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August 9th, 2023
41 migrants die in shipwreck off Italy

BBC NEWS

Forty-one migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa, survivors told local media.

August 9th, 2023
Jamaica: School girl dies after being raped & beaten

LOOP NEWS

Police are searching for three men who allegedly raped and bludgeoned a 15-year-old, schoolgirl at her home in Trelawny, a parish in northwest Jamaica early Sunday.

August 9th, 2023
Jamaica’s Women’s World Cup ends

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MELBOURNE, Australia— Jamaica’s Women’s World Cup run might be over for now, but the team’s fight for support back home continues.

August 9th, 2023
Guyana captures the crown @ Miss Caribbean Culture

DOMINICA NEWS ONLINE

For the first time, the Miss Caribbean Culture Queen title has made its way to Guyana, with twenty-year-old Shemina Peroune taking the crown, defeating Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines Jada Ross, in first place, and Miss St. Thomas, USVI Lamonee Morris in second place.

August 9th, 2023
70% chance of showers across VI today- DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave could generate cloudy conditions with periods of showers across the area today, August 9, 2023, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has stated.

August 8th, 2023
VIF&FC Chairman distances self from East End 'party truck' scandal

EAST END, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC), Mr Dirk L. Walters has distanced himself from a brewing party truck scandal in the East End/Long Look community where some residents of the community are reportedly upset over not being able to select the performers on the truck.

August 8th, 2023
Revellers bear heat to ‘dazzle’ in August Monday 2023 parade

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In a spectacular display of culture in the Virgin Islands (VI) revellers in this year’s 2023 August Monday Parade in the Virgin Islands (VI) faced the heat to turn out in numbers as the emancipation celebrations took to the street of Road Town, Tortola, for the August Monday Parade.

August 8th, 2023
USVI Legislature subpoenas WMA for sexual harassment settlement amounts

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. John, USVI- During Monday’s hearing of the Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance, lawmakers asked representatives of the Waste Management Authority about court judgments or settlements paid by the agency.

August 8th, 2023
SUV runs off road @ Duff’s Bottom Tortola

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Sometime yesterday, Monday, August 7, 2023, an SUV rental ran off the road in the Duff’s Bottom area close to a building under construction owned by the late Michael Smith and their family.

August 8th, 2023
August Tuesday: Residents wake up to no power!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the Virgin Islands (VI) celebrates the emancipation season on the August Tuesday holiday, residents today, August 8, 2023, woke up to no electricity.

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