Dear Editor, The USVI Hotel & Tourism Association fully supports the plans for essential and long-needed improvements to the airport experience on St. Thomas and
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Georgia man indicted for $383,397 PPP fraud linked to St. Thomas greasy spoon
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal grand jury has indicted Georgia resident Raynaldo Oquendo for his alleged role in submitting false payroll information for a downtown,
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Bahamas readies Caribbean’s next ‘debt-for-nature’ swap
NASSAU — The Bahamas is to join a growing trend where countries promise better protection of precious ecosystems in return for having their debts reduced.
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Palantir jumps on Microsoft partnership to sell AI to U.S. defense, intel agencies
NEW YORK — Palantir shares climbed about 6% this morning after the company announced a partnership with Microsoft to sell secure cloud, analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities to the
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Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of
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Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools’ endowments
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies is announcing a $600 million gift to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools. Bloomberg,
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Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge ruled today that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in
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Wärtsilä completes generators plus BESS in St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority said it was completed a new 40MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project alongside upgrades
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World markets tremble over concerns U.S. economy could be headed for recession
Wall Street headed sharply lower again after Japan’s Nikkei index tumbles to worst loss since 1987 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are set to
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School custodian arrested for using co-workers’ credit cards to shop online
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas elementary school custodian who used the information from her co-workers’ credit cards to shop online at Walmart has been
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