On Friday morning in Road Town, residents and tourists gathered around the Sir Olva Georges Plaza for the start of the Virgin Islands’ second birthday parade in honour of King …
June 21, 2024
November 25, 2021
1949 march brought to life
Partway through an evening of storytelling, poetry and music on Nov. 21, event organisers called everyone’s attention to the clock at 5:30, the exact moment when about 1,500 people arrived …
July 2, 2020
EDITORIAL: Black Lives Matter fight hits home in Virgin Islands
In the weeks since the world watched a white police officer kneel on George Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the response to Mr. Floyd’s death has rightly …
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June 30, 2020
Virgin Islands marches for black lives
“No justice, no peace!” The cry rang out through Road Town on June 20 as hundreds of residents stood in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, marching down Waterfront …
July 13, 2018
Protest marchers’ 30-day deadline lapses
The 30-day deadline for a government response to a petition submitted June 8 demanding a commission of inquiry into a long list of grievances has lapsed, but the protestors’ next …
