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Emancipation celebration in VI is now a 'carnival'- Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While criticising the way the VI Emancipation Festival is celebrated in the Virgin Islands, outspoken clergyman Bishop John I. Cline blasted the local emancipation celebrations as one that has become a carnival.
‘It is Africa that owes Reparations’- Sandra Phillip-Hodge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While local politicians and Caribbean leaders have been making calls for the United Kingdom and other countries of Europe to pay reparations for slavery, there are some who believe the descendants of slaves should not concern themselves with that and that it is Africa who they should be looking to for reparations.
NLBC team touches down in Kenya for medical outreach
NAIROBI, Kenya, Africa- A medical outreach team organised by the New Life Baptist Church (NLBC) and Pastor Bishop John I. Cline has touched down in Nairobi, Kenya to provide children of the NLBC-funded Tortola Child Rescue and Education Centre (TCRAEC) with medical services and donations.
More than 1,100 migrants rescued off Italy in one day
BBC
Italy's navy has rescued 1,123 people from inflatable boats in the space of 24 hours, as clandestine migration from North Africa reaches record levels.
The lies of seeking traces of truth
By Alred Frett
This is the final week in the Freedom Month of August and my intent was to address the West Indies Emancipation Proclamation in as far as it relates to our present circumstances & systems.
BVP (Truth for the Youth)… THE RELIGION OF MINIMUM WAGE
By Alred Frett
Thanks to those who asked whether the absence of last week’s Article was due to those opposing my previous Articles, especially the last one that mentioned the Jubilee… The answer is no one appears to have done this… I did not supply an Article in order to allow you ample time for serious analytical assessment as to where you are presently and would like to be in the future.
Virgin Islanders encouraged to visit Africa
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Government officials, workers and delegates from the private sector gathered along with His Excellency Hon. Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, in an effort to show reverence to God, thanking him and asking him for guidance for the way forward.