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Black Music Sunday: Saluting Caribbean American jazz artist Sonny Rollins and more
Daily Kos
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June 8, 2025
Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 260 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an...
Is Trump in the Epstein files? What to know after his social media fight with Elon Musk
Poynter
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June 9, 2025
What began as a public blowup over a federal tax and spending bill between President Donald Trump and just-departed adviser Elon Musk devolved into the billionaire tech businessman accusing Trump of being tied to the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, the...
Trump cuts leave few caretakers for massive federal art collection
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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For decades, the U.S. government has quietly run the equivalent of its own major museum, amassing about 26,000 works – from New Deal murals to Alexander Calder’s Flamingo sculpture – that have been placed in hundreds of federal buildings and lent...
Why am I crying at a TV show about virgins?
The Big Issue
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June 8, 2025
In case you hadn’t noticed, Channel 4 is Channel 4-ing again. Not content with Open House (orgies), Sex Box (sex in a box, with commentary) and of course Naked Attraction (where we are invited to forensically examine the foreskins of accountants...
Bank of Asia Media Probe Triggers Crisis in BVI Financial Sector.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 6, 2025
Staff Report | June 6, 2025 On May 28, 2025, Guavaberry Media Inc., a BVI-based investigative news outlet, published an in-depth exposé detailing serious regulatory, legal, and financial concerns surrounding Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited. The report,...
Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk
Politifact
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June 6, 2025
What began as a public blowup over a federal tax and spending bill between President Donald Trump and just-departed adviser Elon Musk devolved into the billionaire tech businessman accusing Trump of being tied to the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, the...
What defunding public media would mean for the West
High Country News - Colorado
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June 6, 2025
Stay informed about the West. High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. Late last fall, members of Bethel, Alaska’s search and rescue team met at the local...
18 Pool Technicians in VI receive international certification
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Eighteen pool technicians in the Virgin Islands have been certified after completing a two-day Certified Pool/Spa Operator (CPO) training programme held at Maria’s By the Sea on June 27 and 28, 2025. This programme was...
Tamburlini and Fernandez tied at the top in Ireland
Golf Digest Middle East
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July 4, 2025
Switzerland’s Chiara Tamburlini and Spain’s Blanca Fernandez both fired opening rounds of 67 (-6) to top the leaderboard after day one of the 2025 KPMG Women’s Irish Open. It was a day of varying conditions on the golf course with periods of sun,...
Despite the complaints, ‘you are living your best life’ in VI- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
Virgin Islands News Online
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BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Talk show host and pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said everyone is living their best lives in the Virgin Islands (VI) right now. Mr Skelton-Cline made this bold statement on his radio show ‘Honestly Speaking’ on ZBVI...
Expect ‘nonstop vibes all day’ @ Xmas in July- BVI Tourist Board
Virgin Islands News Online
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- event will be held @ Pond Bay on July 26, 2025 Disclaimer: Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) welcomes your thoughts, feedback, views, bloggs and opinions. However, by posting a blogg you are agreeing to post comments or bloggs that are relevant...
Jamaicans, Filipinos top work permit holder list in BVI
BVI News
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July 2, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on July 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM / Jamaica and the Philippines are the top two nationalities holding active work permits in the Virgin Islands, according to figures released by Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley during a recent...
Honour late Eileene L. Parsons by 'taking up mantle of patriotism'- Premier Wheatley
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has encouraged all residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) to emulate the patriotism exhibited by the late Eileene L. Parsons, OBE. On July 1, 2025,...
BVIEC reports 24% reduction in electricity costs for recent billing cycles
Virgin Islands News Online
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LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- The British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Financial Controller, Mr Florencio Taray, has addressed frequently asked questions from the public regarding the revised, transparent electricity bill that came...
Stateless Palestinian Ward Sakeik released after five months in ICE custody
World Socialist Web Site
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July 4, 2025
Ward SakeikWard Sakeik, a 22-year-old stateless Palestinian newlywed, was released late Tuesday from the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas after enduring nearly five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. While her...
Premier hails VI’s regulatory strength at FinTech on the Seas
BVI News
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July 2, 2025
in All News / By: BVI News on July 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM / Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley praised the Virgin Islands’ regulatory strength and global reputation in financial services at the start of the “FinTech on the Seas 2025” conference, held at...
North Texas woman recounts time in ICE custody after 140-day detention
CBS Dallas - Texas
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For the first time since her release from immigration detention, an Arlington woman described the trauma of her 140-day confinement and the moment she reunited with her husband. Ward Sakeik, 22, spoke Thursday at a press conference held in a...
Three Antiguan Women Win at Caribbean Posh Icon Awards
Antigua News Room
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June 30, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Three Antiguan women were among the winners at the Caribbean Posh Icon Women Awards held in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Makeup artist Charity Henry, of Makeup by Charity H, received the Artistry in Beauty...
Newlywed detained by ICE after honeymoon insists she complied with all immigration policies
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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July 3, 2025
A newlywed Arlington woman spoke publicly for the first time Thursday after she was detained by ICE for five months while returning from her honeymoon. Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old stateless Palestinian woman who has lived in the United States since...
Stateless Palestinian woman released after months in ICE detention
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth - Texas
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IRVING, Texas - A North Texas woman is finally back home with her husband, after spending months in an ICE detention center. What we know: Ward Sakeik is Palestinian, but was born in Saudia Arabia, where there is no pathway to citizenship. So, she...