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Five Food & Beverage Trends Getting Diners ‘Joyfully’ Back to Hotel Restaurants
Breaking Travel News
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July 16, 2025
Mobile ordering and delivery apps are making it too convenient for people to order meals in vs. going out to eat; To bring diners back it takes the right concepts, menus, ingredients, portion sizes, local flavors, and more. The most successful...
Premier Wheatley attending 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Jamaica
Virgin Islands News Online
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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) is away from the Virgin Islands from July 5 to July 9, 2025, attending the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of...
The Best Family-Run Caribbean Hotels Have Personal Service, Historic Charm and True Island Roots
Caribbean Journal
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July 13, 2025
You arrive to check in — and the owner is the one handing you the key. Or maybe they’re walking you to your room. Or setting a place at the dinner table. Maybe it’s their daughter greeting you at breakfast, their son pouring your rum punch. These...
Climate Summit: Anxiety to Action
Fordham Observer - New York
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October 10, 2024
SAM BRACY/THE OBSERVER Fordham hosted environmental activists and EPA administrators for a Climate Week summit at the Lincoln Center campus. Youth environmental activists and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional administrators discussed...
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Hurricane Milton, heading to Florida, ‘could be worst storm in 100 years’: What makes it so deadly?
Firstpost
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October 9, 2024
“You should evacuate now, now, now. You should have already evacuated. It’s a matter of life and death, and that’s not hyperbole,” said US President Joe Biden as the country, especially the state of Florida, braces for Hurricane Milton, the...
Hurricanes, storms give taxpayers in these states an Oct. 15 reprieve
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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The scariest thing to do in October for many is facing the ghost of tax deadlines past and running into Oct. 15 if you had a six-month extension. That's unless you've been hit by a hurricane or other horrific weather disaster and now have a new...
Hurricane Milton prompts urgent Foreign Office travel warning to UK tourists visiting Florida
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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October 9, 2024
The Foreign Office (FCDO) has urged UK holidaymakers to not visit Florida amid its latest USA travel guidance over "life-threatening" weather conditions. Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on the west coast of Florida in a matter of hours....
‘We need to take pride in ourselves & our beautiful VI'- Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Honourable Luce D. Hodge-Smith (R4), Junior Minister for Culture and Tourism in the Virgin Islands, has emphasised the importance of Virgin Islanders understanding the role of public-private partnerships in realising...
Hurricane Statistics Fast Facts
KRDO - Colorado
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October 7, 2024
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at hurricane statistics. Notable Hurricanes in Recent US History September 23-30, 2022 – Hurricane Ian Category 4 storm. Made first landfall in Cuba as a Category 3. Hit the southwestern coast of...
HoA to focus on National Sustainable Development Plan during new session
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Second Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) began today, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, with Governor Daniel Pruce delivering the Speech from the Throne. The speech, themed ‘Legislative Blocks of Success; Building a...
Hurricane Milton: Warning as Brits heading to Florida must take urgent action
The Mirror
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October 8, 2024
The UK's Foreign Office has issued warnings to British visitors to Florida ahead of the imminent arrival of Hurricane Milton on Wednesday, with an extreme danger to life Hurricane Milton is set to hit Florida on Wednesday ( Image: AFP via Getty...
Hurricane Milton warning as Scots heading to Florida told to take urgent action
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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October 8, 2024
Scots either heading to Florida or already in the beleaguered US state have been warned to take urgent action ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. Officials have advised people to leave the regions that are expected to be impacted worst on...
USVI: Trump signs bill to keep rum tax rate @ $13.25 benefiting U.S. Territories
Virgin Islands News Online
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Diageo USVI. Photo: VIC VI CONSORTIUM WASHINGTON D.C., USA- President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” into law on July 4, securing a historic victory for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by permanently...
Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida’s already hard-hit west coast
Straight Arrow News
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October 8, 2024
STILL REELING FROM HURRICANE HELENE — FLORIDA’S WEST COAST AND SUNCOAST ARE HUNKERING DOWN ONCE AGAIN AS HURRICANE MILTON — NOW A CATEGORY 4 STORM — BARRELS THAT WAY – GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER. THE STORM INTENSIFIED TO A MAJOR CATEGORY 5...
CDB 'looks forward to supporting development plans of BVIEC'- CDB Division Chief
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- "The Caribbean Development Bank looks forward to supporting the development plans of the BVIEC as it leads the transition of the energy sector to catalyse the sustainable development of the territory and improve lives and...
Engine of resistance hums in U.S. and Germany
People's World
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July 14, 2025
German Army Chief Lt. Gen. Alfons Mas listens to a question during a media joint conference with Lithuanian Chief of Defence Gen. Valdemaras Rupsys and Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas as members of the Headquarters initial command...
California and National Drought Summary for January 7, 2025, 10 Day Weather Outlook, and California Drought Statistics: 60% Abnormally Dry
Sierra Sun Times
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Summary January 9, 2025 - On January 4 and 5, a low pressure system developed across the Central Great Plains and then tracked eastward to the Mid-Atlantic. Along its track, widespread precipitation (1 to 2 inches, liquid equivalent) was observed...
Weather and Community Updates Dominate Press Briefing, With Focus on Tax Refunds
St. Thomas Source
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October 8, 2024
Government House Director of Communications Richard Motta Jr. delivered remarks from St. Croix during Monday’s Government House weekly press briefing. (Source photo by Jesse Daley) During Monday’s weekly Government House press briefing, Director...
Kiddies Fiesta Parade returns next Saturday
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The annual Rotary Club of Road Town Kiddies Fiesta makes its return next weekend. The Kiddies Fiesta was launched this morning, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, by the club during a press conference. The Kiddies Fiesta will take...
Catholic relief groups active during 2024's many weather-related disasters
National Catholic Reporter
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December 27, 2024
Catholics in the U.S. offered steadfast support to those impacted by natural disasters throughout 2024, Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia told OSV News. The archbishop, who chairs the board of directors for Catholic Relief Services,...