By Celeste Malone, PhD, MS (BVI News Online contributor) Although I have never lived in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), both of my parents are native BVIslanders and grew up there – my father in Tortola and my mother in […]
Category: Commentary
Opinion: Improve building roofing systems
By Edgar Leonard, Contributor Hurricane Irma, a category 5 (156+ miles an hour) hurricane and one for the annals of recorded history, ferociously slammed into the British Virgin Islands with a vengeance and ravaged, battered and decimated thousands of properties. […]
A story on disaster: Hurricane Irma and the Virgin Islands
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor This Old Boy manages a Facebook page he has named the Geography Game. On his page, he downloads data and information specific to geography, and how geography impacts human life. His page also attempts to give […]
Learning, education, and technological disruption
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The world of education and learning is changing too slowly for a swiftly changing world of work, and major social change. Educators must be aware of this development. The Brookings Institute has stated that one out […]
The resurrection of Jim Crow
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor United States President Donald Trump’s dog whistles to Nazis and white nationalists is symptomatic of America’s longest lasting national evil: racism. Today, Trump is the living vehicle for America’s racists and bigots, allowing racists to continue […]
BVI native retires after 31 years in US Navy
By Edgar Leonard, Contributor Command Master Chief Jeffrey Pickering has been piped ashore after 31 years of loyal, faithful, and honourable service in the United States Navy. He is the son of Donald ‘LK’ Pickering and Jubilee Pickering of Bell […]
Floods, storms, and very human responses
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor A tropical wave that dropped over 8 inches of rain on the Virgin Islands left Tortola severely damaged through flooding. The rain damage also exposed human frailty, nastiness, and courage. Nothing exposes the true […]
A national identification super card
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor In a very dangerous world where the criminal and terrorist hold crucial aces in the pack, to steal, maim, and murder, a national identification mechanism that is required to be held by every resident is no […]
Crime and Virgin Islands society
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Fighting crime in the Virgin Islands without factoring in the cultural and social element will end in complete failure. Crime fighters must understand the values sets that drive the numerous communities that make up the Virgin […]
Culture and race
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Globalization and the one world order have been supplanted by a resurgent western nationalism. This is a new beast based upon cultural power, not race. OK. Culture directs power and wealth, more than the other way […]
