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Close to 300 Expected for COVID-Safe Beach 2 Beach Race on STJ
Hundreds of athletes will make their way to St. John to swim along the island’s north shore in a racing competition on May 30, the 18th annual Beach 2 Beach Power Swim.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
NOAA Report Declares Severe Drought for U.S. Virgin Islands
“There are signs of soil cracking on St. Thomas and St. Croix, and vegetation is showing distress across all islands. Precautions such as ordering hay and water deliveries are being taken to get through the dry season."
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Source: St. John Source | independent and trusted since 1999
V.I.'s Cancer Registry Starting to Produce Information that May Help Save Lives
When a shower of oil from the neighboring refinery descended on Maria Otano’s neighborhood, the St. Croix resident pulled no punches about what was on her mind. “Our No. 1 concern is cancer,” Otano said.
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Recordings show chaos leading to Ma’Khia Bryant shooting
A chaotic 911 call. A convulsive 11 seconds of violence ending in the death of an Ohio teen. A historic... View Article The post Recordings show chaos leading to Ma’Khia Bryant shooting appeared first on TheGrio.
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announces end dates for COVID-19 health order and state of emergency
Alabama Newscenter Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced this week the current COVID-19 public health order will expire May 31 and the existing pandemic state of emergency will end July 6 with no plans to extend either. “For over a year now, Alabamians, like people around the globe, have made sacrifices
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PwC joins worthy St Vincent cause - Barbados Today
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Caribbean and the PwC Charitable Foundation have collectively raised over US$100,000 for donation to the disaster relief and recovery efforts in St Vincent and the Grenadines. On April 9, the La Soufriere volcano erupted explosively, sending ash and gas plumes
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Sixty-six-year-old succumbs to COVID-19 - Barbados Today
Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Jeffery Bostic has confirmed that a sixty-six-year-old woman has succumbed to COVID-19. The minister also confirmed a secondary school student tested positive for COVID-19. Read the full story tonight’s Epaper.     Read our ePaper. Fast. Factual. Free. Sign up
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TROSA expands to Triad, breaks ground in Forsyth County - WS Chronicle
Last week Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers (TROSA), a Durham-based nonprofit residential recovery program, took a step closer to expanding services to the Triad when they broke ground for their new facility on Union Cross
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Mother’s Day special for Staycation Winner - Barbados Today
Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 9, will be extra special for first-time mother Maryse Headley, the winner of the Barbados TODAY (BT) and The Hilton Barbados Resort’s Special Mom Staycation contest. Headley captured the lion’s share of the votes with 336 likes for her photo. Entrants submitted photos
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Cluster-Related Incident Pushes COVID Positivity Rate Over 3 Percent
A cluster-related incident, followed by private functions and parties during the longer Carnival weekend, caused a spike of COVID-19 cases on St. Thomas, helping to bring the territory’s weekly positivity rate to 3.33 percent.
