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Rescuing ourselves from political treason
Alred C. Frett
When Their Good ‘Ol Days become Our Bad 'Ol Days:
With so many local issues begging to be addressed it becomes frustrating when international matters far beyond our control suck all the Oxygen out of the room… Nonetheless we can no longer block out the World by sticking our Heads in the sand... Whether Friend or Foe, Child or Adult, Local or International; we are not alone - The Shenanigans of Mr Trump will affect us all.
‘Fake News’; No USA Visa free travel for Caribbean nationals!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The rise of fake news around the world has become a cause for concern as many persons are unable to differentiate the fact from misinformation.
UPDATE: Ex-US President Barack H. Obama arrives in BVI
BEEF ISLAND, VI- This news site first and accurately reported earlier this evening, January 23, 2017 that former US President Barack H. Obama and wife Michelle L. Obama were expected in the Virgin Islands in a matter of hours.
USVI joins US & world in Women’s March against Donald J. Trump
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERKSTED, St Croix, USVI- — The scenes around the world — and especially in US cities where, collectively, millions gathered from Chicago to the nation’s capital in protest of the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump — were stunning.
President Donald J. Trump the Populist
By Dickson Igwe
Donald J. Trump confirmed his populist credentials in his fiery inaugural speech of January 20, 2017. Trumps “America First diatribe” had as it theme a cliché: “charity begins at home.”
Political Correctness gets a bloody nose
Dickson Igwe
The advent of Donald J. Trump is a middle finger to globalisation and political correctness. It is also a return to the politics of social class, racial division, and anti migration. Is progressivism a going against the grain of what people really are? Is nationalism a natural feature of human kind? Are human beings not parochial and xenophobic by nature? Can these so called “negative traits” be reversed by better education, exposure to a global culture, and media influence?
Globalisation on the ropes
Dickson Igwe
The key reason Donald J. Trump “trumped” the polls, the political experts, and the liberal media, on November 8, 2016, had to do with a dynamic that no one expected would be so powerful.
Give Trump a chance; Will do a good job- Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the world is still trying to come to terms with the results of the November 8, 2016 US Presidential Election that saw Billionaire Donald J. Trump emerging as President-elect, a local talk show host is advocating for him to be given a chance, adding that he believes that he will do a good job.
Age of Trump
Dickson Igwe
Donald J. Trump is the new king of these majestic Americas. Trump is the new leader of the western world, also known as the Free World. However, the billionaire’s toxic brand of populist and nationalist politics is very dangerous.
US & VI may be better off with Donald J. Trump as President- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader and Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA, who had predicted a victory for Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America, is optimistic that both the United States of America and the Virgin Islands may be better off with Mr Trump at the helm.