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Record US lottery prize won in Florida
The largest Powerball lottery jackpot in US history, more than $590m (£388m), has been won by a ticket-holder in Florida, local lottery officials say. They said the winning ticket was sold in a supermarket in the Florida city of Zephyrhills ...
UN adds French Polynesia to decolonisation list in spite of ‘cool’ Britain, US
The UN General Assembly has voted to add French Polynesia to its list of territories that should be decolonised, affirming the right of the islanders to “self-determination and independence”. French Polynesia joins 16 other territories on the ...
US Virgin Islands Official Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges
Roberto Tapia, the director of the US Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources Division of Enforcement, was arrested Friday by federal agents on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession ...
Eyeing $600M Powerball jackpot? You have better chance of death by lightning
(CNN)-- The multi-state Powerball jackpot has risen to $600 million, with a cash value of $376.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. The jackpot marks the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, after no one ...
Seaborne Airlines Launches Two New Routes to Guadeloupe and Martinique
ST. CROIX, US VIRGIN ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 05/14/13 -- Seaborne Airlines announced Monday that they will launch two new routes from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the French West Indies Islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. These non stop flights will ...
Virgin Islands (U.S.) : ITT EXELIS plans to construct radio frequency transmitters for F-16 fighter jet [TendersInfo (India)]
As per the report, ITT Exelis, McLean-based has obtained a $9.4 million deal from Lockheed Martin to supply the Continuous Wave Illuminator subsystem for the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Lockheed also contrives for Exelis continuous wave illuminator subsystem to ...
Sopris Charters Turns Caribbean Sailing Vacations Into a Fashion
About Sopris Charters Serving the sailing charters industry in USVI since 1994, Sopris Charters is among the best reputed companies in the Virgin Islands. They organize memorable trips that last from several hours to one week or even more, revealing the ...
How ties that bind the V.I. community can help us all heal from homicides
As the Association of Virgin Islands Psychologists plans to hold its full day conferences and evening forum on the topics of violence and trauma in the Virgin Islands, the islands are again impacted by a series of violent incidents. In the last few months ...
Governor John de Jongh talks about developments in the US Virgin Islands
Governor John de Jongh says historically, the Virgin Islands have always lagged behind the US by about ... around the end of May I'll be dedicating a research and technology park on the island of St Croix which will open up that venue for us.
British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands, or BVI, comprise more than 40 Caribbean islands and islets with subtropical vegetation, white sandy beaches and coral reefs. The British overseas territory forms part of an island chain, alongside the neighbouring US Virgin Islands.

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