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‘God will deliver us from an Order in Council’- Hon Carvin Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Territorial At Large Representative and Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone is anticipating 2023 to be “a year of reckoning, reforming and resetting.”
‘If we forget God, this nation is doomed’- Hon Maduro-Caines
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- One of the three female legislators of the House of Assembly (HoA) continues to lead the spiritual walk of the people of the Virgin Islands and has issued a call for a return to a Christ-like realm heading into 2023.
Same-sex marriage a manifestation of a reprobate mind
Pastor Hugh B. Thomas
It is with a heavy heart I write this message. The [British] Virgin Islands is my home and as far as I can see, my people are living a life where the presence of God is not acknowledged.
‘Stop the crime & turn to God’- BVI Christian Council
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Christian Council (BVICC), which regards itself as the watchdog of the nation and the conscience of the community, has condemned the recent increase in gun violence and “barbaric acts” in the Virgin Islands and has called for the Virgin Islands to turn to God.
'Gambling of any kind amounts to theft by permission'- Dr Melvin A. Turnbull
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Senior pastor of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church, Dr Melvin A. Turnbull, adding his voice to the ongoing debate of gambling, says the acts amount to theft by permission and sometimes only God can help the gambler overcome his habits.
We must learn to live like brothers or perish together as fools
Lorna M. George
The above quote by Dr Martin Luther King Jr is so true. There was a murder committed in my village of Long Look the other day. My heart goes out to the family of the victim. We are destroying ourselves because of the hate, bitterness and hostility in our souls. Our society is saturated with hate and as result it is manifesting its ugly face as the violence we are seeing today.
We must love each other
Lorna M. George
When I attended College of the Virgin Islands, now called the University of the Virgin Islands, I had a white Chemistry professor who not only taught me in the classroom but also patiently tutored and coached me in Chemistry during office hours.
God is the axis of the VI
Lorna M. George
While a student at Tuskegee University in Alabama USA, one morning I was sitting at the table in the cafeteria with some young men from the other Caribbean islands having breakfast. A young Jamaican man beaming with pride declared that Jamaica is the axis of the Caribbean. Without missing a beat, I shouted back, “Jamaica may be the axis of the other Caribbean islands, but God is the axis to the [British] Virgin Islands.”
Should ‘God’ be in a national pledge?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With few residents paying attention to proceedings in the House of Assembly (HoA) because of how low rated the body is following the 2011 elections, many important decisions are made there that can affect generations to come.
100-Year-Old Virgin: 'Say No To Sex And Yes To God'
JAMAICA GLEANER
At 100 years old, Olga Christie has many pearls of wisdom to pass on to young women about preserving their virtue and never giving up.