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Will Emancipation ever mean our freedom?
By Alred 'AC' Frett
Is it a Parade or just a Charade?
Year after year we claim and expect things to be different – to be better... However, except for the
shuffling around of events and minor cosmetics they never seem to be... Real factors like a late starting
of the Parade, a lesser respect for local talent and having to pay to enter the Emancipation/Freedom
Village have still remained points of contention... Nonetheless the Day will come, the beat goes on.
'Engaging & enlightening' Emancipation Exhibition officially opens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Emancipation Exhibition officially opened on Monday, August 12, 2024, at Sir Olva Georges Plaza in Road Town.
'We are not fully free people'- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on the people of the [British] Virgin Islands to open their eyes and acknowledge that their freedom is not complete and therefore should work towards complete autonomy.
Don't 'get lost in the dance & reggae & soca & parades’- Bishop Shawn D. Bartley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Guest Speaker at the 2024 Emancipation Service, Bishop Shawn D. Bartley called on [British] Virgin Islanders to speak up and out looking towards their past to have a great future, while expounding on the theme ‘Stronger Together’.
Freedom? Who said the struggle was over?
Alred C. Frett
Holiday still only comes before Work & Reward in the Dictionary:
Just a word of caution… We have lived the Past and look forward to the Future, but for better or worse, all we have is here and now… Time moves on; Summer has arrived, Festive Season is here, and threats of Hurricanes are upon us, but before getting lost in sadness or celebrations, let us do the best we can while we can, in preparing as if another Hurricane Irma is on its way… Better we are safe than sorry.
‘Let us stand up & fight for our country’ & constitutional rights- Lorna E. Tom
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A Virgin Islander who is not shy to express her views on happenings in the territory, Lorna E. Tom, has warned that the territory is at a critical juncture in its history, where the fundamental rights and values enshrined in the constitution are slipping away from the grasp of the new generation.
‘I cry for those who are colonised around the world’- Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries, and Agriculture, Dr The Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has reiterated calls for the end to colonialism around the world, especially for places like the [British] Virgin Islands.
‘We must never assist the colonialists’ to take away freedom- Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A son of the Virgin Islands soil who has always advocated for the empowerment of locals and persons of African descent, Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka, has warned Virgin Islanders to be wary not to facilitate nations that once enslaved our ancestors to make a repeat of history.
Emancipation Day in the Caribbean Region
Thomas C. Famous
As we look around our beloved Caribbean region, we see many things that have changed due to Covid 19. Less tourists, less work, hotels closed, all leading to mass unemployment, as never seen before in recent times.
Can too much ‘freedom’ hurt?
By Sandra Phillip Hodge (Victorious Moms Mentorship Outreach)
“Freedom” is the buzzword all around us at this time. The whole length and breadth of the Caribbean is in a celebration mode; and it is all about freedom…Freedom, or emancipation from chattel slavery which ended the dreaded plantation-slave existence of the majority of the people who populated this region.
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