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After more than 20 years of talk, the government has finally put a freedom-of-information bill in the public’s hands. That alone is cause for celebration. The release of the draft …
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The territory’s 2007 Constitution provided for the creation of a commission charged with helping protect human rights in the Virgin Islands. It was never formed. But now, after 18 years …
The Virgin Islands has made much progress toward empowering women and girls in recent decades, but International Women’s Day this month was a timely reminder that much remains to be …
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Twenty “irregular” Haitian migrants were apprehended in the North Sound area of Virgin Gorda last week, bringing the total number of migrants detained in the territory over the past six …
For more than 15 years, successive governments have been promising to establish the Human Rights Commission provided for in the 2007 Constitution. But the initiative has been delayed again and …
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“A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” This quotation, often attributed to Mahatma Ghandi, is well worth considering as the Virgin Islands observes its 20th …