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Legislation seeks permanence for rum tax revenue transfers to US territories
Central Louisiana News
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June 4, 2025
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, Roger Wicker, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Ben Ray Luján have reintroduced legislation aimed at modifying the revenue transferred to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from excise taxes on rum produced or imported into...
Star Behavioral Health Providers Program Expands Nationwide, Enhancing Mental Health Care for Military Communities
Newswise
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October 4, 2024
Bethesda, MD -- Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP), a unique training and referral program that connects service members, veterans, and their families to trained civilian mental health providers in their communities, is expanding its reach to...
CDC Warns Of Dangerous Counterfeit Drugs From Online Pharmacies, Highlighting Overdose Risk
Medical Daily
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October 4, 2024
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a stark warning about counterfeit drugs sold illegally through online pharmacies, alerting the public to the potential risk of overdose. The warning follows last week's U.S....
Stateless Palestinian woman 'treated like cattle' by US immigration
The National News
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A stateless Palestinian woman who grew up in the US was released this week from American immigration detention after four months in custody. Ward Sakeik, 22, a resident of Texas whose family is originally from Gaza, was arrested by Immigration and...
A&B’s Queen of Carnival is crowned Miss Caribbean Universe 2025
The Antigua Observer
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June 16, 2025
- Advertisement - Desrie Markham, the reigning Queen of Carnival, has captured the title of Miss Caribbean Universe 2025, emerging victorious over three other delegates during the competition held in the US Virgin Islands last night. Trinidad &...
Desrie Markham Set to Represent Antigua and Barbuda at Miss Caribbean Universe
Antigua News Room
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June 3, 2025
Antigua and Barbuda’s very own Desrie Markham, the reigning Miss Antigua and Barbuda Queen of Carnival 2024, is poised to take on the regional stage once again. This time as a delegate in the upcoming Miss Caribbean Universe pageant, slated for...
TURNBULL URGES HIGHER PAY FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
284 Media BVI
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October 1, 2024
Honourable Melvin “Mitch” Turnbull, Representative for the 2nd District, has called for urgent attention to the compensation packages offered to healthcare professionals in the territory. During a recent debate in the House of Assembly, he...
Education says it taking school kitchen staff’s health concerns seriously
Virgin Islands Free Press
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September 27, 2024
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE) recognizes the concerns raised on Thursday, September 26, 2024, by the kitchen staff and a segment of teachers at Lockhart K-8 School. In response, Commissioner Dionne...
One Brooklyn Health hosts annual Gospel Fest
Brooklyn Paper - New York
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October 1, 2024
Pastor Gil Monrose. Photo courtesy Pastor Monrose Search our comprehensive guide to caribbean events in NYC for more local events — or submit your own! One Brooklyn Health (OBH) will on Sunday, Oct. 13 host its annual OBH Gospel Fest in...
Investigation Launched into Missing American Tourist on Providenciales
Magnetic Media
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June 29, 2025
New York, NY – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) honored outstanding journalists and media professionals at its annual Caribbean Media Awards, held during Caribbean Week in New York (CWNY 2025) last week. Sponsored by the Bermuda Tourism...
ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: Kneecap and Bob Vylan take the rap – it's a familiar old story
Belfast Media
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IF I tell you that I’m going to explain my feelings about Kneecap and Glastonbury by way of celebrity paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, you may raise an eyebrow, but try to stick with me and we’ll see how we get on. Jeffrey Epstein owned an island and...
Police probe fatal shooting in Hospital Ground
Virgin Islands Free Press
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September 20, 2024
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating after a shooting left one man dead in St. Thomas on Thursday afternoon. Ashton Alexander, 42, has been positively identified by a family member as the homicide victim, the Virgin Islands Police...
Man Killed After Multiple Shots Fired in Hospital Ground on St. Thomas
St. Thomas Source
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September 20, 2024
A man is dead from multiple gunshot wounds in an attack that happened just after 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Hospital Ground on St. Thomas, the V.I. Police Department reported. The victim has been identified as Ashton Alexander, 42. His death marks the...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Xi Omega Chapter hosts Family Flourish: A health fair for all ages
North Dallas Gazette - Texas
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September 19, 2024
A Community Event Offering Free Mammograms, Dental Exams, Vision Assessments, Blood Pressure Checks and More Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Alpha Xi Omega Chapter, the first and largest graduate chapter in the Dallas/Fort Worth area,...
Alabama rural hospitals caught in ‘vicious cycle’ on Medicare wage index
Alabama Reflector
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September 17, 2024
SELMA — An entire section of the third floor of Vaughn Regional Medical Center sits empty. Demand is not the issue, said David McCormack, the hospital’s CEO. Vaughn Regional sees patients from every surrounding county, and if they opened the empty...
ODR Allocates $1.3 Million in CDBG-DR Grants to Strengthen Housing, Mental Health, and Youth Programs
The Virgin Island Consortium
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The V.I. Office of Disaster Recovery has announced the allocation of more than $1.3 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to support three critical community programs across the territory. These funds aim...
Who is Winning the Retail Pharmacy Consumer Battle?
MedCity News
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August 25, 2024
CVS Health has recently overtaken Walgreens as the most popular drugstore retailer among drugstore/pharmacy shoppers. Over the last several quarters, the companies have been flip-flopping between first and second place. It’s not clear whether CVS...
MSD aims to plug dengue fever vaccine gap in US
pharmaphorum
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June 12, 2025
Nearly two years after Takeda pulled its US marketing application for a vaccine against dengue fever, MSD has advanced a rival shot into phase 3. The international MOBILIZE-1 trial is looking at a single dose of MSD's quadrivalent dengue vaccine...
“I was moved around like cattle”: Ward Sakeik, US college graduate and homeowner, speaks out following 140 days in ICE hellhole
World Socialist Web Site
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July 5, 2025
Ward Sakeik speaks to WSWS on July 3, 2025.On Thursday, Ward Sakeik—a 22-year-old college graduate, professional wedding photographer, Texas homeowner and newlywed—held a press conference just 48 hours after her release from immigration detention....
$13.25 Rum Cover-Over Rate Advances in Senate Bill; Bryan, Plaskett and Allies Push to Lock in Billion-Dollar Win
The Virgin Island Consortium
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Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett separately announced on Saturday announced a significant breakthrough in the Virgin Islands’ long-standing push to make the $13.25 rum cover-over rate permanent. The U.S. Senate’s...