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ST. THOMAS - Two timeshare owners have jumped into the legal battle over property taxes, filing lawsuits against the Virgin Islands government in District Court that charge their property taxes have been calculated improperly and that the current taxation setup violates their equal protection rights.
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ST. THOMAS - The 46th Annual July Open Billfish Tournament - the longest annually held angling contest in the Virgin Islands - will begin today with a fleet of 18 boats hailing from St. Thomas, St. Croix, Virgin Gorda, St. Martin, Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland.
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ST. JOHN - The reverberating sound of a conch shell horn rolled through Franklin Powell Park on St. John on Friday afternoon.
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For those of you who have supported and followed my progress thus far, you know that "Going Against the Grain" is the basis of all my work. I believe in being who you are and living in truth of self despite what others say, what is popular at the time or circumstances. I truly believe we would be in a much better place if we can embrace this simple belief ... be who you are ... be beyond...
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ST. THOMAS - The Environmental Association of St. Thomas-St. John is looking for volunteers to help plant trees at the Humane Society of St. Thomas' soon to be opened Humane Care Campus.
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ST. THOMAS - A man was shot dead in the area of Pillsbury Heights on Friday, just two days after another homicide in the same area.
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Operation GAP - Getting Answers Through Prayer - will hold the first ever Territorial Week of Prayer beginning Monday and ending July 12.
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ST. CROIX - Hundreds gathered during several Emancipation Day events Friday to celebrate the sacrifices made by enslaved Africans to demand their freedom 161 years ago on July 3, 1848.
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In an effort to save Maho Bay Camps on St. John, the Trust for Public Land has started a fund and is seeking donations to help purchase the property.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
We are now in a time of integrity, when things that have been wrong are made right. If Native Virgin Islanders are protected and cared for, we will all win.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
TORTOLA - Jamaica's Reggae Boyz's hopes of returning to the Centrobasket Tournament by making an opening statement in the CBC Championships, that opened on Tuesday and ends on Saturday, were dealt an early blow with an 88-76 loss to Trinidad's Soca Warriors.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Another milestone is once again celebrated in the United States Virgin Islands. It's another anniversary of our emancipation from the cruelties of slavery. This is a time to reflect on the horrors, the pain, and sufferings of our ancestors while we pause to meditate on our hopes for full emancipation in the future.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
We are called on as a people to recall the significance of these two most important days in our history. We are reminded of the sacrifices and the struggles of those who came before to defend our freedom and end the scourge of slavery.
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
As we observe Emancipation Day, a milestone in our struggle for freedom, we must understand that our ancestors left us a militant legacy of cultural resistance. Because our ancestors had defeated our foes - slavery and serfdom in 1848 and 1878, respectively, they changed the social relations between the slaves and slaveholders or laborers and capitalist planters in the Danish West Indies (DWI).
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Turn us loose, set us free from all the chains that bind me, let us run in our own direction. Let us go, set us free from all the propaganda and lies that your people try to teach us."
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