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Keep out! Virgin Gordians shut out of the Yacht Harbour?
SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI- Confusion is in the air over residents catching the ferry to Tortola, going to do banking or to purchase an item at the dive shop from the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour.
Exclusive: Governor Duncan dodges question on ‘if he is a racist’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the whisper for Governor John S. Duncan OBE to be recalled is quietly gaining some momentum, and controversial talk show host Edmund G. Maduro a former Chief Immigration Officer labeling him as a “racist”, our newsroom posed a series of questions to Her Majesty’s representative in the Virgin Islands.
South Africa apartheid assassin de Kock given parole
BBC NEWS
South African apartheid-era death squad commander Eugene de Kock has been granted parole after 20 years in jail.
Saving Ourselves From Another New World Order
By Alred C. Frett
The Power of Hypocrisy is the Soul of every New World Order:
It is crucial to respect Facts before nurturing our Children on ‘mistruths’… Less than 50 years ago we were still Victims of legal Segregation, Discrimination & Apartheid but Today we are anxious to spend time, money & effort in celebrating a Phantom of Emancipation where we become over Intoxicated, Vulgar & Rambunctious without reality of the Freedom that eludes us.
Mabida Mandela does not need our tears
By Alred C. Frett
As slavery leaves the West, apartheid takes slavery to Africa:
Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela was not born into Apartheid… On July 18, 1918 Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela was born with the traditional clan name of Madiba - later christened as a Methodist and given the English name Nelson by a schoolteacher… On December 5, 2013 his spirit, body and soul lost their inter-connectivity and he departed this life as we know it.
UPDATE: Premier Smith & Hon. Fraser pay tribute to Nelson Mandela
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier of the Virgin Islands Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has extended condolences to the people of South Africa and the rest of the world on the death of former President Nelson Mandela.
APARTHEID is in the VI
By Jefferson J. Knight aka Knight Rider
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Gentlemen and Ladies of the British Overseas Territories of the Virgin Islands:
In a democratic society, as our Virgin Islands, every one is equal under the law, as defined in section 12 of the V.I Constitution, and every one is guaranteed the Fundamental Rights and Freedoms to express themselves, with their own opinion, as defined in section 23 of the V.I Constitution.