Here’s what’s on tap at the V.I. Legislature this week.
On Thursday, April 25, the St. Thomas community was enjoying J'Ouvert when the celebration was shattered by gunshots which injured three people. Public safety officials immediately canceled the remainder of J'Ouvert.
The VICCC is hosting a "V.I. African Heritage and African Liberation Day" forum on Saturday on St. Thomas and an "African Heritage Parade/Walk and Roundtable" on St. Croix Monday.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEDetectives identified the body of the man found fatally shot Tuesday in Upper Hidden Valley as 38-year-old Victor Manuel Otano Beltre, a native of the Dominican Republic.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEDPNR Enforcement Officer Roberto Tapia testified in March that he regularly confiscated boaters’ firearms but DPNR has no records at all of any firearms confiscated by Tapia.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEKudos to the community and our law enforcement personnel for their expanded efforts during this year’s Carnival activities.
Let’s make this a new beginning for every day of the week.
Willing citizens and friendly peace officers could fill the frame of the snapshots of our daily lives.
We could be a community of people working together to expand the highest spirit of Carnival into our consciousness...”happy Carnival!” we smile and express with a certain heartfelt joy.
Let’s make that “happy day!” And mean it.
That means letting go of road and parking rage, negative mutterings about our neighbor behind the teller or postal window and idle and ill founded gossip.
We got through a month-long celebration of our culture without serious incident.
Let’s take that win and run with it until next year’s Carnival.
Happy Day!