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Virgin Islands migration: the goose & the gander
By Dickson Igwe
An Op Ed of July 18, 2013 in a national Virgin islands weekly was a story headed, "WHERE ARE WE GOING.’’ It was a continuation from a first story, the second part of a two part narrative, the first titled: "TERRITORY’S ECONOMIC HISTORY RECOUNTED.’’ This second story was a lamentation on how the Virgin Islands, "has ended up with a household where her own people are outnumbered.’’ This was a very valid concern by the Virgin Islander.
Where you born is not where you from, according to the VI Constitution
By Jefferson J. Knight
Before I begin to write what Her Majesty-The Queen declared in Her approved Virgin Islands Constitution, shall we pray?
Dec. 2004 policy restricting applications for Certificate of Residence unlawful- Complaints Commission
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In January, 2012 we announced that an investigation had been launched into the process of applying for grants of Certificates of Residence under the Immigration and Passport Act. The expressed aim was to establish what happens, in general, to applications after they are presented at the Department of Immigration for consideration by the Board of Immigration and then by the Cabinet, which makes the ultimate decision.
DR artiste seeking VI support
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Musician and performer, Wilkins ‘El Flaco’ Ramirez, a national of the Dominican Republic who has Belonger status in the Virgin Islands (VI), expressed that there is so little support to his talent coming from Virgin Islanders which is a huge disadvantage to his abilities.