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Wasted youthful enthusiasm facing governmental corruption
Alfred C. Frett
A crucial feature that places ‘Man’ above other ‘Animals,’ is his ability to reason and conceptualize, so it is heart breaking and disappointing to see our youth plagued by wasted opportunity, when good ideas wither before getting the chance to bloom.
List of demands from the Peoples' March
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Scores of residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) on Friday, June 8, 2018, protested perceived wrongdoings perpetuated against the people of the VI, by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) government.
Peoples' March: Crowd small but issues weighty-Julian Willock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Scores of residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) on Friday June 8, 2018, marched in a procession from the Sunday Morning Well to the Government Administrative Complex, shortly after 3:00 PM for the “Peoples’ March” —organised to protest perceived wrongdoings perpetuated against the people of the Virgin Islands (VI), by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) government.
‘I support the peoples’ march & will be there’-Opposition Leader
LITTLE HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI - Opposition Leader, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has publicly declared his support for the ‘Peoples’ March,’ set for Friday June 8, 2018. According to the Opposition Leader, “I support the march and I will be there.”
Influential Pastor lobbies national support for Peoples’ March
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI - A massive protest march, slated for Friday June 8, 2018, dubbed the ‘Peoples March,’ continues to gain support from influential Virgin Islanders—the latest lending support to the cause, Senior Pastor of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church, Reverend Dr Melvin A. Turnbull.
DG Archer reaffirms civil servants right to march on June 8, 2018
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI-Some civil servants have reported to our newsroom that there seems to be ‘intimidation on-going,’ to discourage them from marching on June 8, 2018, in the second protest demonstration on Tortola in many weeks.
2nd peoples’ march to demand answers; press for CoI into Govt. abuses
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Residents from across the Territory are being called on by the organisers of the ‘Peoples’ March,’ to join in its peaceful protest demonstration on June, 8, 2018 and proceed to the Premier's Office to present him with a copy of a demand for Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into his government’s alleged fiscal and other abuses.