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Homicides 2010
Here is a chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2010, with statistics broken down by island. The Source…

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March 8: Saying Goodbye

Swazi Clarity, a logistics volunteer for the USVI Haitian Relief mission, blogs from Port-au-Prince on relief efforts. on Monday the relief team said their goodbyes.

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2010-03-08 14:19:24
Source Manager's Journal: Optimism, Pessimism, Faith and Hope

You can be 100 percent assured that no one at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference asked the question: When we see the problems that our country faces, what can we do to help our government and the President?

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2010-03-06 21:41:40
Relief Pilot Recounts Time at Haiti's Airport

St. Thomas pilot George Miller recently made his second flight to Haiti for USVI Haitian Relief, this time to ferry supplies and medical personnel. The following is his account from Monday.

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2010-03-04 12:56:50
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Blogs — St. Thomas
Who Regulates the PSC?
There’s an old joke that says Jesus’ parting words were, "Don’t do anything until I get back." He must have been talking to the Public Services Commission.

 

 
Read entire articleFeb 13 2010 - 8:46am
Tribalism Combined With Hate Radio:  a Dangerous Pairing
Shortly after the United States and the United Nations opted to ignore hate radio 16 years ago  in in Rwanda the country exploded into a blood bath that rocked the world with its speed and violence.

 

 
 
Read entire articleFeb 11 2010 - 7:55pm
Get Back to Work

The politicically motivated melee over security enhancements needs to stop, and everyone needs to go back to work securing the future of the U.S. Virgin Islands .

 

 

 
 
Read entire articleJan 27 2010 - 8:33am
The Fury of Self-Interest Can Destroy the Spirit
It is beyond unfortunate that people spurned in the political arena would seek to damage a deeply worthwhile community project geared toward opening hearts and minds to love and redemption,  in the fury of their own self-interest.
 
Read entire articleJan 11 2010 - 4:11pm
A Little Clarity Goes a Long Way
I spent some time  recently at Motor Vehicles on St. Thomas observing patrons coming close to blows because the powers that be had not made clear  what the procedures were.

 
 
 
 
Read entire articleJan 7 2010 - 9:53pm
Corporal Punishment is Abusive

Corporal punishment breeds violence whether it is meted out by a teacher, teacher’s aide or angry spouse or parent; whether it falls upon a child who talks too much, or a wife who talks back, or a recalcitrant teenager.
 

 
Read entire articleDec 15 2009 - 8:58pm
Be Part of the Solution or Get Out of the Way

It has been nearly four years since the last alternative power provider contenders were run out of Dodge by self interest and dangerously pointless grandstanding.

 
 
Read entire articleDec 14 2009 - 8:27pm
Enjoy and Protect the Magens Bay Arboretum – It's Yours
On pretty much any day of the week there is a place on St. Thomas where you can hear the words of God spoken through nature.

 

 
 
Read entire articleDec 13 2009 - 9:50am
"Where the Wild Things Are": Brilliant!

It took 46 years for the movie version of possibly the most popular illustrated children's book of modern times to make it to the big screen; it was worth the wait.

 

 
Read entire articleNov 17 2009 - 10:44pm
Do Something; Anything

With the the Paws Palette Benefit for St. Croix Animal Welfare Center coming up, the echoes of the islands’ animal abuse naysayers ring in my head.

 

 

 
 
 
 
Read entire articleNov 12 2009 - 2:28pm
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