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Written by
Peter Moll

March 8, 2023

COMMENTARY — Call made for new census soon

The Virgin Islands’ reputation for good governance has been under a cloud, so it is surprising that a team from Commonwealth countries has not yet been invited to observe the …

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by Peter Moll
December 7, 2022

COMMENTARY — 2017 disasters ‘rhymed’ with 1867’s

Mark Twain once said that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. In the hurricanes of 2017, we heard echoes of what Virgin Islands residents experienced 150 years …

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by Peter Moll
November 23, 2022

COMMENTARY — VI’s political history reviewed

On Aug. 26, 1854, the United Kingdom government replaced the Virgin Islands’ House of Assembly with a Legislative Council of only nine members following the Cattle Tax Riots (as recounted …

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by Peter Moll
July 18, 2022

COMMENTARY — Fahie urged to resign D-1 seat

Members of the House of Assembly representing a district are rewarded with a salary and other benefits for participating in the lawmaking process and furthering the interests of residents in …

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by Peter Moll
July 6, 2022

COMMENTARY — Reform plan’s viability questioned

The National Unity Government’s performance to date gives its well-wishers scant assurance that its members understand the challenges the Virgin Islands is confronting, let alone have a strong enough vision …

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by Peter Moll
June 15, 2022

COMMENTARY — ‘Taxes and death: a cautionary tale’

A playwright stated in 1716, “’Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes.” However, participants in the 1949 Great March in the Virgin Islands couldn’t have …

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by Peter Moll
May 25, 2022

COMMENTARY — Call made for radical reforms in VI

Toxic fumes from the garbage fire burning on the hillside at West End are poor rewards to the First District’s electorate for its past loyalty to the disgraced former premier. …

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by Peter Moll
November 4, 2020

COMMENTARY — Writer responds to Beacon editorial

I write in support of The BVI Beacon’s Oct. 15 editorial titled “Premier should stop bickering with the UK.” I do, however, have certain reservations, particularly your assumption that constitutional …

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by Peter Moll
October 21, 2020

COMMENTARY — View of 2030 VI continues

In my recent commentaries, I have been imagining the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria, her older brother Zak, and their father …

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by Peter Moll
September 23, 2020

Commentary — View from 2030 continues

In my recent commentaries, I have been imagining the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria, her older brother Zak, and their father …

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by Peter Moll
September 16, 2020

COMMENTARY — Banking, policing seen through 2030 lens

In my recent commentaries, I have been imagining the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria, her older brother Zak, and their father …

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by Peter Moll
September 9, 2020

COMMENTARY — 2030 view considers land, corruption

In my recent commentaries, I have been imagining the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria, her older brother Zak, and their father …

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by Peter Moll
September 2, 2020

COMMENTARY — View of 2030 VI continues

In my recent commentaries, I have been imagining the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria, her older brother Zak, and their father …

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by Peter Moll
August 19, 2020

COMMENTARY — Dispatches from 2030 continue

In my previous four commentaries, I imagined the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria, her older brother Zak, and their father Troy. …

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by Peter Moll
August 12, 2020

2030 VI imagined as progressive

In my previous three commentaries, I imagined the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria, her older brother Zak, and their father Troy. …

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by Peter Moll
July 29, 2020

COMMENTARY — VI of 2030 imagined again

In my previous two commentaries, I imagined the Virgin Islands of 2030 through the eyes of a 10-year-old Guyanese girl named Maria and her older brother Zak. This week, I’ll …

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by Peter Moll
July 22, 2020

COMMENTARY — Writer imagines VI in 10 years

In last week’s commentary, I imagined the perspective of a Guyanese girl named Maria in the Virgin Islands of 2030. This week, I’ll imagine her older brother’s perspective from the …

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by Peter Moll
July 15, 2020

COMMENTARY — Writer envisions VI of 2030

Imagine a scene from the Virgin Islands of the year 2030. Maria put on the new headset her parents had given her for her 10th birthday, adjusted the controls on …

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by Peter Moll
July 8, 2020

COMMENTARY — Pot, gambling seen as distractions

Legalising gambling and the growth of cannabis are unlikely to produce strong revenue streams since we have no great competitive advantages in fields already crowded with more experienced players within …

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by Peter Moll
July 1, 2020

COMMENTARY — VI urged to prepare for 5G

We might view contemptuously United States President Donald Trump’s attempts to revive the US coal industry against global moves towards cleaner energy, but he gave an enormous boost to the …

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by Peter Moll
June 17, 2020

COMMENTARY – Need seen for telecom taskforce

In 1983, Tom Crowe reported enthusiastically to the Virgin Islands government on the prospects for computerisation reducing the territory’s dependence on tourism (see my May 28 commentary titled “‘Commuting home’ …

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by Peter Moll
June 3, 2020

COMMENTARY — ‘Commuting home’ considered

In May 1986, shortly after being appointed head of the Virgin Islands Library Services Department, I presented a paper to a regional conference on St. Croix, foreseeing a bright future …

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by Peter Moll
May 27, 2020

COMMENTARY — Residents warned to use sanitisers safely

As a former power walker, I sympathise with the runners who are now allowed to exercise outdoors but are expected to wear face masks that obstruct their breathing. However, recent …

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by Peter Moll
May 20, 2020

COMMENTARY — Residents urged to handle sanitisers, wipes with care

I recently read the subtitles on a video as a bright young girl led viewers round her refugee camp. She took us to a communal standpipe, filled a small jerrycan …

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by Peter Moll
May 13, 2020

COMMENTARY — Call made to ‘revive our pride’

The shocking way in which a few greedy people took advantage of the efforts of the government and voluntary services to feed the hungry during the recent lockdown reminds us …

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by Peter Moll

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