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USVI: Commission denies track oversight caused horse deaths @ Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack
VI CONSORTIUM
ESTATE BOVONI, St Thomas, USVI- Members of the St Thomas-St John Horse Racing Commission used their meeting, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, to respond to claims made in a January article published by a local media outlet, which linked the deaths of multiple horses during December 22 races at the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack to a lack of oversight and unregulated doping.
At least 4 dead from tornadoes in Florida due to Hurricane Milton
TAMPA BAY, Florida, USA- At least four people have been reported killed by tornadoes due to the passage of Hurricane Milton in Florida on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.
President Biden heading to Florida to see hurricane aftermath & recovery
MIAMI, Florida- US President Joseph R. Biden will visit Florida to see the aftermath and recovery efforts on Saturday morning, September 2, 2023.
2 female tourists pronounced dead @ The Baths
THE BATHS, Virgin Gorda, VI – Police are confirming two unrelated deaths of female tourists while at The Baths last week.
WHO declares end to Covid-19 global emergency
LONDON, UK- The World Health Organisation (WHO) ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday, May 5, 2023, more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases.
Up to 4 dead in Puerto Rico; Hurricane Fiona heads to Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- At least 4 persons are reportedly dead in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona made landfall there on Sunday, September 18, 2022.
23 active COVID-19 cases recorded in VI; 3 hospitalised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands is reporting there are 23 cases of COVID-19 recorded in the territory and that three persons are hospitalised as a result of the virus.
69 active cases, 62 deaths from COVID-19 in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Active cases continue to decrease; however, there has been another death from COVID-19, which takes the death toll from the virus in the [British] Virgin Islands to 62.
107th Covid-related death reported in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Tuesday, February 15, 2021, announced the 107th death in the US Virgin Islands related to Covid-19.
2 new COVID-19 deaths; 181 active cases in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There have been two new COVID-19 deaths in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), bringing the total count to 51, according to the Territory's Epidemiological Summary today, January 31, 2022.

