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HM Customs launches upgraded SailClear system
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – His Majesty’s Customs in the Virgin Islands has launched an upgraded version of SailClear, the region’s electronic customs declaration system for yachts and pleasure craft.
VICCTF to hold stakeholder consultations ahead of Call for Proposals
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A series of stakeholder consultations across the Territory will get underway from July 20 to 24, 2026, as the Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund (VICCTF) prepares to launch its first Call for Proposals (CFP 2026-01) in August-September 2026.
Caribbean women researchers eligible for $15,000 awards
The Daily Herald
SAN JUAN--L'Oréal Caribe and the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean announce the opening of the 2026 call for applications for the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program.
Midnight social media curfew proposed for UK teens aged 16 & 17
BBC NEWS
LONDON, United Kingdom- The UK Government has announced that older teenagers in the UK will face an overnight social media curfew, though they can opt out of it by changing their account settings.
France arrests over 160 after clashes following World Cup semifinal loss
TRT WORLD
PARIS, France- More than 160 people were arrested in Paris and Lyon following clashes and disturbances after France's 2-0 defeat to Spain in the FIFA World Cup semifinal, broadcaster BFMTV reported on Wednesday.
Iran threatens to cut off major vital seaways in response to Trump's renewed blockade
FRANCE 24
TEHRAN, Iran- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close “all other export corridors that benefit the US and its allies”, Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports.
Cuba plunged into third nationwide blackout in two weeks as power grid collapses
EURO NEWS
HAVANA, Cuba- Fuel has been scarce across Cuba since January, when US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any nation that supplies or sells oil to the island, exacerbating the island's continuing financial and economic crises.
Reggae singer Fantan Mojah has died
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Reggae singer Fantan Mojah has died aged 49, just three weeks before his 50th birthday.
Sunoco LP ‘in essence, has a monopoly on fuel’ in the VI- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social Commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has reiterated the need for anti-trust and the Trade Commission, this time using fuel as an example.
‘It is right to look again at a constitution last updated in 2007’- UK Constitution Negotiating Team lead
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The United Kingdom (UK) Constitution Negotiating Team is in the Virgin Islands (VI) for the first round of constitutional negotiations with the VI’s own Constitution Negotiating Team.
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