Nanna Debois Buhl, graduate from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark, MFA (2006) is the current Artist in Residence at The Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts. She will be presenting her recent artworks, “Virgin Islands Records: Colonial history and collective memory” at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, 10 […]

Does the political situation in Zimbabwe affect people in the Caribbean?  Approximately 30 years ago Bob Marley said that “Every man have a right to decide his own destiny” in the song “Zimbabwe” the video of which is posted below.  So does Mugabe have the right to decide the destiny of a whole nation?  Some […]

The 2008 Virgin Islands Leadership Summit will take place this week Thursday and Friday (June 26th - 27th) at the National Press Club in Washington D.C..  This event is being organized by the V.I. Institute of Development, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank headquartered in DC that focuses on policy issues and trends affecting the USVI. 
The goal of the […]

Big news on the Big Virgin…
  Diageo (DGE.L: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s biggest alcoholic drinks group, said on Monday that it will build a distillery in the U.S. Virgin Islands that will supply the rum used to make its Captain Morgan branded products for the United States.
The facility on the island of St Croix […]

Russ and Kevin Otway have decided to turn their life experiences into motivation for starting Veterans Energy Solutions (VES), a licensed, bonded, and insured Green Energy Consulting Company in Florida.  According to this article out of Miami, part of the motivation came from their experiences in the US Navy before and during the Iraq War.  Here’s an […]

With oil at $140 per barrel and Hovensa adding 24 to 29 cents per gallon to wholesale gas prices, it seems not even WAPA is safe from the price hikes as they can barely afford to pay their electric bills!  Luckily (or we hope it’s so) the USVI will begin to regulate price increases for gasoline […]

 ”Airlines are cutting back across the world as passengers balk at paying fares that have risen along with fuel costs. The Caribbean is particularly vulnerable because one foundering airline, American, controls much of the market — carrying more than 60 percent of passengers traveling through Puerto Rico last year.
American now expects to cut daily flights […]

Hurricane season began June 1 and experts are predicting an “active” to “very busy” hurricane season, are you ready?
 FEMA has posted 2008’s hurricane preparedness tips online.
“FEMA’s online products range from simple steps a family should take in advance of a storm to a list of specific items to include in a disaster supply kit. These […]

Congratulations to all the graduating seniors from all schools in the V.I.  Now its time to take your skills and put them to work making the V.I. and the world a better place!

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