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March 18th, 2026
Another blow to the DPP! Marley Sebastien freed on all charges

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was in 2022 that Greenland resident and Dominica native, Marley Sebastien, who was also part of former Premier Andrew A. Fahie's security detail, was charged with Perjury and Perverting the Course of Justice.

March 18th, 2026
Carrot Bay Cultural Thursdays to honour the late H. Lavity Stoutt

CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- This month’s Cultural Thursday in Carrot Bay, scheduled for March 19, 2026, will feature activities honouring the late Hamilton Lavity Stoutt, the Territory’s first Chief Minister and former First District Representative.

March 18th, 2026
USVI Governor orders fuel conservation measures

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- With the war in Iran continuing to unsettle global energy markets and raise concern about higher fuel and electricity costs in the US Virgin Islands, Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr has ordered executive branch agencies to immediately tighten fuel conservation practices and review government vehicle usage, calling the move an early step to shield the territory from wider economic fallout.

March 18th, 2026
Cuba opens talks with US as oil blockade takes a toll

THE DAILY HERALD

HAVANA, Cuba--Cuba has opened talks with the U.S. government, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Friday, as an oil blockade imposed by US President Donald Trump pushes the Communist-run nation deeper into economic crisis.

March 18th, 2026
Bahamas says Middle East war putting pressure on local economy

CMC

NASSAU, The Bahamas— The Bahamas government says the ongoing war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran has disrupted one of the world’s most important energy transit points, through which a large percentage of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments normally pass.

March 18th, 2026
Trump calls top official 'weak' after Iran war resignation

RAW STORY

President Donald Trump lashed out at his former director of National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday following the official’s resignation out of protest over the U.S. war against Iran, calling him “weak” and “not smart.”

March 18th, 2026
UK races to contain meningitis outbreak in Kent after 2 deaths

REUTERS

Britain will roll out meningitis vaccines to students at a university in southeast England after an "unprecedented" outbreak of the disease killed two people while the number of new cases jumped to 20.

March 18th, 2026
UPDATE: The Lawn @ Pier Park reopens following Astro Turf installation

WICKHAM’S CAY I, Tortola, VI- The Lawn at Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, which was closed since February 25, 2026, has been reopened following the installation of a permanent Astro Turf surface.

March 18th, 2026
'I would not run against Honourable Fraser’- Julian Willock

THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI – Former Speaker of the House of Assembly and businessman Mr Julian Willock has confirmed that he does not intend to run against Third District Representative and Deputy Premier Hon Julian Fraser RA in the upcoming elections.

March 18th, 2026
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to end Haitian protected status

THE DAILY HERALD

WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE--President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to intervene in its effort to strip humanitarian deportation protections from more than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States despite persistent violence in Haiti that has displaced more than a million people.

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