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A series of stories looks at the Virgin Islands political scene as midterm approaches: What is the political pulse of the country approximately two and a half years ...

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Sometimes I do not quite understand what my people really want. In this instance I am referring to the few, but significant, negative criticisms of the Ministry of ...

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It is a given from time immemorial that during our productive years we would not only care for ourselves but contribute to the welfare of the Young & Elderly, so ...

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LETTER: Media workers in chains

Gosh! As an advocate for transparency, I can’t understand why everything has to be so secretive. One seriously wonders if the public has become the bedrooms of ...

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Part one of a story looking at the Virgin Islands labor market in light of recent assertions by political leaders and the realities of the world economy An online ...

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The Injustice of Justice makes Pupils into Prisoners and builds Prisons for Profit: Thanks to those Persons who constantly ask about the progress in relation to the ...

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A series of stories looks at the Virgin Islands political scene as midterm approaches: What is the political pulse of the country approximately two and a half years ...

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A series of stories looks at the Virgin Islands political scene as midterm approaches: What is the political pulse of the country approximately two and a half years ...

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Dear editor, I am disappointed with French lawmakers for legalizing same-sex marriage. Any attempt of proving the equality, in social and political terms, of ...

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BVP (Truth for the Youth)… Saturdays 6 – 7pm on ZROD 103.7FM & ZVCR 106.9FM Let no one help you beat your Child: This street Rumour that some Public ...

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The case for compensating the Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In 1838, British slave owners in the English-Speaking Caribbean received £11.6 (US$17.8) billion in today’s value as compensation for ...

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A series of stories looks at the Virgin Islands political scene as midterm approaches: What is the political pulse of the country approximately two and a half years ...

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Troubling Journalism?

I continue to be troubled by the trend of my noble profession of journalism and wonder whether I ‘retired’ too early. Not that I could change the world, but am ...

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Prevalent in both the natural and built environment and in both the indoor and outdoor environments, mold are microscopic organisms that live on plant or animal ...

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FACEBOOK – TWITTER: the pros and c...

A series of stories on why a well thought out and managed social media dynamic is crucial to the Virgin Islands economy. This narrative begins with a weeklong ...

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BVP (Truth for the Youth)… Saturdays 6 – 7pm on ZROD 103.7FM & ZVCR 106.9FM When those who fail them are those who jail them: Sporadic resignation & ...

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‘Piggish’ customer service e...

Dear Editor, My experiences of poor customer service at one supermarket in Road Town are many, but last evening was beyond what I could countenance. And in case you ...

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This is a follow on to a companion article, The High Cost of Dumping Untreated Effluent into the Sea. The BVI’s territorial waters (sea) is a precious water ...

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OPINION: TEXAS in the age of OBAMA

A series of stories on a complex, new, and swiftly moving global paradigm, that spells a major shift of economic power away from the North Atlantic to the Asian ...

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This second of three stories on migration into the Virgin Islands states that the end of residency, citizenship, and belonger status, through length of stay, is on ...

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The West Indian Islands are comprised of the Bahamian Islands, the Turks & Caicos Islands, and the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, the Cayman Islands, the ...

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With the recent dismissal of the Youth Development Officer, the BVI Football Association Administration needs to revisit their development strategy for football in ...

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Be it known that Practice makes Perfect for the Good, the Bad & the Ugly: After hearing me speak of the Malice & Corruption within such Public Service Bodies ...

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The first of two stories asks some very tough questions on an issue that is clearly dividing the Virgin Islands. It is also a story on why lamenting about a changing ...

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Are BV-Islanders wrong to seek Truth & Facts??: Following our last article concerning perceived Dangers of National Health Insurance I was accused of opposing ...

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Poor customer service is bad for Virgin Islands commerce This Wannabe Village Sheriff sat in on another high powered meeting the other day. And again he was in the ...

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Dear Editor, My name is Robert Isaac. I’m 12 years old. I attend the JVD Secondary school and I am in Form 2. I live on JVD and was born here in the BVI. I am ...

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First of two stories stating that the vocations and technical subjects are critical for Virgin Islands development and prosperity A popular Virgin Islands Senator ...

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Letter: Unprofessional, talkative police

Dear Mr. Editor Yes I was guilty. Guilty of driving without my safety belt 100 yards where I got in my vehicle. Before I realized that I wasn’t wearing it, a ...

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OPINION: PA PA DOC and BABY DOC – ...

The following calypso is of a tough and ruthless former Virgin Islands National leader and his terrible henchman Now! Once upon a time, when KING KONG aka PA PA DOC ...

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OPINION: Seeking freedom from oppressive...

Welcome to the Simplest Truths you will ever hear: This is the 21st Century and still our People continue to suffer as those we employ & pay to be Civil Servants ...

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OPINION: When KING CUSTOMER is treated l...

Poor customer service is bad for Virgin Islands commerce  Now this eternal thinker was privileged to sit in on a high powered meeting the other day. He was one of ...

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OPINION: 21st century blacks should stop...

Black Man needs no help from the White Man in destroying himself February 2013 has arrived and again we celebrate another Black History Month which implies some ...

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OPINION: Fahie’s ambition must be prai...

Dear Editor, If members of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) want to see power again, they need to change their thinking and face reality. Their remedy did not work in ...

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OPINION: The Age of Obama

A series of stories on a complex, new, and swiftly moving global paradigm, that spells a major shift of economic power away from the North Atlantic to the Asian ...

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OPINION: A Virgin Islands tale – R...

