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Monday, November 28, 2005
ST CROIX, USVI: Student enrolment is down at the University of the Virgin
Islands. University officials said one contributor to the decline is the
difficulty foreign students are having in getting visas due to restrictions set
in place by the federal government after the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
 ST
JOHN, USVI: A Homeland Security helicopter touched down in an athletic field
on St. John in the US Virgin Islands shortly after noon last Thursday,
apparently on official Internal Revenue Service (IRS) business. Box after box
of unidentified contents were then immediately carried from waiting vans and
loaded onto the helicopter...
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Friday, November 4, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Congressional Delegate Donna Christiansen announced Wednesday that the US Department of Homeland
Security will not grant a waiver to charter yacht boats in the Virgin Islands
from the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) requirement...
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Monday, October 24, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Leading tourism publication, Conde Nast Traveller
magazine, told tourism industry leaders on Saturday that the island of St John
in the US Virgin Islands has been selected by its readers as the number one
Caribbean travel destination for 2005...
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US Virgin Islands National Park access threatened
Monday, October 24, 2005
 ST THOMAS, USVI: Friends of Virgin Islands National Park (FVINP) president, Joe Kessler has released information on the organization's web site, detailing a 441 acre land deal involving, "...stretches from Maho Bay beach to Centerline Road, Mamey
Peak and Ajax Peak.". Maho Beach is the most accessible beach on St. John...
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Friday, October 21, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: The US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress, Donna M. Christensen, has announced that she is working with federal and local Customs and Border Protection officials to secure a waiver of the requirement of the Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS), 33 CFR
Part 160, for small vessels operating in US and British Virgin islands waters...
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Gospel greats gather for 'Blessings in Paradise' in USVI
Friday, October 21, 2005
ST. THOMAS, USVI: Blessings in Paradise, the notable gospel celebration, returns
to Lionel Roberts Stadium on St. Thomas on October 21, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. for an
exuberant evening of gospel music featuring some of the genre’s most
accomplished performers...
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
NEW YORK, USA: Two Caricom leaders, a Foreign Minister, a Governor and several
members of the US House of Representatives are to meet next month in the US
Virgin Islands...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
ST CROIX, USVI: In an attempt to focus attention on domestic violence crimes in the US Virgin Islands, VIPD
Commissioner Elton Lewis announced that the names and photos of persons arrested
on domestic violence charges will be sent to the media...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Thirty-three countries will be represented at the 28th Annual Caribbean Tourism
Conference, which is scheduled to begin later this week in the US Virgin Islands...
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Monday, October 3, 2005
 ST JOHN, USVI: A police presence was visible in the US Virgin Islands' Cruz Bay Saturday as citizens of St. Croix and St. Thomas converged on St. John to take part in two marches and heed the call of a newly formed organization, "We the People for Justice."
The St. Croix group was formed to address the growing racial tension...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
ST CROIX, USVI: The US Virgin Islands Fire
Services will host a conference bringing together fire chiefs and rescue
agencies from more than eleven Caribbean countries October 4 - 9, according to
Fire Service Deputy Commissioner Merwin Potter...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
ST JOHN, USVI: Racism seems to have raised it head on the idyllic island of St John, in the US Virgin Islands. A series of alleged hate crimes dating back to April 2003 have been reported by the Fretts, a black family on St
John, who said they had confrontations with a white store owner in Cruz Bay...
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Dr. Arthur A. Richards, the first native Virgin Islander to serve as President of the University of the Virgin
Islands has passed away. Richards played a key role in the field of
education in the US Virgin Islands...
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Monday, September 5, 2005
 ST THOMAS, USVI: The president of the African-Caribbean Reparations and Resettlement Alliance (ACRRA), Shelley Moorhead, spoke with
Caribbean Net News by phone on Saturday about progress made toward a Plan
of Action between the Alliance, and the Danish Institute for Human Rights...
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Monday, August 29, 2005
ST. CROIX, USVI: A St. Croix jury convicted a Bulgarian boat captain on Friday
on charges he was smuggling cocaine in international waters. Todor Yordanov Dragn,
captain of the sailboat called the Sunrise, had his vessel boarded by the Coast
Guard 90 miles north of Venezuela...
