Op-ed: A New YHG Hotel Would Be an Investment in the Future

Pash Daswani, President of The India Association of the Virgin Islands - October 8, 2018

Pash Daswani, speaking for The India Association of the Virgin Islands, gives the reasons for the Legislature to vote for the $10 million government loan to the developer of a Yacht Haven Grande hotel.

Open Forum: Food for Thought on Guns

Yahmeses Rhymer - October 8, 2018

Yahmeses Rhymer questions the Virgin Islands law that requires gun owners to be licensed.

Op-ed: Christensen Supports Veto of Certificate of Need Bill

Source Staff - October 2, 2018

Donna M. Christensen gives her reasons for supporting Gov. Kenneth Mapp’s veto of a bill about non-hospital care facilities that operate as stand-alone facilities.

Op-ed: Senate Should Okay Loan Request for New Hotel

Members of Port of Charlotte Amalie Cruise Ship Task Force - September 30, 2018

Members of the Port of Charlotte Amalie Cruise Ship Task Force are asking the Senate to pass legislation to loan developers $10 million to help finance the building of a hotel by Yacht Haven Grande. They lay out their reasons for allowing the building of the first new hotel on St. Thomas in 30 years.

Op-Ed: Pie-in-the-Sky Giveaways Serve Politicians, Not the People

Source staff - September 19, 2018

As election day draws near, Gov. Kenneth Mapp has given out pay raises, promised free college tuition at the University of the Virgin Islands, championed "Christmas bonuses" to retirees about to lose their pensions and made wildly rosy promises about fixing GERS.

Op-Ed: Facing Reality – The Future of Public Education

Frank Schneiger - September 10, 2018

Public education in the United States, especially in areas – urban and rural – with high levels of poverty is largely seen as being "broken." And, despite claims to the contrary, we have gotten accustomed to it.

Open forum: Community Foundation of V.I. Declares ‘We Lifted Each Other Up’

Dee Baecher-Brown and George H.T. Dudley - September 8, 2018

The president and the chairman of the board of the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) give an overview of what the organization has been doing and will continue to do since the territory was hit by two hurricanes in 2017.

Open forum: VIBE Commemorates Birthdate of Arthur A. Richards

Virgin Islands Board of Education - September 8, 2018

The Virgin Islands Board of Education reminds the public that Arthur A. Richards, for whom a junior high school on St. Croix was named, is an icon in education.

Taxi Drivers Oppose Bill Requiring Acceptance of Credit/Debit Cards

Kelvin Dennie - September 5, 2018

Kelvin Dennie opposes pending legislation sponsored by Sen. Kurt Vialet that will affect taxi operators negatively.

Open forum – Tourism: From the Inside-Out

Ivan Butcher II - August 24, 2018

Ivan Butcher II says that a way out of the Virgin Islands’ current economic problems is to “do it for ourselves” by supporting Air B&B tourism, working on infrastructure, and changing the way the territory attracts tourists.

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Lawmakers brought up the fact that Laurel Hewitt-Sewer is directly related not only to Gov. Mapp, but also VIPA Director David Mapp, the governor’s brother. The current VIPA director assumed his role when his predecessor, Carlton Dowe, was terminated by the board in 2016. Hewitt-Sewer cast one of the five yes votes that resulted in Dowe’s termination and Mapp’s installment. ... See MoreSee Less

Senate Panel Tables Mapp's Cousin's Nomination to VIPA Board

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Lawmakers on Thursday held in committee the renomination of Laurel Hewitt-Sewer, cousin of Gov. Kenneth Mapp, to the governing board of the Virgin Islands Port Authority after raising concerns over co...

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This nomination should not even be reconsidered but rejected immediately. Perhaps when you ask the question again regarding who is in charge of the Procurement Department you will get a concise answer to this question. The glaring nepotism claim, poor state of our port resources and dismissal of competent Executive staff, etc., is sufficient reason to disapprove this nomination without any reservation.

We need a professional to bring the airports up to speed. Post the position on appropriate national sites.

I don't know what employees she does be speaking too but everyone I meet sings the same song "Can't wait to leave, place gone to the dogs." The mass exodus is there to prove this...