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After 50-years, Are we moving forward or marching backward??
By Alred C. Frett
A Month of Black History: August should be considered as the real Black History Month from the Emancipation of Slavery 180-years ago to the Civil Rights March on Washington 50-years ago… Indeed until the late 1960’s/1970’s Social Laws designated Slave Descendants as less than Human with little or no acknowledged rights and for them to strive for fairness and justice meant certain prison or death.
Sometimes the hotter the water the stronger the steel!
By Alred C. Frett
After being threatened with contempt of court and years in prison because of my last article, it must be difficult for those of you who have given me so much support to understand me asking you to restrain from belittling or crucifying the Magistrate… I think she did as she thought fit and I appreciate her lessons and take her instruction to research and educate you most seriously.
Letter to the Editor: Did Alred Frett get a fair trial?
By Jefferson J. Knight
It is my Fundamental Right and Freedom, as a citizen of the VI to Exercise freedom of my Religion, under section 21, on a news site in the Democratic British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: Allister Brown for sentencing on July 31
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Allister Browne, the man that pleaded guilty to having over one kilogram of cannabis in his possession recently, has had his sentencing put off for another date due to the absence of sentencing guidelines in his case.
UPDATE: Oliver Lewis' sex assault matter adjourned to September
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – IT Specialist, Mr Oliver Lewis, 34, of Guyana will return to the Magistrate’s Court in September for hearing in a sexual assault matter involving a minor.
UPDATE: Freeman's court matter heading for record as oldest!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Although finally accompanied by his attorney, Gerry Freeman, 48, was still unsuccessful in having his case proceed before the Magistrate’s Court at John's Hole yesterday, July 24, 2013.
UPDATE: Stuart Donovan for October trial
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Stuart Donovan, 46, will return to the Magistrate’s Court in three months for the start of his trial that stemmed from an alleged incident that occurred in Cane Garden Bay in October 2012.
Man freed of drug charge but remanded for another matter!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mitch Christopher, 27, was found not guilty of a cannabis possession charge when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on July 12, 2013.
UPDATE: ‘Letty's' lawyer asks court to return travel documents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The trial for Violet ‘Letty’ Hodge in relation to drug conspiracy and illegal gun possession charges is now expected to begin in September after the accused changed legal representation recently.
Marine Mechanic granted bail on theft charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Sylvan Penn, 41, of Parham Town was not required to offer a plea to two indictable charges when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards at the John’s Hole Magistrate Court today, June 28, 2013.
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