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St Croix to get milk testing laboratory
Monday, August 29, 2005
ST CROIX, USVI: In a move that will spell
good economic news to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Health Commissioner
Darlene Carty informed the Health and Hospital Senate Committee last week that
a milk certification laboratory will be located on St. Croix...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
 CHARLOTTE AMALIE,
USVI: The US Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna M. Christensen has said
that her attendance of the Virgin Islands Homeland Security Council meeting
Tuesday was a great opportunity to see plans that she was aware of on the
national level being implemented locally...
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Monday, August 15, 2005
DIMONA, Israel: Shelley Moorhead, president of the African-Caribbean Reparations and Resettlement Alliance, has been asked to travel to Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia by Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairman of the African Union (AU), formerly the Organization of African Unity.
The AU is Africa's premier governing institution...
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Kittitian-born USVI resident gets basketball scholarship
Monday, August 15, 2005
 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: A Kittitian-born
United States Virgin Islands resident has for years envisioned basketball as her
ticket to college. Now, Chynelle Rogers has parlayed four years of hard work on a hot outdoor court in Nadir into a NCAA
Division 1 scholarship, signing a letter of intent to attend George Mason
University...
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Thursday, August 11, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Residents of the US Virgin Islands will have an opportunity to hear an address by National Crime Prevention Council President Al Lenhardt. Delegate Donna M. Christiansen has invited Lenhardt
to the USVI to help with strategies to "fight crime and take back our
communities."...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2005
 ST THOMAS, USVI: The 28th General Conference of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will take place this year at the Marriott Frenchman's Reef Resort on St
Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and runs from October 21 to 26...
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US Virgin Islands’ rich musical tradition finds a forum in Denmark
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
ST. THOMAS, USVI: Although seven flags -- Spanish, Dutch, British, French, Knights of Malta, Danish and American --
have flown over the islands of St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, the Danish
influence is apparent in almost every aspect of culture in the United States
Virgin Islands...
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Monday, August 1, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Legislation has been introduced in the US Congress with the
goal of improving health care for minorities. The bill, called the Healthcare
Equality and Accountability Act of 2005, is also expected to be introduced in
the Senate prior to the August recess...
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United Airlines expands service to the US Virgin Islands
Monday, August 1, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: United Airlines has
announced three additional weekly flights from its hubs at Chicago O'Hare
International Airport (ORD) and Washington Dulles International (IAD), to
Cyril E. King airport (STT) in St. Thomas, beginning Saturday, December 17,
2005...
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Thursday, July 28, 2005
ST CROIX, USVI: Mosquitoes that carry the
dengue fever virus were found breeding in a pile of abandoned tires Tuesday in
Estate Williams Delight in the west end of St. Croix, in the US Virgin
Islands, according to a statement issued by Darlene Carty, Department of
Health Commissioner...
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Thursday, July 7, 2005
ST. CROIX, USVI: The University of the Virgin Islands has embarked on a project
to link historical, research information and other public records of Caribbean
islands under one umbrella to allow the documents to be accessed via the
internet ...
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Monday, July 4, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Two St Thomas men
have been arrested in the shooting deaths of Tristan A. Charlier, 24, and Leon
H. Roberts, 25. On Friday, police arrested 20 year old, Jahmal Hart, of
Estate Anna's Fancy, St Thomas, a black male, who was born on St. Kitts. The
following day, a 17 year old minor sibling of Hart was arrested...
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No dengue fever epidemic in USVI
Monday, July 4, 2005
 ST CROIX, USVI: "The Virgin Islands is not experiencing a dengue fever epidemic," said Health Commissioner Darlene Carty
at a press conference on Wednesday. Commissioner Carty said the reason the
number of suspected dengue cases is rising is because more people are going to
the hospital at the first sign of dengue-like symptoms...
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Friday, July 1, 2005
 ST THOMAS, USVI:
US Virgin Islands Representative Donna Christensen, on Thursday joined with
Texas Congressman, Henry Bonilla, Charles Gonzales, and Henry Cuellar, in
extending the House's congratulations to the San Antonio Spurs on their 81 to
74 victory over the Detroit Pistons...
