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DICKSON IGWE

September 1, 2021

COMMENTARY — Mandatory vaccines expected for some

Mandatory vaccination makes a significant cross-section of the general public uncomfortable. However, for the Virgin Islands to participate in the worldwide travel and tourism economy, the territory must achieve herd …

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by Dickson Igwe
August 25, 2021

COMMENTARY — COI seen to bring checks, balances

Make no mistake: Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely. And the one language power respects and understands is greater power. It is rare indeed to discover a politician or …

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by Dickson Igwe
August 18, 2021

COMMENTARY — Inquiry seen to expose ‘culture of silence’

Make no mistake. The vast majority of Virgin Islands residents breathe easy these days because of the investigations driven by the Commission of Inquiry. There is a feeling that “This …

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by Dickson Igwe
August 11, 2021

LETTER — Inquiry called a ‘blessing’ for VI

Make no mistake: The Commission of Inquiry is a good thing for the majority of residents in these majestic Virgin Islands — especially taxpayers. The only people nervous and bothered …

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by Dickson Igwe
July 14, 2021

COMMENTARY — Residents urged to vaccinate

The Virgin Islands — like the British overseas territory of Gibraltar — should have been approaching herd immunity and getting back to normal. Instead, conspiracy theories and anti-vaccinators have held …

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by Dickson Igwe
July 7, 2021

COMMENTARY — VI seen to have a ‘stark choice’

The Virgin Islands has arrived at a proverbial crossroad in the Covid-19 pandemic. The territory will have to decide on two choices in the midst of a Commission of Inquiry …

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by Dickson Igwe
June 30, 2021

COMMENTARY — The VI, after the inquiry

After hurricanes Irma and Maria, the talk was all about what the Virgin Islands would look like as it recovered. Today, it appears the territory has learned very little from …

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by Dickson Igwe
June 23, 2021

COMMENTARY — ‘Silver lining’ seen in COI

The Virgin Islands economy sits on a platform supported by international companies and investors. Financial services have kept this territory alive through the many months of pandemic and the collapse …

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by Dickson Igwe
June 9, 2021

COMMENTARY — Likely inflation causes concern

The challenge with inflation is that it increases the cost of living. When uncontrolled, inflation can be very damaging. And if economics is primarily about human behaviour, then uncontrolled inflation …

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by Dickson Igwe
June 2, 2021

COMMENTARY — Call made for greater social equality

Social democracy means a bottom-up economy, with public spending directed at alleviating the burdens of the poor; public policy that drives greater social equality; and public investment in infrastructure that …

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by Dickson Igwe
May 26, 2021

COMMENTARY — Case made for social democracy

For positive change in the era of Covid-19, a Commission of Inquiry that is throwing a fog over the future, and a terrifying new culture of crime, social democracy is …

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by Dickson Igwe
May 19, 2021

COMMENTARY — Politicians warned of rising anger

Politicians who ignore specific sections of the population to focus on channelling public resources to a select group are usually in for a rude awakening. Politics and economics are joined …

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by Dickson Igwe
May 12, 2021

COMMENTARY — Social democracy seen as ideal for VI

Supply-side trickle-down economics has not taken the world to Eldorado. And if the Virgin Islands is to fulfil its potential as a hive of social and economic prosperity, then it …

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by Dickson Igwe
May 5, 2021

COMMENTARY — Two-party politics under microscope

On a Facebook thread recently, there were very interesting assertions on Virgin Islands politics. First, there was a call to move away from two-party system which has been a feature …

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by Dickson Igwe
April 28, 2021

COMMENTARY — Inequality seen to foster crime

Rising drug, gun and gang crime threatens to destroy the Virgin Islands community. At the root of crime, whether here or elsewhere, is neither poor policing nor poor social leadership. …

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by Dickson Igwe
April 7, 2021

COMMENTARY — Call made to help small biz

Only a strong social democracy, not a trickledown capitalist model, will deliver for the Virgin Islands. It was small business and the working man that kept the VI economy alive …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 24, 2021

COMMENTARY — VI urged to use diplomacy with UK

For the Virgin Islands and other British overseas territories, the weapons of diplomacy, tact and negotiation are better options in moving towards self-determination than banging an anticolonial drum. Indeed, tact …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 17, 2021

COMMENTARY — Central banks’ role analysed

The most powerful institution on earth is the United States Federal Reserve. Here is why. Global financial stability from 2008 is owed to the power of central banks intervening at …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 10, 2021

COMMENTARY — Racial shifts examined

The ability to change in a changing world is a great human asset — and a mark of resilience and intelligence. However, change gets harder as we grow older. Assumptions …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 3, 2021

COMMENTARY — Pandemic lessons explored

What was the common denominator for countries and territories that kept the pandemic to a minimum? Unlike in the United States, Brazil and the United Kingdom, draconian action and effective …

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by Dickson Igwe
February 17, 2021

COMMENTARY — Vaccine passports expected soon

A second critical travel document — a vaccine passport — is looking inevitable. But issues are mounting on the why, what, where, how and when of such a passport. Will …

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by Dickson Igwe
February 10, 2021

COMMENTARY — Probe called ‘a very good thing’

An entitled minority must never again be allowed to control Virgin Islands governance, politics and society without full citizen and resident participation. Had full citizen participation been the governing culture …

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by Dickson Igwe
February 3, 2021

COMMENTARY — Better governance seen as key to independence

There will be no greater autonomy or independence in United Kingdom overseas territories until their residents trust local government. Recent crises in OT governance in the Turks and Caicos Islands …

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by Dickson Igwe
January 27, 2021

COMMENTARY — Evangelicals called cowardly

The biggest failure of the modern evangelical church — especially in the United States — is the failure to preach truth to power. Modern evangelicals have bought in to the …

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by Dickson Igwe
January 13, 2021

COMMENTARY — Writer fears a debt crisis

Massive global debt is a serious concern for banking and finance. One would have thought that after the banking crash of 2008, banks would have learned the bitter lessons of …

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by Dickson Igwe

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