Tag: caribbean
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Unique Species & Animals in the USVI Mangroves
by Tara Thompson Three Different Mangrove Species Protect and serve the USVI The United States Virgin Islands is home to three different mangrove species: White Mangroves (Laguncularia racemosa), Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans), and Red Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle). Each species is unique and provides a host of services to the community and the environment. Mangroves protect…
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Virgin Islands Sees Heavy Representation at 3rd Annual Caribbean Music Awards
(St. Thomas, September 12, 2025). The third annual Caribbean Music Awards took place in Brooklyn on August 28 and aired on BET two weeks later on September 12. People from the entire Caribbean diaspora came out to support the region’s top talent in what was an incredible night for the market. While there were a…
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2025 UVI leadership Awards
UVI staff Congratulations to the following comm majors/minors for outstanding achievements this academic year: Felicia Felix– Outstanding Performance on Comunication Shugga D. Rosenbloom Excellence in InternaltionalJournalism Coverage; Communication Ambassador for Human/Civil Rights Jadynn Sibilly- Theatre Award and Kwaniqua Monsanto- Miss Sophomore, UVI Queen’s Court
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SAY HER NAME: LACOUR
LACOUR is on FIRE as she literally jumps over Wiley basketball rival during the Lady Bucs first win of the season. UVI Lady Buc’s First win of the season MA- LAY-AH: Say Her Name! Maliah Lacour is on Fire! The senior guard scored a season-high 27 points in a dominant performance on her senior night.…
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UPCLOSE and PERSONAL-UVI adds “Cool” new leadership
UVI Student Journalists Secure Exclusive Interview With University President by Maliah LaCour ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, Jan 2025— On a bright and bustling fall afternoon in 2024, three young reporters hurried into the administration building on the Orville E. Sheen campus at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). Members of the UVI Association…
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An Honest Conversation
by Trisha Sealy (STT, Nov 22, 2024). The recent attack, in early October, of a Virgin Islands school bus driver by students in the public school system was the top talk of any barbershop or beauty salon last week. The Saturday morning melee at this particular beauty salon centered around the role and responsibility of…
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STX Students Lack Basic Needs
by Felicia Felix, contributing reporter/photographer (STX, September 22, 2023). CHS and SCEC High School students joined in protest against inhumane, unfit school campus conditions and voice demands to DOE CHS and SCEC High School students joined in protest against inhumane, unfit school campus conditions and voice demands to DOE. Photo credit: F. FelixAfter more than…
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Manjaneel -short story
by Indeyah Todman Why the Manjaneel Tree is Poisonous The tree was mighty. The gigantic, godly tree with bright green leaves shaped like ovals stood 50 feet tall in the island sand. Its fruit was circular like an orange but was a light green color. On the island of St. Croix, everyone loved the tree…