Gov Rankin to miss most of Emancipation Festival; Archer Jr. now acting Governor
This is according to a release from the Government Information Service (GIS) which details that Mr Archer Jr's appointment is in accordance with section 37 (1) (a) of the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, 2007.
The section states, “During any period when the office of Governor is vacant, or the Governor is absent from the Virgin Islands or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his or her office, the Deputy Governor shall, during Her Majesty’s pleasure, act in the office of Governor and shall perform the functions of that office accordingly.”
It remains unclear if the Governor is out of the VI for personal or official business relating to his post.
No Governor for Emancipation
Governor Rankin’s absence means he will no doubt miss the start of his final BVI Emancipation celebration as Governor, which is a celebration of African ancestors’ freedom from colonialism held annually at the end of July to around the 10th of August each year
The festival feature music, parades, and other folklore presentations in addition to various showcases such as food, arts and craft, and other events as part of the grand celebrations.
Governor Rankin is set to enter retirement from the United Kingdom (UK) civil service when he demits the Governor's Office in a few months' time and Mr Daniel Pruce has already been named the next Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) effective January 2024.
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he celebrates the continuation of modern day slavery
Moreover, the UK-appointed Governor is here to represent the interest of the Crown, not the interest of the VI people. A true VI Governor would have made it a priority to stay home and celebrate the Emancipation from centuries of slavery with the people. The action of the Governor is not surprising though, for there is a movement afoot to revise slavery. The movement purports to revise black history, culture, heritage, teach that slavery, the greatest crime against humanity, was not so bad and provided benefitted to slaves. Yes, slavery supposedly benefitted slaves. WTF!! I can try to spin, twist Slavery into some good to appease their guilt what will they do next?
Anyway, I’m back reading the blogs. And manjack, that useful frig.. is still at it calling balls and strikes, Going deep talking about relevant, uncomfortable, etc, things people know is a problem but prefer not to hear them. My fellow Virgin Islanders ah yu better cum outta hibernation to save what you can or get replaced. If it happens, you can say the Frig….tell you so. Trump is telling his MAGA followers that they are coming to replace you. That is disingenuous campaign talk playing on white fear, white grievance, etc. to get votes. But in the VI the situation is real. This is real talk.
Moreover, here are some facts chew on and digest:
@Manjack, indeed, as the late Norbert Wheatley, AKA,,would say, “Fix yourself “ . The BVI community need to respect, celebrate, and promote its culture, history, heritage, customs, etc, in a proud and dignified manner. On the other hand, we cannot honestly say the white colonialists had nothing do with the disproportionate distribution of wealth, power,,resources, control and the levers of government. And that Blacks in the VI and elsewhere lack of initiative, laziness, incompetence, lack of initiative to take advantage of available resources, inappropriate behaviors, etc, are solely responsible for their deplore conditions. That is the lie that the white colonialists want to promote and portray.
Moreover, here are a few facts to chew on and digest:
1. Whites live in a privileged conditions with nearly 100% ownership and control of wealth, power, resources, businesses, any and all levels of government support and resources. White society has a monopoly of ownership and control.
2. The root problem in black communities is race and the unjust distribution of the nations’s wealth, power and resources.
3. Whites determined that by striping slaves of their humanity and dignity, separating their families, robbing of their culture, history, and heritage; depriving him of worldly possessions, depriving them of their personal freedom, keeping them uneducated and hopeless, controlling and brutalizing them that they will forever keep them in a powerless and uncompetitive state. Checkmate! The social engineering worked.
4. Without money and power, freedom is freedom in theory only.