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Wall Street Investors Celebrate President-Elect Joe Biden Winning On Saturday

NEW YORK — Investors and financial executives breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday after major networks declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election, offering some certainty…

VI Free Press November 8, 2020

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Mostly Black Town In Puerto Rico Sees Its Own Past In The Death Of George Floyd

LOIZA — As evening fell over Puerto Rico, hundreds gathered at a vigil for George Floyd recently in Loíza, a coastal town home to one of the island’s largest Black…

VI Free Press July 10, 2020

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Lawsuit: State of Georgia Discriminates Against Puerto Rican Driver’s License Applicants

ATLANTA — A federal lawsuit filed today says Georgia is discriminating against Puerto Rican driver’s license applicants by treating them differently than other U.S. citizen applicants — forcing them to…

VI Free Press July 2, 2019

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A Brief History of The Loredon L. Boynes Sr. Dock In Cruz Bay, St. John: VIPA

CRUZ BAY — The Loredon L. Boynes Sr. Dock is located at the heart of Love City and is the primary ferry dock on St. John. Since the island has…

VI Free Press April 2, 2019

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V.I. Video Wins Best Film In Category at 3rd Annual Oregon Documentary Film Festival

PORTLAND — A documentary film about U.S. Virgin Islands soldiers who served during the Korean War has won best film in category at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival. The 30-minute…

John McCarthy March 30, 2019

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Senator Blyden Suggests People Celebrate Black History All Year Round

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Senator Marvin Blyden said he will join millions of people of African descent around the world in celebrating Black History Month during the month of February. Black…

John McCarthy February 1, 2019

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St. Thomas Senator Leads The Community In Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Day 2019

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Senator Marvin Blyden said he joins the Virgin Islands community in celebrating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, urging all Virgin Islanders to live by…

John McCarthy January 20, 2019

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St. Thomas Sitting Senator Janelle Sarauw Nominated for NBC Out’s Gay Pride Award

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Janelle K. Sarauw, 32, is the youngest female senator in the U.S. Virgin Islands and is thought to be the legislating body's…

John McCarthy May 31, 2018

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British PM Theresa May Apologizes to Caribbean Countries for UK Treatment of Post-War Migrants

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] LONDON -- Prime Minister Theresa May apologized to 12 Caribbean nations on Tuesday for immigration officials’ harsh treatment of people from those countries who migrated…

John McCarthy April 17, 2018

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Taino Indians Are Alive and Well and Living In Puerto Rico … At Least Their Descendants … DNA Says

SAN JUAN -- They were called the Taíno, and the Europeans who colonized their land took almost everything away from them. A half-century after Christopher Columbus set foot upon the…

John McCarthy February 20, 2018