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The Edgar Leonard Vision of a better Virgin Islands
By Dickson Igwe
Edgar Leonard is a popular opinion contributor in the Virgin Islands. Leonard is a bright mind. He is an analytical type. His opinion pieces on economics, and how the management of scarce resources can affect the community for better or worse are required reading for all with a stake in the territory.
Every Vote Counts and Makes a Difference
By Edgar Leonard
The campaign curtain for the hotly contested 07 November 2011 general election is quickly closing. And Virgin Islanders are blessed with the right, privilege, opportunity and convenience to do what millions across the globe yearn to do or is restricted from doing---voting in a free and fair election. Like freedom and education, voting is a right that was not always available to Virgin Islanders; it had to be fiercely fought for.
BVI politics at a glance
By Edgar Leonard
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The general election teed up for 07 November 2011 was projected to be highly competitive and hotly contested. Thus far the campaign is red hot and living up to its billing. The combatants are armed (figuratively) and exchanging a volley of vicious verbal blows. Further, the interest in the election is historically high. In contrast to 33 candidates in 2003 and 35 in 2007, 43 candidates, a record number, tossed their hat in the ring to run in the 2011 gener
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