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.

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.

Open forum: A Man From the West Indies Who Won the Nobel Prize

Winston Nugent - August 21, 2018

Winston Nugent gives a brief biography of William Arthur Lewis, the only black man to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Open forum: A Nobel Laureate Dies at 85

Winston Nugent - August 14, 2018

Winston Nugent gives his opinion of the recently deceased Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul, a native of Trinidad, whom he calls a great but controversial writer.

Open forum: Elections Supervisor Addresses Comments on Disqualifications of Nelson, Uhdwani

Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes - August 9, 2018

Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes addresses Candidate Positive Nelson’s statements which appeared in the St. Croix Avis of Aug. 4.

Open forum: Politics of Change

Winston Nugent - August 7, 2018

Winston Nugent says he will be voting for the election of more women to public office. He shares a history of Shirley Chisholm, a black woman who accomplished many firsts as a politician.

Open forum: Where Do We See the V.I. in the Next 10,15, 20 Years?

Stephanie Scott-Williams - August 7, 2018

Stephanie Scott-Williams has advice for Virgin Islanders and Democrats about the possibility of redefining the future.

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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...