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When will the VI get a local Commissioner of Police?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mark Collins, a British National, is still on the job as Commissioner of Police (CoP) of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). He has been accused by his fellow police officers of some 55 counts of wrongdoing, including damming allegations of destruction of evidence, perverting the course of justice, defamation and interference with administrative justice and interference with the promotion process in the RVIPF.
Are we placing the right ladders on the wrong walls?
Alred C. Frett
When the Beginning appears as Tragic as the End:
I am no Jesus, and why I do the things I do without expectations, may be hard to answer, but according to your story, Jesus healed ten lepers and only one bothered to say thanks... I may have been blocked in progress, fired from Government, and taken off Radio Stations for opposing corruption, but that never stopped me from bringing Truth to the Youth, because they are not to blame, and they are our Future.
VI Premier speaks up for Caribbean people violated by UK
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Pointing out the hypocrisy of the United Kingdom (UK) regarding their treatment of particularly Caribbean people, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has painted a grim but all too true picture of the atrocities that the people of the Virgin Islands and the rest of the region have faced at the hands of the United Kingdom (UK), including via slavery and the more recent Windrush Scandal.
‘It’s an injustice’- Hon Rymer on Gov’t owing vendors for many years
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- It has been revealed in the House of Assembly (HoA) once again that the ousted National Democratic Party (NDP) Government found it convenient to owe local vendors for years while blindly investing millions in questionable projects, such as the BVI Airways Project.
We know who defends the rich but who will defend the poor?
Alred C. Frett
Lasting bad effects of Hurricane Irma:
Hurricane Irma is almost a year old and those lucky enough to survive still complain of things getting worse as landlords used the crisis to have tenants repair and rebuild their properties only to evict or overcharge them, especially when these victims have no means of defense – During the formation of the New Constitution, I argued for the inclusion of Public Defenders but that was omitted.
'I too was short changed' by insurance company' - Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Since the hurricane of September 2017, insurance companies have been accused of cheating residents out of a fair payout.
'The injustice, not cancer, killed Charmaine R. Rosan Bunbury'- Husband
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- It was a time of mourning but the hurt that ran deep due to the alleged injustice meted out to late magistrate Charmaine R. Rosan-Bunbury was hard to ignore, especially by her husband Alec G. Bunbury Snr and sister Rosemary L. Rosan-Jones aka ‘Cindy’, at her funeral on February 11, 2018.
Another case of injustice suffered by locals doing business in homeland
SLANEY HILL, Tortola, VI- His father Wilfred W. Smith was at the forefront with the Positive Action Movement in the late 60s, fighting to save Wickham’s Cay I and Anegada lands for future generations. They were successful and today many Virgin Islanders are proud owners of businesses on Wickham’s Cay I and many Anegadians own the land.
Claude O. Skelton-Cline to organise free insurance adjustors public meeting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Part of the criticism of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith (AL) is that immediately after hurricanes Irma and Maria they abandoned the people. Some international media went further, claiming the government collapsed.
‘There is a great injustice being done by insurance companies’- Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Having insurance resulted in many persons breathing a sigh of relief following the destruction of Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017; however, for many that relief has switched to frustration after visiting their various insurance providers.
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