It was such a joy to be in a library other than my own a few days ago! I needed to do some research on a particular topic that my …
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September 14, 2022
September 7, 2022
COMMENTARY — Two education stalwarts remembered
Florence Wilhelmina Thomas (1901-1996) of East End was the first native Virgin Islands qualified teacher, and legislator Howard R. Penn (1903-1994), of East End and Road Town, did much to …
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August 10, 2022
COMMENTARY — Call made for ‘shift’ in national life
On Emancipation Sunday, the Abolition Act 1833 was read from a reprint published by the Virgin Islands Public Library in 1984. The following year, the library also published a reprint …
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June 29, 2022
COMMENTARY — D-8 road seen as potential disaster
I am taking this matter to the media since I’ve had no meaningful response from the authorities whom I thought were responsible. Which ministry, department or agency is responsible for …
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November 17, 2021
COMMENTARY — Call made for public library
I was very pleased to see that the editor of The BVI Beacon still thinks that a public library is of significant value to the community: so much so that …
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May 12, 2021
COMMENTARY — EE library plans applauded
I was pleased to read in a recent issue of The BVI Beacon that Cabinet has approved a new location at Major Bay for the East End/Long Look Community Library. …
February 24, 2021
COMMENTARY — Call made to honour VI heroes
I applaud the theme of the BVI National Commission for UNESCO World Poetry Competition 2021: “Perspectives of Our Past: Unsung Heroes.” So often our lips declare that “we stand on …
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August 26, 2020
Commentary — Call made for new library, archives
I was pleased with the cultural emphasis during the August Emancipation Festival events this year. It is getting closer to what I have been advocating for many years: prayerful thanksgiving, …
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April 8, 2020
POEM — The Treasury of Heaven
There’s a strangeness in the air. Crisis, crisis! But not fear. Knock! Knock! Who is there? I’m a shaking, shaking, shaking up the heaven and the earth: There’s a …
February 26, 2020
COMMENTARY — Call made to keep sports records
I look forward to listening to the ZBVI Sports Show on Saturday afternoons around 6 p.m. It is informative and usually very humorous. Sometimes it’s so funny that they crack …
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January 22, 2020
COMMENTARY — Ideas offered to fix ‘deplorable’ roads
I like to engage anyone who will listen in conversation on current topical issues and matters affecting the well-being of the territory. One such current issue is the deplorable condition …
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December 11, 2019
COMMENTARY – VI Christmas tree explained
A talk-show host on Saturday night posed a seasonal question the radio audience: “What is the name of the tree we traditionally used in the Virgin Islands as the Christmas …
December 4, 2019
COMMENTARY — Previous arts festivals recalled
In his recent Budget Address, Premier Andrew Fahie promised to build on the arts festival previously organised by late District Five Representative Delores Christopher. Yes, indeed, we are forever grateful …
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May 7, 2019
COMMENTARY — Call made for national library to house salvaged books
I am still rescuing books after Hurricane Irma. Incredible! At last I’m getting around to my store of books at the Old Family House, which had been unoccupied for more …
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November 27, 2018
Commentary — Records called key to recovery
I agree with the topic and theme of your editorial of Nov. 15 titled “Culture is key in recovery.” To that I might add that records, written and oral, are …
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November 12, 2018
Commentary — Call made for memorials in VI
While reading a commentary published in the Oct. 18 edition of The BVI Beacon, it was gratifying to hear another voice calling for a Virgin Islands National Heroes Day and …
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October 9, 2018
COMMENTARY — ‘Smart’ programme draws praise
I was very pleased to hear of the recently announced “Smart Communities” initiative and that Jost Van Dyke, Sea Cows Bay and East End/Long Look are included in the first …
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August 21, 2018
COMMENTARY — Call made to clean up Festival
This year we have been reminded repeatedly of the origins of our August Emancipation Festival. The lessons came from elders, educators and historians; from the pulpit; from the Sunday Morning …
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July 31, 2018
August Festival plans praised
I was pleased to hear of the scaled-down August Emancipation Festival programme to one of more cultural significance. On the day of its announcement, my devotional reading (BRF with Barbara …
July 17, 2018
COMMENTARY — Call made to honour ‘gov’t agents’
I agree in principle with your editorial of last week arguing that Virgin Islands roads should have names of local significance. There are several categories of VI heroes and heroines …
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