Virgin Islands Entrepreneur Tasha Baron Smith Turns Discipline and Faith Into a Financial Leadership Movement

For Tasha Baron Smith, numbers have always carried meaning — not just for balance sheets and budgets, but for what they reveal about possibility, purpose, and peace of mind. Born in Dominica and raised in St. Thomas, Smith transformed her early...

Planned Trump staffing cuts loom over National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife, Land Management

Cuts to the federal agencies that manage national parks, science and public lands are expected to result in firings across the West, Southeast and Great Lakes, among other places, Trump administration plans reveal. In a court filing this week, the...

What's Jacksonville's weather like this week? The latest on Invest 98L

Jacksonville will experience a week of pleasant, sunny fall weather with mild temperatures. A High Rip Current Risk is in effect for Northeast Florida beaches, and beachgoers should use caution. A tropical wave, Invest 98L, has a high chance of...

Government House Proposes Zoning Change to Allow Microbreweries and Microdistilleries in Virgin Islands

A proposal from Government House to expand zoning restrictions to allow for microbreweries and microdistilleries is expected to come to the Senate floor for deliberation in the near future. According to Jean Pierre Oriol, commissioner of the...

Evidence of catastrophic medieval tsunami in Caribbean reveals future risk to British Virgin Islands

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Q3 Crisis Review: When Conduct, Culture and Context Collide

If Q2’s crises showed brands grappling with politics and polarization, Q3 brought the same dynamics home – to the boardroom, the algorithm, and the brand logo. This quarter’s 14 cases written by our editors reveal a world where reputation risk is...

These Are the Culinary Teams Coming to Barbados for Taste of the Caribbean

The Caribbean’s top chefs and mixologists are preparing to take center stage in Barbados this November. The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association has announced the participating culinary teams for the 2025 edition of Taste of the Caribbean, set...

Hilton (HLT) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Note: This is an earnings call transcript. Content may contain errors. Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS President & Chief Executive Officer — Christopher J. Nassetta Chief Financial...

Mostly cloudy, brief shower or two this morning with a thunderstorm in parts this afternoon

Outer bands from Tropical Storm Melissa, currently located about 300 miles south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the National Weather Service said. The storm will continue moving across the local waters and are expected to reach coastal areas...

Alpine and University Bound renew partnership to offer free SAT prep for Virgin Islands students

High school juniors and seniors in the United States Virgin Islands will soon have another chance to prepare for college success through Alpine’s free SAT Preparation Program. Offered in partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands’...

Climate-curious but confused? Grab a beer and some cards

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A reggae promoter, two schoolgirls and a poet walk into a Nairobi garden. Or a college student, a tango instructor and a pastor walk into a café in Cleveland. All recently gathered to play Climate Fresk, a...

Grenada secures 4-1 victory over British Virgin Islands

The Grenada Senior Men’s National Team (SMNT) continued their strong run of form on Wednesday evening, securing a decisive 4-1 victory over the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in an international friendly at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium. The...

Phones are banned in Florida schools: Studies show improved test scores, better attendance, and fewer distractions

Phone bans in schools linked to improved academic results and fewer distractions, multiple studies find. (Getty Images) Around 20 US states and territories—including Washington, D.C., and the US Virgin Islands—have now implemented similar phone...

Barbados in better position to forecast weather events

Barbados is now better positioned to forecast weather events, particularly hurricanes. This is the result of information recorded by an ocean glider, an unmanned underwater vehicle used for ocean science, which was deployed 10 kilometres offshore...

Hon Vincent O. Wheatley attending OECS Health Ministers meeting in Grenada

GRAND ANSE, St George's, Grenada- Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9), is attending the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) 11th Meeting of Ministers: Health in Grenada. Honourable Wheatley joined...

New Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre ‘is meaningful to me’- Hon Rymer

JOHN’S HOLE, Tortola, VI- District 5 Representative and Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer, has said the reopening of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre is meaningful to him. The Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre,...

Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment

How much pollution a facility engaged in production or resource extraction emits isn’t just based on its location, its industry or the type of work it does. That’s what our team of environmental and financial economists found when we examined how...

Former EPA Region 2 administrator Lisa Garcia considers environmental justice with Trump in power

As a child, Lisa Garcia spent her summers in a South Bronx where playgrounds had more cracked pavement and asphalt than grass. She biked or hung out on stoops with her friends. She considered herself outdoorsy, even if the outdoors looked a little...

Forecasters perplexed by Tropical Storm Melissa's path

With little to guide it, slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to meander over the central Caribbean Sea for at least the next couple of days, potentially powering up to hurricane strength as it does so. And as of Oct. 21, top computer...

Road Town public-private partnership progress questioned

in All News / By: BVI News on October 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM / Questions are being raised about the progress of the long-promised public-private partnership (PPP) for the revitalisation of Road Town, with residents asking when visible improvements...