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Making recovery a Christmas gift & New Year resolution
Alred C. Frett
When Fear & Frustration replace Hope & Celebration:
December… As we count down the final month of this year our tradition of welcoming Christmas with celebrations of Joy and a New Year with outpouring of Hope, have been threatened by the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria… A dose of Reality makes it difficult to forget the past, find comfort in the present and prepare for the future – Pretending otherwise simply brings more problems than solutions.
Jack Trickle Down or Jill bottom up?
Dickson Igwe
The following story highlights the centrality of economics in disaster recovery, post Hurricane Irma, for the Virgin Islands. Hurricanes Irma and Maria, add major floods, devastated the Virgin Islands in September 2017.
Economic recovery: The austere way
Dickson Igwe
The floods and hurricanes of September 2017 were the worst disaster to visit the Virgin Islands since the 1800s. The month of September 2017 was a crossroad for the Virgin Islands. The disasters of the month were an inflection point: a time of great change.
It does not have to get worse before getting better
Alred C. Frett
The past 12-months have been terrible for many of us who have lost Spouses, Homes and Livelihood but there is no turning back the hands of time… As a Writer, right or wrong, things I say, are there for all to see and I am fortunate not to have misled you even in the classic case of Trump’s mis-Election where, what you are now seeing and hearing is what I explained to you over a year ago… (You may check this).
Austerity or Stimulus: What economic medicine?
Dickson Igwe
The following story is on the economics of disaster. Hurricane Irma, a monster Hurricane, struck the Virgin Islands on September 6, 2017. Irma was the strongest hurricane to have visited the Caribbean in recorded history. Its impact on the Virgin Islands meant the worst disaster to visit the Virgin Islands since the 1800s. Irma was the Virgin Islands 911.
The Post Disaster Economic defibrillator
Dickson Igwe
The following story is part of a series of narratives: “A STORY OF DISASTER: HURRICANE IRMA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.” The proceeding narrative is on the economics of disaster. It is narrated from a layman’s perspective.
'West End community coming together to rebuild territory'- Deborah A. Lewis
WEST END, Tortola, VI - Following the passage of Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), Leader of the Opposition along with members of the West End community have been working tirelessly to get their community cleanup. The community even started a clean-up campaign.
'VI needs greater access to funds to successfully recover'- Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “My meetings in Washington DC were positive and secured confirmations from partners such as the CDB and the EU to support finding responsible ways to fund our recovery,” stated Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) on October 19, 2017.
Harrigan-Scott to raise awareness & funds for VI recovery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Territory’s most celebrated Sprinter, Tahesia G. Harrigan-Scott has teamed up with the Body and Soul Fitness Gym in Miami, Florida to host an event to raise funds in support of the recovery process in the Virgin Islands (UK) following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Are leaders holding us back from recovery??
Alred C. Frett
Learning to Recognise Hindrance from Help:
In less than a Month New Leaves are everywhere confirming Nature’s ability to rebound and barring any new Natural or Man-made Disasters our own Re-birth and Recovery are just as possible… Again, thanks to all those helping to make this happen - At the same time we must recognise and beware those Stumbling Blocks and Parasites from without and within who use this as an opportunity to rob others.
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