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 …
March 24, 2025
March 19, 2025
EDITORIAL: Virgin Islands women, girls deserve better
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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August 1, 2024
Status of 20 Haitian migrants unclear
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 …
March 11, 2024
Long-delayed rights watchdog in the works
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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April 10, 2023
EDITORIAL: Child abuse must stop
“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 …