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Virgin Gorda Bayside Blazers roast USA 73-60 in BOTF
PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten, DWI- In their second night out at the ‘Battle of the Fittest’ (BOTF) Basketball Tournament in Dutch St Maarten, basketball team Virgin Gorda Bayside Blazers racked up another win when they took on the United States of America (USA) team.
VI’s Rikkoi A.R Brathwaite takes 6th place in Diamond League 100m debut
EUGENE, Oregon, USA – Virgin Islands Rikkoi A.R. Brathwaite has taken 6th place today, May 25, 2024, in his Diamond League Prefontaine Classic 100m entry of the Wanda Diamond League currently being held in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
US drug control agency to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift
WASHINGTON, USA - — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
USVI man with Tortola roots accused of attempted murder in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – A 43-year-old U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) man said to have Tortola roots was at the Broward County main jail on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, accused of trying to kill someone.
Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard enters plea deal over cocaine conspiracy charges
MIAMI, Florida, USA- As previously reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), former BVI Ports Director, Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard has pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to import cocaine, following a similar move by her son Kadeem S. Maynard aka ‘Blacka' and now a plea deal entered over the indictment.
US on edge over fatal police beating of black youth
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, USA - The southern US city of Memphis is bracing itself for unrest as authorities released a video depicting the fatal assault of a Black man—who later died—at the hands of five police officers who, the victim's mother said, "beat him to a pulp."
Bryan & Vialet, Sarauw & Roach to face off in USVI political debates
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The V.I. Consortium has partnered with WTJX for what is expected to be the final and most consequential gubernatorial debate ahead of the November 8 General Election.
US to drop negative Covid test requirement for air travellers
WASHINGTON DC, USA- Effective Sunday, June 12, 2022, the United States of America (US) will no longer require air travellers to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test before entering the country from abroad.
White cops killing black men ‘every other week’ - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – The killing of 20-year-old African American, Daunte Wright in Minneapolis on April 11, 2021, was described by police as accidental; however, the death has since sparked unrest.
UK COVID-19 strain could be dominant in US by March – CDC
VI CONSORTIUM
ATLANTA, Georga, USA - A highly contagious strain of COVID-19 first reported in the United Kingdom has been spreading rapidly in the United States and will become the dominant strain in the country by March if efforts are not taken immediately to contain its spread, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a report Friday, January 15, 2020.
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