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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize 

María Corina Machado, a key opposition leader in Venezuela, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025.

“She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee, awarding the prize on Friday at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo said.

The 2024 award was given to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations, “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”.

The recognition honoured the organisation’s decades-long campaign to abolish nuclear weapons and preserve the testimonies of the survivors of the US atomic bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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Marion Roslin Brooks Dies at 80

In profound sorrow, the management and staff of Turnbull’s Funeral Home & Crematory Services announce the passing of Marion Roslin Brooks, 80, of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, who entered eternal rest on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.

Marion is survived by her husband, Daniel (Donald), her children Nira (boom boom), Michael (Mickey) and daughter-in-law Ellen (El) , Her Grandchildren Avery Jr. (Terry), LaTricia (Trisha), Natoshia (Toshia), Sydney (syd) Amelia, and Charolette (Alex), her great-grandchildren, Shawn (Shawnee), LaNiece ( NeNe) and,Ciara (CiCi) Also, her remaining sisters, Evangeline, Edris, and Grace. Along with many Nieces and  nephews, God children, and dear friends.

Viewing will be held Sunday, Oct. 12 at 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at Shiloh Seventh day Adventist church followed by 10:30 a.m. service. Internment Eastern Cemetery 

Arrangements entrusted to Turnbull’s Funeral Home & Crematory Services.

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Cyril Anderson Daniel Sr. Dies at 80

Cyril Anderson Daniel Sr., aka “Andy,” of Enfield Green, transitioned into eternal life on Sept. 23. He was 80 years old. 

He was preceded in death by his mother, Sarah A. Daniel; father, William Daniel; spouse, Magarita Daniel; sisters, Enid Flemming, Ruth Tyson, Gladys Greenaway, Linda Morris; and brothers, Roy Daniel, George Daniel.

He is survived by his daughters, Beverly Williams, Ernestine Margant, Audrey and Rosetta Daniel; sons, Aliston Hanley, Cyril Jr. Richard and David Daniel; grandchildren, Shawn Hanley, Danielle Hanley, Otis, Chantel, Shevonne Hanley, Patricia and Bevrick Williams, Auditory Browne, Ian Daniel, Daleianna Roberts; great-grandchildren, Jossean, Jeanine, Judah Frances; nieces, Jant Panris, Cynthia, Mary, Joan Fleming, Myrthyn, Hilda, Helen, Audrey, Sandra, Olivia, Denise, Marylinda, Eugene; nephews, Bishop- Ernest Flemming, George, Esmon, Paul, and Sinclair Flemming, Calvin, Cecil, Cyril, Virgil (Daniel), Daxta, Lenny, Donal Daniel, Melvin Morris; great-niece, Rea Johnson, Jaime Richards; daughters-in-law, Shawndra Daniel; brothers-in-law, Hollis and David Prentice, Trevor, Carl, and Tracy Hanley; sister-in-law, Brenda, Beulah, Petronela and Vadencia Hanley, Marcia David, Paulina Hendrickson, Adline Tobus and Delita Slack, Selma Hanley; godchildren, Annaliza Joseph; cousins and other relatives, Candice Brown, The Liebert, Dariel, Hendrickson and Hamilton, Family of Barnes Ghaut Village Nevis, The Nesbitt Family, Olivia Hanley and Family, Arch Deacon Rudolph Smithen, Tyrone Petersen; other precious friends too numerous to mention; special friends, Oliver Smnithen, John French, Melvin Hanley, Mr. Leland Walcott, Janette Mafford, Monica Jacobs, Daphne Christian, Samuel Tyson, Patrick Williams, Pastor Carty, Grace, Christian, Adasa Edwards, Carmelita Roame, Members of the St. Johns Choir, and the Men’s Chorale; other relatives and friends too numerous to mention. 

Funeral service will be held on Oct. 16 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI. Viewing will begin at 9 a.m with service at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Kingshill Cemetery. 

Professional services are entrusted to James Memorial Funeral Home, Inc. 

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