What would an Obama Presidency mean for the Caribbean…as Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning said, “a breath of fresh air”.
If that isn’t enough fresh air for you then step outdoors and visit the mangrove lagoon treasure in St. Thomas.
And for some, new life will come from new artists in the music game as […]

Want to experience the VI from a first hand point of view…then check out this article about a traveler’s trip through British and U.S. waters or this local’s view of “growing up white” in the VI.

Did you know that the USVI stil has World War II veterans alive and well. 
The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Atlanta to protect two rare VI plants near extinction (Agave eggersiana and Solanum conocarpum). 
With all the talk of reparations, it seems the Fifth Constitutional Convention’s education committee would like […]

Here are some articles that are very informing, yet lack some details that could make them whole:

USVI reparations group African-Caribbean Reparations and Resettlement Alliance (ACRRA) has released a new theme song online called “We Want Reparations“.   We’re still trying to find where to listen to it online.  If you know please post it!
Colleen Tramontozzi of Norwich, […]

The USVI Customs and Border Patrol and VIPD has apprehended a man fleeing for PR that was involved in a recent robbery and shooting incident in St. Thomas.  In more positive news a new archaeological Project to Study Historic-Period Sites in the BVI has been announced.  And some more sports news, Aldermond Lesmond of the VI […]

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 […]

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As we ponder this question we came across this article that was supposed to address the issue, but was limited in it’s perspective.  Are there any more advantages to being a US Teritory than travel without a passport, not paying federal taxes and, well, cheap rum?  We definitely need to explore this a bit more…what […]