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Segregation and discrimination on Virgin Gorda, when will it stop?
By Donald de Castro – “Too old to be intimidated”
It is fact that when a community, island or country goes through a phase of development everyone should benefit not only the investor. The investor, whether he is a citizen or not, invests his money for one and one reason only and that is to make more money. That is how the capitalist system works and The Virgin Islands are part of the capitalist system.
deCastro flays Emancipation Festival; says it was a disaster!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Outspoken Talk Show Host, Donald deCastro has taken the organizers of this year’s Emancipation Festival to task in announcing his displeasure at the way things were done.
Concerned citizen writes to UK for intervention in Cruise pier project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following a recent investigative article written by this news site of July 26, 2012, regarding the United Kingdom’s concern with some aspects of the multi-million dollar proposed Cruise Pier Park Development, a letter has been obtained from one resident who had written to the UK and called for its intervention in the project.
deCastro questions if new health care scheme covers herbalists
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Donald deCastro disclosed that he “does not put any drugs in his body” and wants to know if the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which will be designed to allow more residents in the Virgin Islands wider access to health care, will cater for herbalists and naturalists.
Gov’t agencies lagging behind on info & data collection – deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One talk show host finds it “annoying and disrespectful” over the slow pace in which Government agencies churn out information or statistics on many of the social problems in the Territory.
Virgin Islanders: Discriminated & Neglected in their homeland?
By CARMELITA JAMIESON
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the unemployment rate among young Virgin Islanders a startling reality, many Virgin Islanders are of the strong view that there is consistent discrimination of them which is a major setback to securing jobs with the lack of enforcement of the Labour Code where Virgin Islanders should be the preferred employees and lack of initiative on Government’s part to offer adequate training to help qualify those who are not, to fill vacant posts.
deCastro – No to RT cruiseship dock expansion, yes to second dock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Outspoken talk show host and community activist Donald deCastro, strongly believes that the expansion of the Cruiseship dock in Road Town does not make much sense and suggested instead to have a second cruise ship dock in the Territory.
deCastro encourages youth to join trade union
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A call has been made by the Virgin Islands Workers Union for more young people to get involved in trade union and also for workers to see the need to be a part of it.
The excessive use of “Madam Speaker” in last HOA was worst- deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Radio talk show host Donald deCastro says he is still pleasantly surprised with the amount of persons who have been meeting him almost every day and telling him that they too are annoyed with what he terms as excessive use of the title Madam Speaker in the House of Assembly (HOA).
No disciplinary action taken against Marieta Flax-Headley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The public well remembered that one of the early decisions of new Minister for Education and Culture Myron V. Walwyn was his instruction to the then Ag. Chief Education Officer Jillian Douglas-Phillip to direct the Principal of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School, Marieta Flax-Headley to remove the slogan from her school that read; “Mighty Mighty Scatliffe.”
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