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Thursday, June 30, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: US Virgin Islands Representative Donna Christiansen said in a written statement Wednesday that there
"is no place for racial tension or ethnic slurs or division in our community."
Christensen's remarks were made in response to two separate incidents during the
month of June involving a St. John family...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: A clerical error on the part of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) led to the May 16 illegal transport of two female prisoners to the US Virgin Islands from the state of Florida without the required warrant signed by Governor Jeb
Bush...
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Monday, June 27, 2005
 ST THOMAS, USVI:
The first thing I noticed about Emile Griffith was his smile. It could
definitely light up any room. He also has a firm hand shake, and a strikingly
muscular stance. Dressed in 'stylish casual', the six time world champ wore a
pair of gold boxing gloves on a gold chain around his neck...
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: The US Virgin Islands Government is at risk of losing grant
funding from the US Department of Education. Starting July 1, all grant
assistance earmarked for US Virgin Islands public schools will be at a
standstill until an independent contractor is hired by the VI Government...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Two men from Queens, NY, visiting St Thomas to attend a wedding, 24-year-old Tristan Charlier,
a Haitian-American, and 25-year-old Leon Roberts, believed to be Guyanese,
were found shot to death during the early morning hours of June 15. US Virgin
Islands police have said neither man had a criminal record...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: The more than 120,000 households, throughout the USVI, parts of Tortola and Puerto Rico
that listen to National Public Radio, could experience a drastic reduction of
news programming from the US mainland, if the federal government cuts funding
to a local affiliate of National Public Radio...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
ST CROIX, USVI: St. Croix's oldest educator, Theodora Augustina Dunbavin, has died two months shy of her 99th birthday. Dunbavin
was a former teacher, principal and deputy Commissioner of Education. In 1974,
the La Grande Princess School in St. Croix was renamed in her honor...
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Swedes buy majority shares in Cruzan Rum
Thursday, June 9, 2005
ST CROIX, USVI: Swedish wholesale liquor distributor Vin & Spirits AB, also
known as V&S Group recently announced it has acquired 67.8 percent of the
shares in Cruzan International Inc. for $121.8 million, or $28.37 dollars a
share from Trinidad-based Angostura Ltd. Angostura has been Cruzan’s majority
stockholder since 1999...
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Saturday, June 4, 2005
ST THOMAS. USVI: DEA Agent, Gene Hawk, has reported that indictments have been
handed down for 16 individuals on charges of shipping cocaine, crack cocaine,
and marijuana, from St Croix to Fairbanks, Alaska. The indictments are a result
of an apparent four year investigation, which was referred to as "Operation
Frostbite", and include nine individuals from St Croix...
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US Airways to launch additional non-stop flight from Charlotte to St Croix
Saturday, June 4, 2005
ST. CROIX, USVI: US Airways has announced an additional non-stop weekly flight
from Charlotte, N.C., to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Tuesdays. This new
service begins June 7 and continues until August 16, 2005...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Communications Technology,
Inc. (COMTek), a high-speed broadband service provider in the US Virgin
Islands, on Tuesday announced plans to expand broadband services to St Croix by
the end of July 2005...
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Monday, May 30, 2005
 CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: US Virgin Islands
reparations leaders met with a public audience at Ottley Legislative Hall in Charlotte Amalie
on May 25. The date, which has been celebrated internationally since 1991, is
recognized as African Liberation Day. The gathering was entitled
“Reparations, where do we go from here?”...
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Monday, May 23, 2005
 ST THOMAS, USVI:
The government of the US Virgin Islands has now acquired full ownership of the
500 acre Water Island. An official deal was struck on May 16, when the last
200 acres was purchased from the US Interior Department. The transfer
was officially completed on Wednesday, the 18th, when the purchase was
recorded...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Just in time for summer vacation planners, the USVI Hotel & Tourism Association (HTA)
& the Department of Tourism (DOT) are announcing the Summer Super Saver
promotion, offering a $200 air credit, with a minimum five night stay, and a
coupon booklet with savings of up to $500...
