CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix teenager got a welcome home celebration worthy of any hero. But Lowell Thomas, 13, isn’t just any young person
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Google Digitizes Artworks In Puerto Rico For The 1st Time
SAN JUAN — The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufiño Figueroa features his mother with a red scarf on her head, a determined look on her
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Popular Bank Opens Virgin Gorda Branch Office In The British Virgin Islands Today
SPANISH TOWN — Popular Bank announced that the Virgin Gorda Branch at Yacht Harbor opened today in the British Virgin Islands. Following an opening ceremony
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United States Bill Would Provide Puerto Rico A Path To Statehood
SAN JUAN — The question of statehood for Puerto Rico would be put to voters of the U.S. commonwealth for a third time since 2012
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Indiana Man Accused Of Throwing Granddaughter Off One Of The Top Decks On Cruise Ship In Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — A grandfather who police say dropped his young granddaughter from the 11th floor of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico in July
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Spirit Airlines Betting On Puerto Rico In Expansion
SAN JUAN — Spirit Airlines has announced that it will expand service to Puerto Rico with two new routes in December. In addition to nonstop
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USA Hits Cuba With New Sanctions Over Human Rights, Venezuela
HAVANA — The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S. Commerce
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Conn. Lawyers Linked To Panama Papers Try To Stop Netflix Movie About The BVI
HARTFORD, Connecticut — Two lawyers linked to the so-called Panama Papers are asking a federal judge to stop Neflix’s upcoming release of “The Laundromat,” which
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USVI Native Yassin Hall Bringing Awareness On Mental Health to Caribbean African-Americans
ATLANTA — “This is me giving you my true authentic self unapologetically,” said Yassin Hall as she stood before those attending her latest book launch
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UVI Students Awarded Record Number of National Title III Scholarships
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Four University of the Virgin Islands students were awarded National Association of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Title III Administrators, Inc. scholarships
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