Tag: USVI
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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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Steel Pan and Scorching Sun: ‘Love City Pan Dragons’ Electrify Coral Bay Car Show
Staff (St. John, USVI, Sept. 2025). The Coral Bay Car Show roared to life with gleaming chrome, the scent of local barbecue, and the unmistakable pulse of steel pan music echoing through the hills. Under a relentless Caribbean sun that had umbrellas popping and fans whirring, the Love City Pan Dragons delivered a high-energy performance…
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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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What’s a Birthday without Ice Cream? 🍦
University of Virgin Islands host an Ice cream social to celebrate UVI’s 63rd birthday. Students come together to enjoy a sweet treat from a local Ice cream truck known as “On Thin Ice” and music.
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LaCour Shines Through the Losses
Staff (St. Thomas. January 2025) Maliah LaCour’s performance against the Lady Knights women’s basketball team from Southern University in New Orleans earlier this month was exceptional. Her display of Caribbean sports prowess at the Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas was a sight to behold despite the team’s disappointing loss of 93-63. …
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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…