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Monday, May 16, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Blanche Mary Joseph Sasso, seamstress of the original US Virgin Islands flag has died. Mrs Sasso
passed on May 10, 2005, at Schneider Hospital...
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Friday, May 13, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Tourism industry officials and business owners in the US
Virgin Islands are expressing relief that new passport regulations, which take
effect on December 31 of this year, will not significantly impact local
businesses...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: On March 14, 2005, the US House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the US Virgin Islands to create a new fiscal management position. The CFO requirement for the USVI became a legal requirement after USVI
Representative, Donna Christiansen, sponsored the bill..
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Homeland Security Bill may include border patrol for US Virgin Islands
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Representative Donna Christiansen's Office has issued a statement that the US House of Representatives' Department of Homeland Security's Authorization Bill
now includes consideration for placement of border patrol agents in the
Caribbean...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2005
 ST THOMAS, USVI: A four year battle came to an end on May 5th, when the US Virgin Islands Senate voted unanimously to approve an override to Governor Turnbull's second veto of a much debated
animal cruelty bill. The new law defines first, and second degree
offenses, and specific penalties for each crime...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Animal rights advocates are anxiously awaiting the outcome of an override vote, expected to take place Wednesday on the Senate floor.
The bill was previously overridden twice, then vetoed by the Governor...
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Monday, May 2, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: In 2001 the US Virgin Islands began participating in a national, mainland
imitative; the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT report. Each year, the
same factors are evaluated to determine whether quality of life is improving,
or getting worse for children and families...
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Former boxing champion wants to return to USVI childhood
home
Monday, May 2, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: Emile Griffith, former
welterweight and middleweight champion, recently announced his wish to return
to his boyhood home, the island of St. Thomas. Griffith made this announcement
following the recent network television airing of a documentary based on his
life entitled, "Ring of Fire."...
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Friday, April 15, 2005
 CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: A
forty-eight-year-old man, who authorities in St. Thomas in the US Virgin
Islands believe suffered a heart attack while driving, died Monday morning
when the vehicle he was driving ran off the busy Veterans' Drive before
plunging headfirst into the Charlotte Amalie Harbour...
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Monday, March 14, 2005
CHRISTIANSTEAD, USVI: Police on St. Croix in
the US Virgin Islands on Friday arrested two Corrections Bureau officers on drug
charges as efforts by the government are being stepped up to clean the Golden
Grove Adult Correctional Facility of alleged criminal activity...
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Gasoline odour closes school for two days on St Thomas
Monday, March 7, 2005
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: As they endeavoured
to settle down to school work following several disruptions last year,
students and teachers at the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School in ST Thomas,
US Virgin Islands, had their classes disrupted for the second straight day due
to a chemical odour which affected the school...
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St Thomas to host 2005 US Virgin Islands’ Annual
International Rolex Regatta
Thursday, March 3, 2005
ST. THOMAS, USVI: According to the US Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism,
Pamela C. Richards, nearly 100 top-ranked boat racers and sailors from the
Caribbean, US mainland, Canada and Europe will converge on St. Thomas in the
US Virgin Islands from March 24-27, for the 32nd annual International Rolex
Regatta...
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New rates for USVI Port Authority
Thursday, February 10, 2005
FEDERICKSTED, USVI: The Virgin Islands Port
Authority (VIPA) is planning to introduce what it calls "cruising fees" for
luxury yachts and "harbour fees" for tour boats, while at the same time,
increasing existing marine fees, as the agency seeks to regain financial
stability and strength following the near-crippling losses of the last three
years...
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US Virgin Islands names new PR agency
Thursday, February 3, 2005
ST THOMAS, USVI: New York-based M Booth & Associates has been named public
relations agency of record for the US Virgin Islands, announced Pamela C.
Richards, Commissioner of Tourism for the destination. The appointment, which is
effective immediately, follows a comprehensive public relations account review..
