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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
?? 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In the criminal justice system, police and prosecutors are like Siamese twins. Prosecutors cannot justly secure convictions in the courts without proper police ...
Dear Editor, As the expat tit-for-tat continues in the BVI, I thought I might share a very interesting article I have found in an October 31, 2012 publication of The ...
Dear Editor, Since we all have been harping on this topic, I have been thinking long and hard how to become more involved in the development of this territory where ...
Dear Editor, I had the misfortune of having to call a government department late last week. I could not get over my temptation to write these few lines to express my ...
On Monday, October 1 at approximately 8:30 am, I went to the Cash ‘N’ Carry in Purcell; the grocery store has a large parking lot. As I was getting out ...
Republished from the Antigua Observer Dear Editor: I read with interest a news item as captioned recently ‘Solutions to high regional fares’ and questioned to ...
Below is a letter written by businessman and talk show host Donald dec Castro and sent to Ag. Chief Education Officer Jillian Douglas-Phillip. Dear Mrs. Phillip I ...
Since when have local businesses been allowed to ’round up’ the total when paying for goods or services? Is this even legal? Surely the price written on ...
Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon I took my daughter to the Festival Village and while there I observed that there was no Union Jack or Virgin Islands flag, however, I ...
Dear Sir, I am writing you on behalf of myself and the many other concern citizens and residents of the Virgin Islands in regards to the proposed Tortola Pier Park ...
Dear Editor: I am writing to bvinews.com to see if they can do what the RVIPF is supposed to be checking on. Since Friday last week, there has been a suspicious ...
Innocent? Guilty? Not sure! In the United States of America, it is estimated that, according to research, “1 out of 8 Black men in their 20s is in prison or jail, ...
Please note that there was a burglary at a home in Towers, West End on Friday 16th March, 2012, during the day. A netbook was stolen along with jewelry valued at ...
Friday morning, we all awoke to shocking and very sad news of yet again another person having lost their life to gun violence in these once beautiful, peaceful, and ...
Dear Editor, This past Wednesday 14th of March, 2012 I became a victim of theft for the 4th time in the past 1.5 years. On the first occasion I had my wallet and all ...
I am compelled to write this letter based on today’s news reports about the slogan ‘The Mighty Mighty Scatliffe’ being removed from the Althea Scatliffe ...
I am one of many employers in the territory who is a victim of favouritism, nepotism and corrupt practices within the BVI Labour Department. This is not an attack on ...
Imagine my amazement the other night when I went to book two flights on American Airlines (AA) from Beef Island to San Juan. The price: $755 for one adult and one ...
The death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi should not be a cause for rejoicing but rather it should lead us to reflect on our own eventual death and on the moral ...
The role of government (governing) anywhere and at any level is inherently challenging and complex; government has the unenviable task of trying to meet the needs ...
Without vision the people perish. Where there is no vision the people perish. These expressions or variations of them are bandied about by many politically engaged ...
Before the floods of 2010, I have been jogging in the vicinity of Paraquita Bay; more specifically along the agricultural road. Since the 2010 floods until now there ...
I recently read the above captioned article on this online news site regarding the status of children born in and out of wedlock, as it relates to English Common Law ...
The Virgin Islands (VI) is at a crossroad in its development. Many of its sons and daughters contributed immensely to its present ascent up the growth and ...
Hello, once again to all who are reading this article. It has been some time since I wrote anything and I have been encouraged to continue writing by persons in the ...
I call on legal fraternities, legally inclined citizens and legislatures, to help me if I may have said anything in this article which might be legally inaccurate. ...
Let me throw this question to the reading public,then prepare myself to take blows: WHY DO WE NEED THREE FESTIVALS AT THE SAME TIME ON A SMALL ISLAND LIKE TORTOLA? I ...
In recent decades, the Catholic Church has been a prophetic voice warning that no-fault divorce, contraception, cohabitation and promiscuity would lead to a ...
Amy Winehouse’s public descent into the primitive abyss of promiscuous sex, profanity and drugs is a reflection of a society that, as her last album title ...
First, I would like to offer my best wishes to the newly launched political party, the People’s Patriotic Alliance, and its three candidates for the upcoming ...
I am blessed to have associated myself with wonderful men and women whom I have met throughout my life who were able to deposit positively into my life’s account. ...
“…take heed that no man deceive you” – Matthew 24:4 Good Morning to all our readers. There is some myth going around that Judgment Day is on Saturday, ...
I find it sad that the U.S. Presbyterian church has seen fit to pervert the World of God by accepting practising homosexual ministers. The Bible clearly and ...
The U.S. has offered no evidence whatsoever to show that Osama Bin Laden made even the slightest movement to resist the Navy Seal attack. No matter what one thinks ...
The death of Osama bin Laden should not be an occasion for rejoicing but serve as an opportunity to seriously reflect on death and the responsibility we all have ...
It wasn’t to long ago that government issued a request for bid – for a promoter to pull together the BVI Music Festival. I find it to be a great conflict ...
Lady Gaga’s recent attempt to rehabilitate the disciple Judas is nothing new. In April 2006, the agnostic “Gospel of Judas” went on display in ...
Well, I have always wondered why, why ,why, when there’s some grave issue occurring in the BVI, by BVIslanders and especially among those that are elected to ...
Holy Week is upon us. It is a time when we fast with joy, submitting ourselves to spiritual struggles in preparation for the sorrowful Passion and joyful ...
Oh dear, what can the matter be, Oh dear, what can the matter be, Oh dear, what can the matter be…..why can’t we see no progress. I would like to address this ...
Though British Virgin Islanders represent more than 50 percent of the population, they fill only 25 percent of directors, partners and senior management positions at ...
Dear sir/madam: If anyone is wondering why proper drainage is important in road design and property development, if anyone has ever wondered whether some road cuts ...
I am a resident of Jost Van Dyke and I would like to write an article about the incompetence of the Public Works Department (PWD)! For years now, the ghut behind ...
I am from Miami, Florida and I recently travelled to St. Thomas to spend some time in the islands. I took a day ferry over to Tortola today and on my way back I ...
A Condition Precedent initiates a duty. A Condition Precedent is an external fact upon which the existence of the obligation depends. In contract law a condition ...
Elroy M. Henley, Jr. was born in Chattanooga, TN. He is the son of the late Corrine Milliner, a graduate of Charlotte Amalie High School and the 1st runner up for ...
To the Government of the British Virgin Islands I am writing to BVINews.com as I do not know which department in the government to plead to. As a concerned ...
