US helicopters operating near Venezuela expand Caribbean mission

An MH-6 helicopter flies over Tampa Bay, Florida, during a capabilities demonstration in 2024. (Gunnery Sgt. Demetrius Munnerlyn/U.S. Special Operations Command) The U.S. military’s elite Special Operations aviation unit appears to have flown in...

Special operations helicopters near Venezuela expand Caribbean mission

An MH-6 helicopter flies over Tampa Bay, Florida, during a capabilities demonstration in 2024. (Demetrius Munnerlyn/Special Operations Command) The U.S. military’s elite special operations aviation unit appears to have flown in Caribbean waters...

Capital Flight and the Politics of Betrayal: When Leaders Stop Believing in Their Own Economy

Nigeria’s economy is bleeding, not from the absence of money, but from the silent, systemic outflow of capital that should be building industries, creating jobs, and stimulating innovation. Instead, wealth is fleeing into the vaults of local...

Jeffrey Epstein's 'Paedophile Island' where girls were 'raped and held prisoner'

Jeffrey Epstein's former home on the island of Little Saint James in the U.S. Virgin Islands(Image: Getty Images) Jeffrey Epstein's private island, a seemingly idyllic paradise, was in reality a house of horrors filled with dark secrets, according...

Gen X Pinterest exec was raised in the Bronx: Now, he lives in the center of LA, eats out 50% of the week, and tracks his brainwaves while meditating

Being in the C-suite is a high-pressure job with long hours, board responsibilities, and intense scrutiny. But what is it like to be a top executive when you’re off the clock? Fortune’s series, The Good Life, shows how up-and-coming leaders spend...

New Companies Act requires full disclosure of beneficial owners amidst enforcement challenges

Companies must register all beneficial owners and maintain detailed registers for 10 years Bearer shares are banned, with strict disclosure, reporting, and compliance obligations Non-compliance carries fines and criminal liability for directors,...

Bystander, clerk team up to obstruct jewelry store robber on Company Street

CHRISTIANSTED — A bystander and a clerk teamed up to obstruct a jewelry store robber on Company Street in Christiansted Saturday, authorities said. Daniel Ramos, 50, was arrested and charged with second-degree robbery, third-degree robbery and...

Virginia Giuffre Condemns Alleged Abusers in Posthumous Memoir

Photo Credit-APNew York– A posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offers an expanded account but few new revelations about her longstanding claims to have been sexually trafficked by the late financier to...

Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright, Virginia Giuffre memoir claims

Prince Andrew acted as though having sex with Virginia Giuffre was his “birthright”, she claimed in her posthumous memoir. Ms Giuffre, who was central figure in the downfall of disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, died at the age of 41...

Roach: Insurance Exam Scores in the Virgin Islands Are Final, No Appeals or Reviews Permitted

Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach, in his capacity as commissioner of Insurance, is advising the public and all candidates seeking insurance licenses in the U.S. Virgin Islands that insurance examination results are considered final. Once an...

Bryan Seeks Federal Exemption from New Customs Policy Impacting Virgin Islanders

Last updated at 12:37 p.m. on Tues. Oct. 7, 2025 Government House announced Tuesday that Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has initiated a coordinated territorial response to the Trump administration’s Executive Order 14324, which suspended the duty-free...

EDC Orders Companies to Correct Compliance Failures or Risk Losing Tax Benefits

The Economic Development Commission, during its meeting earlier this week, dealt with several companies who were found to be noncompliant with various stipulations of their tax benefit agreements. Octavia Consulting Group was first granted tax...

Virginia Giuffre book claims Prince Andrew ‘felt entitled’ to have sex with her

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Virginia Giuffre book: what we know so far as Prince Andrew accused of believing he was 'entitled to sex'

The upcoming publication of Virginia Giuffre's memoir is set to heap further misery on Prince Andrew as it brings accusations made against him back into the public consciousness. Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year at the age of 41,...

India’s passport falls to 85th rank in world's most powerful passports index; US drops out of top 10 for first time - check list

Earlier this year, India’s passport had risen to the 77th rank in Henley Passport Index rankings. (AI image) World’s most powerful passports 2025: India, the world’s fifth largest economy, has a passport that doesn’t feature even in the top 50...

Bryan Proposes Gradual Minimum Wage Increase to $15 by 2028, Alongside New Bill For Small-Scale Breweries and Distilleries

Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has introduced two major pieces of legislation to the 36th Legislature, with the most sweeping proposal centered on a territory-wide minimum wage increase designed to strengthen the private-sector workforce while...

GOP Sen. Crapo Won't Subpoena Treasury For Epstein Financial Documents

Early in 2024, during the Biden administration, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID), had a chance to provide the world with financial information about disgraced sex trafficker and financier Jeffrey Epstein. It only recently became known that Crapo was...

Virgin Islanders are ‘secretive’ about their health- Dr Sharlon Lewis

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Dr Sharlon Lewis has said Virgin Islanders are very secretive when it comes to their health, which can be detrimental. Speaking on Talking Points on Monday, September 29, 2025, Dr Lewis said, “I think one of the problems...

Posthumous book by Virginia Giuffre claims Prince Andrew 'felt entitled' to have sex with her

THE LATE SEX trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre wrote in her memoir that Prince Andrew acted as if sex with her was his “birthright”. Ms Giuffre, who settled a sexual assault lawsuit against Andrew, died at the age of 41 in April. She was a...

M2 Invests $10M in Falcon Finance to Accelerate Universal Collateralization Infrastructure

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