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Pressured USVI education officials outline plans for Cancryn
Friday, January 28, 2005
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: Pressured by two full days of protest action which included placard-bearing teachers, parents and students of the 46-year old Addelita Cancryn
Junior High School, Education officials seem set to address several of the
concerns regarding the deteriorating conditions at the school...
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Utility authority might pull the plug on
USVI government
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
CHRISTIANSTED, USVI: The financial crisis facing the Water and Power Authority (WAPA) of the US
Virgin Islands continues to worsen, forcing some officials to call the matter a
complete scandal, adding that there is only a little bit of cash remaining to
cover two weeks of average expenses...
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USVI education officials given deadline to fix school in St Thomas
Monday, January 24, 2005
 CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: Following 48 hours of protesting conditions at the Addelita Cancryn
Junior High School, teachers copied the action of their counterparts at the
Irene B. Williams Primary School in Antigua, as they took protest action
giving education officials a deadline by which proper improvements are to be
made...
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US Virgin Islands tsunami risk is significant
Thursday, December 30, 2004
CHRISTIANSTED, USVI: Sitting atop a volatile seismic floor of the Caribbean Sea,
the United States Virgin Islands can be hit by tsunamis like the one that
devastated the coastal regions of southeast Asia last weekend...
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USVI Rotary brings Christmas cheer to foster children
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
ST. THOMAS, USVI: St. Thomas' Rotary Club last week hosted several foster children during their annual Christmas party for the Nana Baby Foster Home
on Thursday...
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Cash-strapped USVI police cannot comply with
job requirements
Friday, December 3, 2004
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: According to the Commissioner of Police for the US
Virgin Islands Police Department (USVIPD), Elton Lewis, the force is
cash-strapped and does not have the funds needed to comply with a recent piece
of legislation requiring it to establish a uniform crime reporting system...
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USVI judge and school principal at odds over
student's re-admission
Saturday, November 27, 2004
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI: Principal of the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, Sharon McCollum-Rogers in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, spent Thanksgiving eve defending her decision not to comply with a judge's order to return a student to the school after the boy was arrested
by police for "trashing" his mother's TV set...
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Fire closes USVI school
Sunday, November 7, 2004
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI:
A fire suspected to have been started by arson, severely damaged several
classrooms at a Junior High School in St Thomas on Wednesday morning, forcing
students to be sent home indefinitely. Fire officials told Caribbean
Net News that the suspicious blaze twisted metal hurricane shutters along
with chairs..
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Delta to launch service to St. Croix, USVI from Atlanta
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
ATLANTA, USA: Travellers will soon be able
to enjoy easy access to the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin
Islands, thanks to Delta Air Lines' planned non-stop, twice-weekly service.
Delta will begin non-stop service on Wednesdays and Saturdays from Atlanta to
St. Croix on March 5, 2005, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft...
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US Airways announces Caribbean expansion
Tuesday, August 3, 2004
ARLINGTON, USA: US Airways will expand its
Caribbean network in February 2005 with a new nonstop Charlotte-Barbados
service. In addition, US Airways will increase nonstop Boston-Aruba service in
November 2004, and add a second nonstop Saturday flight between Charlotte and
St. Thomas in December 2004...
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Fall into America's Caribbean
Saturday, July 31, 2004
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS: Big savings
await travelers to America's Caribbean this Fall as part of the enticing new
program for the upcoming Fall season - the "Fall into America's Caribbean"
promotion - offered by the USVI Department of Tourism in conjunction with the
USVI Hotel & Tourism Association...
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St Thomas to host annual blue marlin
tournament
Thursday, July 29, 2004
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS: More than 35
boats from Florida, Bermuda and the Caribbean are expected to participate in
the USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament hosted by St Thomas August 26–30
as the third and final leg of the Bermuda Triangle Tournament...
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US Treasury warns against Virgin Islands
tax reduction scheme
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA: The US Treasury
Department and the Internal Revenue Service last week issued a notice warning
US taxpayers against promoters who market arrangements that purportedly
provide reductions in federal taxation as a result of the special rules
applicable to the US Virgin Islands...
