Commentary

I would say this to Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. and the public at large — you won’t understand my plea to protect the northwest until you visit the slave gravesite at Estate Annaly and touch George Washington’s gravestone. I guarantee you; you can’t help but feel the emotional pain and become enraged for all that George Washington and others like him had to suffer and endure under the system of slavery in the Danish West Indies.

Ronald Russell, a member of the GERS Board of Trustees, asks for support for his concept of alternating the chairmanship of the GERS system between St. Thomas/St. John District and St. Croix District to promote fairness, representative leadership and the status in the territory.

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Winston Nugent writes: “We are at a critical stage… when the Virgin Islands should have control over its social, political and economic destiny.”

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For the past 15 months the Haiti Health Network has been sounding the alarm for healthcare in Haiti and asking for some form of humanitarian relief so healthcare delivery can safely and effectively continue for the people of Haiti. Things continue to deteriorate with no end in sight. Something has to be done. We’re asking for your input, your ideas, and to reach out to your networks to scream awareness of what’s really happening in Haiti.

Senate President Donna Frett-Gregory thanks the people of the Virgin Islands for reelecting her to continue her work in the 35th USVI Legislature.

Moleto A. Smith Jr. remembers and praises former Governor Roy Lester Schneider, MD.

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I would like to thank our beloved Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett publicly for putting the bill through Congress and making St. Croix a National Heritage Area. It is for this reason that Maroon Country is a shining example of a National Heritage Area.

It has become alarming in recent years to see how the integrity of the vote in our nation has been called into question. Loss of faith in the integrity of the vote and the electoral process can undermine the life of a republic, where the people are the ultimate authority and elect representatives to make laws. As such we have a duty to ensure the integrity of the voting process and a secure vote. 

It happens every year and I still don’t understand it. One minute I’m shouting Happy New Year and then next minute it’s February. This is why I don’t do traditional New Year’s resolutions. I set intentions.

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The bays of the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John are over-crowded with people, especially Maho Bay with its pleasure boats. While I was there, the beaches within the park, particularly Hawksnest, Trunk Bay, Cinnamon Bay, and Maho Bay were packed with vehicles and people. I saw marine resources beginning to decline not so much by a natural phenomenon of nature, but because of humans who indulge in recreation activities. 

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Congresswoman Plaskett, a member of the House Ways and Means, Agriculture and Budget Committees released the following statement on the final passage of the permanent increase in Medicaid funding for the Virgin Islands.

Jelani Ritter comments on the Supreme Court’s refusal to review a petition concerning the right to vote for citizens of the USVI and the other American territories. He wonders if the Revised Organic Act will eventually lead to a constitution.

“It is important for economic development, tourism and indeed cultural identification and validation to have federal government support historic markers and designation throughout the country."

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“I am pleased by House passage of my bill, H.R. 7496, to install a plaque at the Peak of Ram Head on St. John to commemorate the slave rebellion that began in 1733 on St. John.”