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Cuba pardons 787 inmates after Pope's call for mercy
BBC NEWS
Cuba has pardoned 787 prisoners in response to a call by Pope Francis to consider granting inmates amnesty.
Learning to hate ourselves while refusing to admit it
Alred C. Frett
Are we as worthless as they would have us believe?
We are who we are after becoming what we are - Even Siamese Twins have their own identities and experience their individual joys and pains… During Life’s Journey we are exposed to and influenced by the teachings and actions of others but we must decide whether to accept or reject… We must decide whether to progress beyond beliefs that Earth is flat and Elders are always right.
USVI to invest over $2M in tourism for next 3 months
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- To help strengthen the territory’s position as a premier warm weather destination and to address growing competition in the travel and tourism industry, the Department of Tourism (DOT) in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) will aggressively execute its overall marketing strategy by investing more than $2 million over the next three months to ensure the territory is a top-of-mind choice for travelers during the fall and the upcoming 2016-2017 winter season.
US Gays target Sizzla again
CARIBUPDATE
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Sizzla’s first United States tour in eight years has hit a snag. Promoters of his September 23 show at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco (SF) have switched the show to nearby Oakland after protests by a gay rights group.
Denise Dawson Back to School Ministry prepares some 100 for school
PURCELL, Tortola, VI – Purcell Girls' Brigade Lieutenant Tammi T. David has disclosed that the Denise Dawson Back to School Ministry is likely to go district-wide for 2017 as opposed to its current concentration on children only of the Purcell community.
Islamophobia in the Virgin Islands
By Dickson Igwe
Online news reports of a recent and very threatening alleged verbal assault on a prominent Virgin Islands family for their religious beliefs is simply unacceptable. Any attack on any person for their religious and cultural identity in this territory cannot be tolerated, notwithstanding their social and economic status.
UPDATE: Residents want Premier Smith to denounce religious attack on Muslim family
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several residents are calling on the Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith to make an urgent public statement denouncing a recent religious attack a Muslim family residing in the Virgin Islands reportedly endured.
Dr Rock slammed for allegedly 'importing' forensic auditor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All is still not well at the St George's Episcopal Anglican Church in Road Town as one member continues to publicly air his disgruntlement with Rector of the church, Barbados national Dr Ian E. Rock.
Prayer Walk aims to 'reclaim territory'
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The New Life Baptist Church in Duffs Bottom is set on covering all the major islands of the Virgin Islands by year end with its latest Prayer Walk initiative.
Demise of 5 police or 500 blacks is all about us’ – Part 3
By Alred C. Frett
NB: - The Police Force was never created to protect us:
Sit down and fasten your seatbelts for this is a bumpy ride ahead from beginning to end and while you may wish to disagree with the things I say, you know every word is true and deep inside you have known it even before I said it… The World seems governed by Corrupted Lords and Masters intent on using Evil and Injustice to pressure us into going along in order for them to get along.
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