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USVI beaches amongst America's cleanest
Friday, June 25, 2004
US VIRGIN ISLANDS: St John in the US
Virgin Islands was recently selected as one of America's cleanest beach
destinations by Organic Style magazine. The magazine selected the top eight
beach destinations in the United States for their pristine shores and fresh
clean air...
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USVI receives "World's Best Honeymoons"
awards
Friday, June 4, 2004
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS: The US
Virgin Islands is the recipient of several honeymoon awards presented by Conde
Nast Publications in its eighth annual "World's Best Honeymoons 2004" survey.
The awards were formally presented to the USVI Department of Tourism on
Wednesday, during Caribbean Week activities in New York City...
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Sizzling summer deals in St Croix
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
ST.
CROIX, USVI: It’s that time of year again. The school bell has rung to dismiss
the kids and it’s time to plan the summer family vacation. Where to go? What
to do? Chenay Bay Beach Resort in St Croix...
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GTECH completes acquisition of Leeward Islands Lottery
Thursday, May 6, 2004
WEST GREENWICH, USA: GTECH Holdings
Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of
privately-held Leeward Islands Lottery Holding Company Inc. (LILHCo), a
lottery operating company headquartered in Antigua and St. Croix...
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Ford Escape to the USVI
Sunday, April 18, 2004
US VIRGIN ISLANDS: USVI Commissioner of
Tourism Pamela C. Richards has announced a new partnership between the United
States Virgin Islands and Ford Motor Company. During the month of April,
participating Ford dealerships are offering a free vacation for two to the
USVI with the purchase of a Ford Escape...
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USVI announces new "Summer Super Saver" promotion
Friday, April 16, 2004
US VIRGIN ISLANDS: USVI Commissioner of
Tourism Pamela C. Richards has announced the new destination-wide "Summer
Super Saver" promotion, which offers a free additional night of accommodations
and other value-added discounts for visitors to St. Croix, St. John and St.
Thomas during the summer months...
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US Airways announces new nonstop services to Aruba, St Thomas and Bermuda
Thursday, February 26, 2004
ARLINGTON, USA: US Airways will operate new routes and add flights to the Caribbean from New York's LaGuardia Airport beginning June 12, 2004. US Airways has also received US DOT approval to begin nonstop service between Orlando, Fla., and Bermuda...
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St Thomas to host 31st Annual International Rolex Regatta
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
ST THOMAS, USVI: The 31st Annual International Rolex Regatta, a three-day regatta that promises a weekend of fierce competition and fun will be hosted in St. Thomas from March 26 to 28...
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Divi Carina Bay Casino brings World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour to St. Croix
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, USA: Divi Carina Bay Casino is proud to bring the explosion of poker mania to St. Croix, by hosting Bellagio's World Poker Tour, March 10-12, 2004. The Tour is creating a buzz, captivating millions of poker enthusiasts on television weekly, through non-stop inquiries, and registrations. The Casino has already successfully hosted the Binion's World Series of Poker, February 4-6, 2004...
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UN Secretary-General calls for decolonisation of Caribbean territories
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
NEW YORK, USA: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has reiterated the call for decolonisation of remaining listed territories, including seven Caribbean territories, a process in full partnership with the administering powers as well as with the active participation of the peoples of the territories...
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St. Thomas to host Carib Beer Cup Cricket Series 2004
Thursday, February 5, 2004
ST. THOMAS, USVI: The St. Thomas Cricket Association will host matches between the Leeward Islands and Barbados National Cricket Team, February 12-15, during round six of the Carib Beer Cup Cricket Series 2004. The four-day competition will also feature a special appearance by renowned cricketer Sir Viv Richards...
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Freedom Communications opens new markets in Puerto Rico
and USVI
Friday, January 30, 2004
LAGUNA HILLS, USA: iFreedom Communications, an emerging company in the Wireless Fidelity
(WiFi) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) industry, that provides small business and residential customers flat rate calling, has announced the new additions of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands for for the
acquisition of distributors...
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Queen Mary 2 to visit St. Thomas on maiden voyage
Saturday, January 1 7, 2004
ST. THOMAS, USVI: Cunard Line's newest ship, the Queen Mary 2, will make her first visit to St. Thomas on January 24, during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to Fort Lauderdale,
Florida...
