stacey Plaskett) As reproductive rights face significant challenges nationwide, Delegate Stacey Plaskett is taking action to address period...
‘Vandals’ of Virgin Island corals: P200K reward offered for names
Cebu Daily News
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September 5, 2024
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Bohol Governor Erico Aris Aumentado is offering a P200, 000 reward for information that will lead to the identity of the boatman and tourist guide who were with foreign nationals believed to be among those responsible for the...
California and National Drought Summary for February 4, 2025, 10 Day Weather Outlook, and California Drought Statistics: 67% Abnormally Dry
Sierra Sun Times
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Summary February 6, 2025 - Another week with isolated precipitation and warmer-than-normal temperatures for much of the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) brought a mixture of degradations and some smaller areas of improvement. The Midwest, Northeast and...
V.I. SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Hawks, Lady Hawks open STTJIAA season with wins over Hurricanes
The Virgin Islands Daily News
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MONDAY’S RESULTS Varsity Boys Basketball Charlotte Amalie High School 52, Antilles School 16: The Hawks kicked off the 2025 St. Thomas-St. John Interscholastic Athletic Association league season with a dominating victory over the Hurricanes....
Aumentado orders probe into vandalism of Virgin Island corals
Cebu Daily News
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September 1, 2024
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Bohol Governor Erico Aris Aumentado has ordered an investigation to especially identify whoever was responsible for vandalizing the corals in Virgin Island. Aumentado said that he felt very disappointed when he learned of the...
Alabama Public Radio honored during 75th anniversary of oldest regional journalism award competition in the U.S.
Alabama Public Radio
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July 12, 2025
Alabama Public Radio was among the news organizations to be recognized during the Society of Professional Journalists “Green Eyeshade Awards,” which observed its seventy fifth anniversary as the nation’s oldest and largest regional competition to...
DOE selects 13 states, Virgin Islands for $54M in low-income weatherization, renewables funding
Utility Dive
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The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday announced $53.6 million in grants to 13 states and the Virgin Islands for expansion of low-income weatherization efforts and improved access to renewable energy. The Sustainable Energy Resources for...
Should cruise passengers pay BVI’s environmental levy?
BVI News
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January 31, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on January 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM / Former Junior Minister of Trade and Economic Development, Shereen Flax-Charles, has once again raised the question of imposing the $10 environmental levy on cruise ship passengers. She...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists share studies on reef mapping with NUWC Division Newport workforce
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
NEWPORT, R.I. – Dr. T. Aran Mooney, Dr. Seth McCammon and Dr. Yogesh Girdhar from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts shared their studies on coral reefs, mapping sounds and the use of autonomous underwater vehicles...
Hurricane Rafael collapses power grid in Cuba. What's…
My Central Jersey - New Jersey
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Hurricane Rafael churned in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, moving away from Cuba after pummeling the country with flooding rain and knocking out its vulnerable electrical grid. The storm was 180 miles west-northwest of Havana...
Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as a Category 2 hurricane The storm remains on track to deliver a blow to Bermuda after it thrashed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Dangerous surf for U.S. East Coast »
Yahoo News
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Hurricane Ernesto has intensified into a Category 2 storm as it remains on track to deliver a blow to Bermuda and ramp up coastal danger for much of the United States’ Eastern Seaboard after it thrashed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, leaving...