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Barbados explores alternatives after US ends duty-free exemption on small parcels
Barbados Today
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August 30, 2025
25 The Barbados Government is actively seeking long-term solutions to maintain international mail services following the United States’ suspension of the de-minimis duty-free exemption on small packages valued up to US$800. Minister of Home...
High surf advisory for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands…
Antigua News Room
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August 24, 2025
Urgent – Marine Weather Message High Surf Advisory Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Service 9:30 pm Saturday 23 August 2025 …High surf advisory for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands… Locations to be affected: Particularly...
Attorneys general urge tech companies’ action against nonconsensual deepfake pornography
Golden State Today - California
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August 26, 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with 47 other attorneys general, has sent letters to search and payment platform operators regarding their indirect roles in the creation and distribution of nonconsensual deepfake pornography....
Coalition urges tech companies to stop the spread of deepfake pornography
Vermont Business Magazine
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August 26, 2025
Letter cites report that 98% of fake online videos are deepfake non-consensual intimate imagery Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark today led a bipartisan coalition of 47 state attorneys general in calling on major...
Chamber looking at trade diversification with China
The Nassau Guardian
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Dr. Leo Rolle, executive director of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation (BCCEC) said yesterday that Bahamian businesses are seeing the benefits of trade diversification away from North America and are already creating...
Ancestral Virgin Islands are fearful — Walwyn
BVI News
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August 21, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on August 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM / Opposition Leader Myron Walwyn has warned that ancestral Virgin Islanders are living with fear as they see themselves being outnumbered in their own homeland. Speaking during a recent...
How to watch The Rugby Championship from anywhere: Stream coverage from Sky Sports and 9NOW
GB News
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August 30, 2025
Want to make sure you never miss a moment of the Rugby Championship? You're in luck. The international contest between Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, formerly known as the Tri Nations Series, will be broadcast in the UK and...
U.S. Virgin Islands Appoints Public Affairs Exec And Native Islander As Commissioner Of Tourism
Black Enterprise
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August 20, 2025
The U.S. Virgin Islands will continue marking its place as a go-to destination with its new Commissioner of Tourism. The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has accepted Jennifer Matarangas-King’s nomination to lead its tourism growth. A...
Tucson's Anita Street Market gets $50K preservation grant
The Arizona Daily Star
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Gracie Soto has long had a wishlist of improvements she would love to make to her family's Anita Street Market. Gracie Soto, the owner of Anita Street Market, hands a customer his order. The market has received a $50,000 grant for improvements....
First-Ever Make It Happen Fundraiser at Carambola Golf Club to Provide Aid for Virgin Islands Students
The Virgin Island Consortium
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The Make It Happen Foundation has announced its first-ever T-Off-4 Tuition Golf Benefit, a two-day fundraiser created to provide scholarships and emergency financial assistance for Virgin Islands high school students pursuing college degrees or...
You could buy a $1 billion Powerball ticket this Labor Day weekend
Fortune
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This could buy a lot of Labor Day weekend sunblock: Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history. Powerball, which costs $2 per ticket, is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia,...
Channel 4 commissioner defends Bonnie Blue documentary and Virgin Island – argues against "boring and safe" TV environment
Radio Times
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Channel 4's chief commissioning officer Ian Katz has defended two controversial programmes aired earlier this year. The documentary 1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story aired in July and followed OnlyFans content creator Bonnie Blue, while...
Belize Offshore Company Formation: Gateway for International Entrepreneurs
Textile Value Chain
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August 25, 2025
For years, Belize has stood quietly on the edge of the global financial map. Yet its influence in offshore structuring has grown steadily, making it a preferred jurisdiction for business owners, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals...
Pruce: Vetting asks for social media and associations, not passwords
BVI News
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August 29, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on August 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM / Governor Daniel Pruce has clarified that the vetting process for members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) does not request personal passwords, following public concerns...
Penn can’t lead the people, Skelton Cline warns
BVI News
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August 29, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on August 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM / Political commentator Claude Skelton Cline has questioned the leadership ability of Eighth District Representative, Marlon Penn, saying he is not able to carry the weight of leading the...
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Boy Scouts Stranded in Virgin Islands Because of Hurricane Erin Seek Help to 'Complete Their Journey' Home By Abigail Adams
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW A Wisconsin-based Boy Scout troop is stuck in the U.S. Virgin Islands due to Hurricane Erin The 10 members of Boy Scout Troop 851 and their leaders were visiting St. Thomas when the storm developed into a hurricane The troop is now...
Virgin Islander Jamal Jones dies in fatal Missouri crash
Virgin Islands News Online
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Virgin Islander Jamal Jones of Tortola died on August 15, 2025, in a crash between a pedestrian and a tractor-trailer on I-44 in Missouri, USA. Photo: Internet Source LAWRENCE COUNTY, Missouri, USA- A crash between a pedestrian and a...
Business : Malaysia Secures RM190.3 Bln Approved Investments In 1H 2025, Up 18.7 Pct Y-O-Y
Bernama
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August 22, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has secured RM190.3 billion in approved investments in the first half of 2025 (1H 2025), an 18.7 per cent increase year-on-year (y-o-y), according to Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)....
Hilton debuts first Hampton by Hilton hotel in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Travel Daily News
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August 18, 2025
Hilton debuts Hampton by Hilton brand in the U.S. Virgin Islands with the opening of Hampton by Hilton St. Thomas, enhancing Caribbean presence. U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS and MIAMI, FL – Hilton announces the Hampton by Hilton brand debut in the U.S....
$1 billion Powerball jackpot on Saturday night is sixth-largest in game's history
The Mirror US
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August 30, 2025
Get ready to slather on that Labor Day weekend sunblock in style: Saturday's Powerball jackpot is a whopping $1 billion, making it the sixth-largest prize in the game's history. The Powerball, which costs just $2 per ticket, is played across 45...