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New approach for corporate innovators - Barbados Today
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the Caribbean and the rest of the world squarely at the doorstep of the future of work. In the midst of global chaos many regional organisations found themselves unprepared for the digital world and have had to scramble to adjust operations to meet the new
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
2020 reverse tax credit available for filing - Barbados Today
Employees are advised that the 2020 Reverse Tax Credit (RTC) return, better known as the ‘$1300’, is available for filing.  The return should be filed online in TAMIS by December 31, 2022. Employees eligible for the RTC are those who, during the 2020 calendar year, earned a total annual income
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Cinco de Mayo in the City: A Taco’s Shop’s Spin on a Classic  | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
Get ready to spice up Cinco de Mayo with a little help from Detroit Taco Bar. The city’s only taco bar-style restaurant is helping to ring in the Mexican holiday while chef and owner, Mushey Glenn adds a new twist on a traditional staple. Launched in 2019 on Detroit’s west side in the North
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Four ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in George Floyd death - Barbados Today
SOURCE - AP- A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis cops involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man's constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air. A three-count indictment
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Suspected drowning at Brighton Beach - Barbados Today
Black Rock police are at Brighton Beach, St Michael, where a young man has gone missing in the water in the area known as the Hot Pot. Police say that around 4:15 p.m., a group of five young men went to the beach and two of them were in the water swimming when one of
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Anchoring destroyed our reefs; did we learn anything? - Barbados Today
By Robin Mahon At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Barbados gave several cruise ships permission to anchor off Barbados. In extending this helping hand, mistakes were made that have cost Barbados dearly. The anchoring has destroyed extensive areas of live coral reef on the South and
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New DPD Space Will Honor Benny Napoleon | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
After Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon's COVID-19-related death rocked the community and beyond last year, the City of Detroit is making sure his name is not forgotten in a special way. Napoleon, who previously served as Detroit Police Chief and overseeing the gang squad, will have a new
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Search for Javonne Moise postponed due to poor lighting - Barbados Today
The search for a man  who went missing while swimming at Brighton Beach this afternoon has been postponed. The missing man has been identified as Javonne Andre Jalani Moise, 21, of Dash Valley, St George. Police say that around 4:15 p.m., a group of five young men went to the beach and two of them
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CSEM-supported group underscores new mode of community mobilization - WS Chronicle
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St. John Improvements Update! | News of St. John
If you have been on island recently, you may have noticed a lot of workers on the roads, in the parking lots and at dump sites.  If you come down frequently, you may have taken note over time of the diminishing number of derelict vehicles, trash on the roadsides, potholes in the roads and jumbled
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Source: News of St. John | An Online Blog About the Daily Happenings of St. John, USVI
Black Mama's Love: Celebration Your Mom This Weekend With These Events | Local News | The Michigan Chronicle
Doris Sharpe-Frasier is pictured here with her family - women always described as dressing sharp. Sharpe-Fraiser, the business owner/chef at Sharpest Eatery, is hosting a Hattitude 2021 Mother’s Day Gala on Saturday, May 8, at the Tireman Conference & Banquet Center. She is pictured with her large
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AOPT chairman slams outdated footage of students cramming ZR van - Barbados Today
A video circulating on social media showing students from a rural high school in an overloaded route taxi has been dismissed as “old video” by the Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael who appeal for a stop to the spread of video that places public service vehicle
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Public Has Until May 26 to Comment on Cowgirl Bebop Floating Lounge
The public can weigh in on whether a 120-foot floating barge containing a restaurant and a bar should be allowed to operate off two uninhabited cays near St. Thomas and St. John.
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Coral Disease Part 2 – Strike Teams Fight Underwater
While some agencies are focused on restoring and regrowing coral on land-based nurseries, others are taking the battle directly beneath the sea. Among them is Frank Cummings, a leader of the St. John Strike Team.
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Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law - TheGrio
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain... View Article The post Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law appeared first on TheGrio.
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Howe takes up new ILO/UNESCO position - Barbados Today
Senior researcher at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus, Dr Glenford Howe, has been appointed to the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART). Dr Howe joins 11 other independent experts at leading
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Illinois House Speaker Welch says state will use federal stimulus money to pay down debt | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Vows to create jobs, too By Chinta Strausberg In an exclusive interview with the Chicago Crusader late Wednesday night, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said the State of Illinois expects to get $7 billion in federal stimulus money to be used to pay down the debt borrowed from the
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Coding, robotics comes to teachers’ college - Barbados Today
Government and schools have an important role to play in providing a variety of vocational courses and skillsets for Barbadians who seek new job opportunities in the modern workplace, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw said Friday. She was addressing participants of a coding and robotics
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Colour XL gives a helping hand - Barbados Today
Community spirit recently triumphed over vandalism when businesses rallied to replace damaged signs at Welchman Hall Gully. The nature attraction was targeted by vandals who destroyed interpretation signs while the St Thomas facility was closed for the pandemic. After the attack was reported in
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Projected loss of tourism revenue underscores need for structural change - Milwaukee Community Journal
Statement of Common Council President Cavalier Johnson April 26, 2021     Last week it was reported that Milwaukee could be facing a loss of approximately $600 million from tourism due to the cancellation of events like Summerfest, the Democratic National Convention and others in 2020. This
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