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Two VI Students Return to University of Pennsylvania STEMM Internship
St. Thomas Source
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June 20, 2025
Alpine is proud to announce its sponsorship of Charlotte Amalie High School student Jonathan Tucker, who has once again been selected to participate in the nationally acclaimed STEMM Prep Project. (left to right) Vernon Araujo, Director of...
Op-Ed: The Lounge | A Column for Men: Don’t Let it Consume You
St. Thomas Source
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June 23, 2025
In his biweekly column, Langley Shazor speaks to issues important to men within the territory. I was recently blessed to participate and graduate from the Fatherhood Buzz program. This program gave me and other men, who became brothers, the...
BOC, Justice officials detail ongoing challenges plaguing the agencies
The Virgin Islands Daily News
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Testifying before the Senate Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance on Wednesday, Bureau of Corrections Director Wynnie Testamark requested $37.7 million for Fiscal Year 2026, a 4% increase from the current year. She cited rising...
Swanson to focus on strategic plan, improving GDOE facilities
The Guam Daily Post
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The Guam Department of Education is in its third year of implementing the state strategic plan, a “benchmark year” for the department to reevaluate whether it is meeting the goals and objectives that the plan established for public school...
DEXIA completes first trial shipment of plantains to U.S
Dominica News Online
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June 21, 2025
Plantains being packaged to be exportedThe Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA) has successfully completed the second of two trial shipments of plantains to the United States (U.S.). The shipments departed Dominica on June 11 and June 19...
The Turks and Caicos Islands attends Green Overseas Climate Change Resilience Community Regional Workshop on Coastal Hazards
Magnetic Media
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June 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCIES Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Wednesday, 18 June 2025: The Turks and Caicos Islands participated in The Green Overseas (GO) Climate Change Resilience Community...
Here is the list of states that will NOT receive summer food stamps in 2025
MARCA
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June 21, 2025
Actualizado 21/06/2025 - 09:48 CDT Summer has arrived and with it the Summer EBT program, also called SUN Bucks, a special program that provides $120 in food benefits to eligible children during this season in most states in the United States....
AARP announces five organizations throughout Kansas to receive 2025 Community Challenge grants
WIBW 13 - Kansas
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June 21, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - AARP announced five organizations throughout Kansas will receive 2025 Community Challenge grants. According to a press release from AARP, the grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action projects...
AnalysisIsrael’s threat to ‘burn Tehran’ echoes Beirut strategy, but Iran is not Lebanon
The National News
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s recent threat to “turn Tehran into Beirut” with attacks on civilian areas will be difficult to execute without direct US involvement, Iranian analysts and citizens told The National. They pointed to Tehran’s...
Divers Battle Lionfish This Weekend at STTJ Lionfish Derby
St. Thomas Source
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June 20, 2025
A diver hunts for lionfish using special equipment, including a three-pronged spear and a “zookeeper” stash bag for storing venomous lionfish. (Photo courtesy CORE) Divers are gathering on St. Thomas and St. John Saturday to slay as many lionfish...
Ranked: Countries With the Highest Share of Seniors
Visual Capitalist
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June 21, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: Countries With the Highest Share of Seniors This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
AnalysisIsrael’s threat to ‘burn Tehran’ echoes Beirut strategy, but Iran is not Lebanon
The National News
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz’s recent threat to “turn Tehran into Beirut” with attacks on civilian areas will be difficult to execute without direct US involvement, Iranian analysts and citizens told The National. They pointed to Tehran’s...
Legacy in Motion: Lady Rovers and Kestrels Empower USVI Women’s Soccer
St. Thomas Source
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June 21, 2025
Saint Croix’s dominant Lady Rovers SC win 2024 Women’s Premier League Championships. (Photo courtesy Mackeish Taylor-Jones) In the heart of St. Croix, Lady Rovers Soccer Club and St. Croix Kestrels Soccer Collective prove that progress does not...
Soccer milestone for RMI
Marshall Islands Journal
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June 19, 2025
KAREN EARNSHAW Five years ago the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation received a huge boost in the form of a small group of British soccer fans and experts who had discovered that the Marshall Islands was “the last nation on Earth without a...
Changing waters, changing views: stakeholder perspectives on ocean acidification and adaptations in shellfish aquaculture
Ocean Acidification
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June 20, 2025
Shellfish aquaculture is a vital industry in the US, but one which faces mounting challenges threatening both productivity and business viability. Research often fails to align with growers’ immediate needs, so researchers set out to help close...
Tyson Tops 32nd International Optimist Regatta
Sail-World
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June 16, 2025
by Carol Bareuther 15 Jun 21:22 PDT June 9-15, 2025 Getting good starts and sailing fast led the USA's Daniel Skutch Tyson to win the 32nd International Optimist Regatta (IOR), hosted at the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC), June 13-15, 2025....
Trumpism & a world gone mad
Virgin Islands News Online
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Alred C. Frett. Photo: VINO/File Alred C. Frett Playing the Fool so Idiots can call you Wise: When I spoke and wrote Articles of Trump creating wars and putting the Army into endangering those it swore to protect, I truly believed it, but never...
Tropical Shipping hosts disaster preparedness workshop
Kaieteur News
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June 20, 2025
Jun 20, 2025 News Major Lakshman Persaud from the CDC making his presentation Kaieteur News – Tropical Shipping on Wednesday hosted a disaster management workshop at here attracting more than 70 representatives from emergency service agencies,...
Lawrence R. Sewer Dies at 83
St. Thomas Source
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June 17, 2025
Lawrence Ricardo “Larry” Sewer With profound love and sadness, we announce the passing of Lawrence Ricardo “Larry” Sewer, beloved father, educator, herbalist, musician, community activist and U.S. Army National Guard First Sergeant (Ret.), who...
Marion County Council on Aging gets AARP Community Challenge grant
Marion County Now - Ohio
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June 19, 2025
By AARP June 19, 2025 12:19 pm COLUMBUS, OH (MARION COUNTY NOW)—AARP today announced 11 organizations throughout Ohio will receive 2025 Community Challenge grants. The grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action...