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LOVE IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS! Virtual Strangers Are Hooking Up In Caribbean Through Airbnb

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is the top Caribbean destination on Airbnb, with a 600 percent increase in bookings over 2019. San Juan, Puerto Rico isn't far behind…

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Sunken pyramids discovered off Cuba might be lost city of Atlantis

HAVANA — The remains of what may be a 6000-year-old city immersed in deep waters off the west coast of Cuba was discovered by a team of Canadian and Cuban researchers.…

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Sun Country Airlines and Delta Air Lines Competing For Minnesota Travelers To The U.S. Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands is welcoming new flights from Minneapolis to St. Thomas this winter from Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines. Delta is offering thrice…

VI Free Press January 3, 2021

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9 Historic American Figures With Ties to the U.S. Virgin Islands

The U.S. Virgin Islands continues to rank among the Caribbean’s top tourist destinations, especially on Airbnb. But there’s more to the American islands than just fun in the sun, as…

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VIDOL Failure To Pay UI Obligation Makes Private Employers Have To Pay 6 Times As Much For Unemployment Insurance

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — For the third consecutive year, the U.S. Virgin Islands is the only jurisdiction in the United States to not meet its outstanding Unemployment Insurance (UI) loan obligation…

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6 Boy Scouts Achieve Top Rank Of Eagle Scout On St. Croix In Virtual Ceremony

CHRISTIANSTED — The Boy Scouts motto is: "Be Prepared." So when coronavirus happened in 2020, it didn't prevent six St. Croix scouts from achieving the top rank of Eagle Scout.…

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Ontario Finance Minister Resigns Amid Outrage Over St. Barts Holiday Vacation

TORONTO — Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigned on Thursday after public outrage over a Caribbean vacation he took earlier this month in violation of his own government’s coronavirus travel…

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Dollar’s Growing Dominance In Venezuela Leaves Locals ‘Short-Changed’

CARACAS — With her arms full of $11.87 worth of bananas, red peppers and onions, an elderly woman at a produce stand in western Caracas approaches vendor Walquiria Garcia and…

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United States Blacklists 2 Venezuelan Officials Over Former Citgo Executives’ Trial

WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor over their roles in the trial of six former executives of U.S. refiner Citgo…

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Carnivorous Mushrooms? Leaching Septic Tank? Trade Winds? Barking Dogs? What Killed Rich Doumeng’s Flamboyant Tree? The Final Mystery of the Year 2020

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any weirder. The last day of the year of coronavirus — the dreaded COVID-19 — I mean what could go…

John McCarthy December 31, 2020