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VI’s Jaleel J.N. Croal named MVP of American Conference after winning 60m & 200m
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, USA- Virgin Islands’ sprinter Jaleel J.N. Croal kept the territory’s flag flying proudly at the 2024 American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex on Saturday, February 24, 2024, as he was named Most Valuable Performer (MVP).
VIslander Dimari Thomas charged for robbery in Alabama
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islander Dimari Thomas has found himself in a county jail in the United States for an alleged armed robbery carried out on a gas station on Thursday September 29, 2016.
From Selma to Ferguson to the BVI
By Alred C. Frett
A recent Department of Justice Report resulting from the fatal shooting of Ferguson’s unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, shows his complicity in the incident but also details a pattern of racial discrimination and stereotyping of Blacks among Police, Prison and Court System… These included Police using excessive force against Blacks and undue harassing of Black Drivers.