By Shaina M. Smith Hello Cell Phone Service Providers: I am making this call (hopefully it doesn’t drop before I can finish what I have to say) on behalf of the thousands of us who are your customers asking for […]
Category: Commentary
A Brexit Two remake!
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for a surprise UK General Election for June 8, 2017. This amounts to Brexit Two. The ‘June Surprise’ amounts to a second Brexit Referendum. The Prime Minister and the […]
IGWE: Trump goes nuclear!
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor America’s increasing global belligerence is good for global safety and security The spread of nuclear weapons beyond the core countries that have historically possessed these ‘seeds of the apocalypse’ is the greatest threat to world safety […]
Festival at Easter – Is this truly a nation built on God?
By Walter Barrett, Contributor Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing (1 Kings 18:21). […]
Virgin seas and the children’s future!
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Leveraging the maritime environment is the best thing that could happen for Virgin Islands youth, and future generations. It is not happening! Now, it never ceases to amaze this Old Boy the lack of vision this […]
Voter rebellion!
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Niccolo Machiavelli was a prominent 15th Century political philosopher. He was political adviser to the Italian City State of Florence and its rulers. Machiavelli’s summa work was ‘THE PRINCE’. In that historic work, Machiavelli stated that […]
Values, norms, and failed states
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The proceeding story is part two in a three part series. The narrative states the importance of values, morals, and culture, to the prosperity of countries. The Virgin Islands adopts the western values model of freedom, […]
COMMENTARY: Road safety is public safety
By Shaina M Smith, Contributor I would like to thank the Ministry of Communications and Works and the BVI Electricity Corporation for the installation of solar streetlights along the Sir Francis Drake Highway in the area we call The Bluff […]
Truly prosperous nations- part 1
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The measure of a country’s social and economic development is directly linked to its moral culture, and the quality of its ethical and values heritage Writers and commentators talk of a clash of civilizations when describing […]
HMS Brexit
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The Ocean Liner HMS Great Britain is heading into stormy seas. Those seas are troubled by matters surrounding Brexit? The proceeding narrative states that the UK economy is entering a period of uncertainty. ANDREW RAWNSLEY, writing […]