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VI man shot & killed in NY over parking spot
BRONX, New York, USA- One Virgin Islands native was shot and killed in the United States in the early hours of Saturday, February 8, 2025.
USVI: Spirit Airlines Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
VI CONSORTIUM
NEW YORK, New York, USA- Spirit Airlines, Inc., a prominent low-cost carrier with multiple weekly flights to the U.S. Virgin Islands, has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a New York court, listing assets and liabilities valued between $1 billion and $10 billion.
US rapper Swizz Beatz sued by VI investigators
NEW YORK, New York, USA- American rapper, DJ, record producer, and art collector Kasseem D Dean, known by his stage name Swizz Beatz, is being sued by independent financial investigators in the Virgin Islands.
White supremacist teen shoots 10 dead in New York
BUFFALO, New York, USA- An 18-year-old white man has shot dead 10 people in a black neighbourhood of New York state in what authorities are calling a racially motivated attack.
Gunman shoots 10 people in New York subway car
NEW YORK, USA- A gunman wearing a gas mask set off a smoke bomb and opened fire in a New York subway car on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, injuring 16 people and throwing the morning commute into chaos, officials said, in the latest violence in the city's transit system.
New York Gov Cuomo resigns after sexual harassment allegations
NEW YORK, NY, USA - New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today, August 10, 2021, that he will resign after a report from the state’s Attorney General documented multiple accusations of sexual harassment against women.
This week we feature ‘Young Professional’ Jonel J. Lacey
By M. Gary Eleazar
Our ‘Young Professional’ this week is speeding on the track to success, quite literally. Twenty-two year old Virgin Islander Jonel J. Lacey, currently resides in Albany, New York, where she is on a scholarship at the University of Albany.
BVI Finance showcases territory’s financial offerings @ intl events
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - BVI Finance recently completed a round of events in Monaco, Chile and the United States which showcased the territory’s diverse offerings in the financial services industry to international practitioners and high net worth end users. The visits all took place between September 23, 2015 and October 1, 2015.
Four dead, 63 injured after NYC-bound Metro-North passenger train derails in Bronx
New York Daily News
A Metro-North train whipped around a sharp turn in the Bronx just before a deadly derailment Sunday morning that killed four, injured dozens and tossed passengers around like rag dolls.
Exclusive: Calisha Cayonne relishes NY Fashion Week event
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Calisha Cayonne recently represented the Virgin Islands at the prestigious Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week at the Lincoln Center in New York along with two other local models, Kadia Turnbull and Audrey Blake.
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