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PR enacts law banning discrimination against natural Afro-textured hairstyles
VI CONSORTIUM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Puerto Rico’s Governor Pedro Pierluisi recently signed into law a landmark bill banning discrimination against those who opt to wear their unprocessed, Afro-textured hair in styles such as afros, locs, twists, cornrows and curls.
Venezuela passes law to annex region of Guyana
VI CONSORTIUM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, South America- In a move that intensifies the longstanding territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, Venezuelan lawmakers have thrown a fresh spark into the tinderbox by approving President Nicolas Maduro's ambitious plans to establish the state of Guayana Esequiba.
'Safe Haven' legislation for unwanted babies passes committee stage
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- USVI Legislation to provide a “safe haven” for newborns who are unwanted by their parents is making its way through the legislative process, having passed through the Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
O’Neal Webster’s Corporate, Banking & Funds receives IFLR1000 recognition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – [British] Virgin Islands law firm, O’Neal Webster’s Corporate, Banking, and Funds, along with three of the firm’s partners, has been recognised by IFLR1000, which is a leading international legal market research product specialised in ranking financial and corporate law firms and lawyers.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Ashellica A.L.S.S Fahie
By Ron O. D'Avilar
Being a legal mind doesn’t mean all books and no fun. When not practicing law, Young Professional and Entrepreneur Ashellica A.L.S.S Fahie channels her enthusiasm and zest for life and fun into building her business called “Buzinga! Fun”
Hypocrisy? Medicinal cannabis legal in UK since 2018 in $1.2B industry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– While some British Overseas Territories (OTs) like the [British] Virgin Islands and Bermuda have been blocked by the United Kingdom (UK) from setting up their medical marijuana industry, medicinal marijuana has been legal in the UK since 2018.
Recreational marijuana now legal in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, signed into law the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act (Act 8680), which allows for the legal use by adults of marijuana for recreational, medicinal and other purposes. It also allowed for the legal distribution of the drug in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).
We need a Police Chief that has a hatred for evil & crime
Hugh B. Thomas
As I sit here and meditate, it is so disturbing how far these islands have fallen. When I sit back and look over the condition of the islands, a place that is supposed to be a fortress and a tourist’s dream, all I see is garbage and trash. I see a people living in an elevated level of stress. Our seniors are not in a place where they can live a comfortable life and there are no programmes to help our poor and ill.
‘Believe it or not, I intended to become an Anglican Priest’– Lewis S. Hunte QC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The former Attorney General (AG) of the Virgin Islands, serving from 1982 to 1986, Mr Lewis S. Hunte QC said he almost did not enter the legal field, as he was looking at a career in the clergy as an Anglican priest.
Lewis S. Hunte QC makes cover of King’s Counsel Magazine
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Sri Lanka-based publication, The Kings Counsel Magazine has featured Lewis S. Hunte QC, who resides in the Virgin Islands, as its cover story for the August 2022, special edition of the magazine.
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