WELL SIR! The story is on the highways and byways: JUICY GOSSIP rising out of WHOREHOUSES, and OUTHOUSES; STRIP JOINTS and RUM SHOPS, not to forget METE at the ...

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OPINION: Public service terrorism and th...

?? Wooden Glasses or 20/20 Vision??: Following the last article some local parasites called me stupid because I refuse to beg for what should be my natural right ...

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OPINION: Tales of the Virgin Islands

Helen of Troy, Robert Mugabe, and KING KONG: a political satire Now your Wannabe Admiral Horatio Nelson is dumbstruck. The anger of a cross section of the Virgin ...

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OPINION: Rights and Privileges – A...

For years here in The Virgin Islands there is a continuous conversation by so many people in regards to children being born in this Territory by expatriate parents ...

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Missing dads and neglectful mothers

Final story on poor parenting and social dysfunction: two evils creating a new social underclass in the Virgin Islands. There is a social malaise in the Virgin ...

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OPINION: Think of British governance in ...

Does anyone on the planet use dial-up with their home phone to go on our blinding high-speed Internet in this day and age? My guess is that it would be a miracle to ...

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OPINION: Sir Richard Branson: global adv...

Globalism and internationalism are two themes dictating political, social, and economic, agendas, everywhere. The Learjet begins to make its final descent into ...

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OPINION: Are you crazy? – Kings &#...

When False Tales turn Jackals into Jackasses: Persons claiming to be in the know have told me that the Big Ones have been listening to what I have been saying and ...

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Below is a letter written by Donald deCastro addressed to Mr. Mark Simmonds of the House of Commons in England and copied to Governor Boyd McCleary. The letter ...

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OPINION: Picking sense outta nonsense &#...

Leaving 2012 on a lighter Note: There are some things Persons don’t know & wish to know or in some cases may know & wish not to know… Then again there ...

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On international airports, cruise ship v...

There is no escaping the influences of globalization on Virgin Islands politics, commerce, and community. The beginning of this medley cum commercial story is an ...

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Cancelling Christmas

WHAT HAPPENED IN 2012? – WHY WAS CHRISTMAS CANCELLED??? Knowledge leads forward – Ignorance leads Backward: A look back at 2012 some may feel nostalgia but ...

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Public service terrorism… Part 3

BVP (Truth for the Youth)… Saturdays 6 – 7pm on ZROD 103.7FM & ZVCR 106.9FM To Hell with the Truth – We don’t have to answer to anyone: As expected I ...

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Extravaganza Plus at Althea Scatliffe Pr...

I read all the time of performances of various groups and individuals in this country. Fortunately or on fortunately I do not go out as when I was younger. Mostly to ...

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Globalism and the new class system

Second story on poor parenting and social dysfunction: two evils creating a new social underclass in the Virgin Islands. This second narrative offers a historical ...

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Eliminating Stress

As the holidays approach, Cimorge Counseling & Consultation, Inc., shares the article “Eliminating Stress”. With the many roles and responsibilities of life, ...

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Public service terrorism… Part 2

BVP (Truth for the Youth)… Saturdays 6 – 7pm on ZROD 103.7FM & ZVCR 106.9FM Who think our suffering is in accordance with the will of God??: Wake up my ...

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The Virgin Islands Parental Deficit: a s...

First of two stories on poor parenting and social dysfunction: two evils creating a new underclass and negative subtype in the Virgin Islands Poor parenting, and the ...

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The practice of public service terrorism...

BVP (Truth for the Youth)… Saturdays 6 – 7pm on ZROD 103.7FM & ZVCR 106.9FM ?B&F Medical Belongs to the People: Over the past months we have been ...

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Beauty and the beast

Dear Editor, Allow me to start with the following quote from Chelsea Cooley, Miss USA 2005: “I had critics call me, ‘Miss Piggy USA’ and ‘The Worst Miss ...

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Lessons on globalization from Africa

This story is part of a series of narratives on the benefits of Foreign Direct Investment and Globalization to the Virgin Islands. It looks at how FDI is pulling ...

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Scary moments spark pedestrian’s c...

Dear editor, I hope I won’t ever read a story about anyone being fatally hit on any of the pedestrain crossings around Road Town and other parts of the territory. ...

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Heart-attack concern

Dear Editor, All of a sudden there have been all these sad stories about heart attack. Rumours are spreading about other cases, but only two deaths in the last few ...

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Dangers for small West Indian States

Regional and global integration are no longer options for Caribbean states. Sir Ronald Sanders, Caribbean Diplomat and Journalist, made a crucial assertion in a ...

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Devotion to the Souls in Purgatory

Dear Editor, In a world that has become largely materialistic and which has all but lost the sense of sin, most believers today presume upon God’s mercy that when ...

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BVI’s progress halted by greed, envy &...

BVP (Truth for the Youth)… Saturdays 6 – 7pm on ZROD 103.7FM & ZVCR 106.9FM Who cares if the loss of a Child is the loss of a Future?: Persons insist on ...

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Premier responds to Andrew Fahie’s...

EDITORIAL NOTE: The following is Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith’s response to a number of  post-budget comments made last week by Opposition Member and First ...

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The unforgiving global workplace

The global workplace suffers neither fools nor the mediocre. And the right governing environment, attractive social and physical infrastructure, and globally ...

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Shocking revelations: “Blame game&...

Dear Editor, In the Criminal Justice System the Prosecution and the Police are like un-identical twins – one black; one white; but which is which? One would humbly ...

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AGRICORE VI: BVI Horse “Industry&#...

The Virgin Islands Horse Racing industry has been a topic that has provoked much conversation over the years. For a sport that attracts a decent crowd, it is tagged ...

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