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Cooperative efforts boost vacation for passengers on impounded cruise ship in USVI
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS: The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism and several partner tourism agencies combined their resources to enhance the vacation experiences of passengers aboard Royal Olympia Cruises' Olympia Voyager, which was impounded in the USVI last week following bankruptcy proceedings...
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Property additions and updates to the
"USVI Ice Breaker" promotion
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS: The USVI Department of Tourism has released an updated list of properties participating in the new
"USVI Ice Breaker" promotion...
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Escape the winter cold with the "USVI Ice Breaker" promotion
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, December 29, 2003 - The USVI Commissioner of Tourism Pamela C. Richards has announced an exciting new destination-wide promotion for the winter season...
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Royal Olympia cruise ship impounded in St Thomas
Sunday, December 28, 2003
ST THOMAS,
USVI: More than 800 passengers aboard the Olympia Voyager, which departed from Port Everglades Dec. 17 on a 16-day Amazon River cruise, have spent the past week anchored off St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, unable to set sail because of a bankruptcy proceeding...
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Popular German TV program to broadcast history, culture and beauty of USVI
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
US VIRGIN ISLANDS: A television film crew from Germany has wrapped up a successful filming project in the U.S. Virgin Islands...
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Celebrate the holidays in St. Croix
Friday, December 12, 2003
ST. CROIX, USVI: Who would have thought there were any good deals still available in the Caribbean for the just-around-the-corner holidays? Travelers who book now can take advantage of the Five for Seven Nights package at Chenay Bay Beach Resort and trade in their winter coats for bathing suits and snow boots for flip-flops. Valid now until March 31, 2004, guests who book a minimum seven-night vacation will pay for only
five...
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USVI on NBC Jumbotron in New York's Times Square
Thursday, December 4, 2003
ST THOMAS, USVI: The United States Virgin Islands once again is projecting images of a tropical paradise above New York's Times Square and in hundreds of subway cars throughout New York City this winter...
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Caribbean Sun Airlines starts new flights to USVI
Thursday, December 4, 2003
ST THOMAS, USVI: Commissioner of Tourism Pamela C. Richards has announced the addition of new regional airline service to St. Croix and St. Thomas this winter. Caribbean Sun Airlines will begin offering daily round-trip flights from San Juan, PR to St. Croix and St. Thomas on December 15...
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Boxing to be broadcast live on cable from St. Thomas
Wednesday, December 3, 2003
ST. THOMAS, USVI: Commissioner of Tourism Pamela C. Richards has announced that the first major boxing event to be held in the U.S. Virgin Islands will take place on Friday, December 5, in St.
Thomas...
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US Virgin Islands earns Award of Excellence
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
US VIRGIN ISLANDS: The USVI Commissioner of Tourism Pamela C. Richards has announced that the United States Virgin Islands has been selected to receive the 2003 Award of Excellence from Corporate & Incentive Travel Magazine...
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Floods strike Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Sunday, November 16, 2003
BALTIMORE, USA: Puerto Rico declared a state of emergency Thursday after flooding ousted hundreds of people from their homes...
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Palace Resorts debuts in the Caribbean
Saturday, November 8, 2003
MIAMI, USA: Palace Resorts has announced the opening of the new five-star all-inclusive, Grand Bay Palace - formerly Renaissance Grand Beach Resort - in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands...
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USVI gets fourth highest per capita homeland security grants
Friday, October 31, 2003
WASHINGTON, USA: Agencies in the U.S. Virgin Islands have so far received some US$8 million for emergency preparedness from the Department of Homeland Security so far this
year...
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Delta Air Lines extends sale to St. Thomas
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
ATLANTA, USA: Delta Air Lines announced
Tuesday it is extending the fare sale it began last week for travel between
most cities in the United States served by Delta and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin
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Fewer cruise ships visit the U.S. Virgin Islands
Saturday, October 25, 2003
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands: Cruise ship arrivals to the U.S. Virgin Islands have decreased by 19 percent over the first 11 months of the fiscal year, officials said Thursday...
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