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Hon. Pickering acknowledges VI has “houses of ill repute”

- Urged residents not to forget God!
Hon. Pickering pointed out that the VI is going through a transition. Photo: hispanicallyspeakingnews.com
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands, which is considered a religious community, is going through a transition and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr. Kedrick Pickering pointed out that residents need to accept that things “are no longer the same in the BVI”.

“This is a Godly nation my friend. It’s a spiritual problem we are dealing with. We live as a Godly nation, but we have houses of ill repute...We have to come to a point and decide if we are going to legalise gambling because all of us know gambling going on. All of us know prostitution going on, but we want to bury our heads in the sand like ostriches. I am on the firing line because I am an elected official, but we as a people have to decide what we want for our country,” the outspoken Minister stated at a community meeting on January 19, 2012 at the East End End/Long Look Community Centre.

He was at the time responding to a question by a resident of whether or not his Government was willing to make the tough decisions for the betterment of the Virgin Islands.

Although the Minister divulged that he has no problem with making the tough decisions, he is quite aware as an individual what he can and cannot do to effect change.

“As a Minister I cannot inflict my views on others. But the facts are the facts. We are a godly nation, it was built on godly principles. If we start forgetting God we will pay the price,” he charged.

Interestingly, Hon. Pickering’s view on the subject was well received by the large crowd that turned out for the meeting.

31 Responses to “Hon. Pickering acknowledges VI has “houses of ill repute””

  • facts man (24/01/2012, 07:48) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I am so sick of hearing these Politians talk about god and who is worse than them in terms of evil? Half of them both VIP and NDP live in the obeah man house while some others cheat on their wives...now tell them talk that!
    • October man (24/01/2012, 10:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      "facts man"; you hit de nail on dey head..meh bouy deeds politicians so fony always ah chat but jesus...
    • So true (24/01/2012, 14:15) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Godly nation it may be, but it is still a country where everyone seems to feel that cheating on your partner and having "outside" children is every man's right. That's before we get to all the thieving and robbing and cursing and hating. "Houses of ill repute"? That is the least of all our problems.
    • junior (24/01/2012, 23:56) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      And some of the younger ones have at least three outside children. Let us hope they look after and respect our families better than they have their own.
  • billy b (24/01/2012, 07:59) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    As elected officials, you must keep your eyes on people like A. Frett who seem to forget we are a Godly nation (regardless of how irresponsible of that honoured position we are). The following is my latest blog on his article in response to one of the bloggers: Real talk, throughout your post you are mixing apples with oranges. Where “the holy folks” do push their agendas (hence the reason for so many religions), don’t unbelievers do the same???? So whether you’re a “religious zealot” or an atheist, which one is any different than the other in terms of pushing their agendas?? Take the extremists, David Karesh and Warren Jeff for instance (two nuisances who call themselves Christians), they are passionate about what they believe; does that make them right??? Absolutely not!!!!! Pushing agendas is not the problem (but at what extreme???) The real problem is we all were born with a heart that we soften and harden at our own selfish convenience, regardless of what side you’re standing on. Believe it or not, we do have all the answers and they are all in life’s manual (the bible). Speak for yourself, we all did not say Noel Lloyd was crazy, cause I didn’t. Noel Lloyd too, was pushing an agenda (whether he was a believer or not) and because he did not get the outcome he expected, he took this to heart. The same thing happened to lindy DeCastro. We just had an election; some were victorious, others weren’t and if you don’t look sharp, the brilliant doctor from the ninth district might end up like lindy or Lloyd; he ran so many times, unsuccessful every time and you can actually see the bitterness seeping through. Take your loss like a man, pick up a new agenda or go sit down and relax or you will drive yourself crazy. Lindy (sp), Lloyd, O’neal, Frett (and “Christians”, we all) have agendas; will we be embraced by all, no but is that a reason to let bitterness turn you into a stupppp??? Take a look at all the people I just mentioned and I dare you to tell me that these weren’t and aren’t bitter people to the very end. Something in their past has made them bitter and instead of letting it go, they fixate themselves on an agenda that has and will ultimately push them over the edge. The unfortunate thing is, they not only put themselves at risk for destruction, they are trying to take people (youths) with them, and where my children are concerned, I AM NOT HAVING IT!!!!! Quiet Storm stated:"We are letting a little success cloud our judgement; we letting our guard down. And at this rate, we and our offspring will become powerless and second class citizens. While we are focusing on the bigs–big house, big car, big job, big money–others are collaborating and amassing real power. Willie Lynch core strategy is divide and rule. And how ironic locals are divided but others are amassing power chips." And to that I responded: "Quiet Storm, I agree with you on your second paragraph, but that has nothing to do with Willy Lynch and every thing to do with what the bible already adressed hundreds of years ago when it stated that,”THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.” Today we are our own slaves because of greed, not Willy lynch. We are doing exactly what God asked us not to do, which is, “gain the whole world and lose our souls. You’re wasting your time talking about the ghost of Willy Lynch and bypassing the ghosts of greed, which is and will continue to destroy us." KEEP OUR COUNTRY IN PRAYER; WE ARE IN A LOT OF TROUBLE
    • jack (24/01/2012, 08:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      goodness...billy b you need a job boss
      • billy b (24/01/2012, 10:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        @jack, when my existance become a financial burden to you, then and only then my job status becomes your business, so as of this present moment, you are not responsible for the air I breathe, the food I eat, the clothes I wear or the shelter over my head, so concern yourself NOT of what I do.
      • OK (24/01/2012, 17:41) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        lol good one!1 he a SERIOUS blogger HE SHOULD GET AN ARTICLE SEGMENT
    • joker (24/01/2012, 09:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Lifes manual (the bible) as you call it is your manual. It does not have all the answers, it does not have all the truth so please dont state in ignorance that it does. The Bible is what YOU chose to believe and most likely because you have have been brainwashed from an early age to beleive that the be all and end all is in the bible. You need to do some research and you will find that whilst the bible sets out to be manual it is far from factual. In fact it is also a very violent book if you read it all, it talks about doing terrible acts to people. The bible itself is extremely contradictory when read in full. I have no problem in people believing what they want but especially here in the BVI, Christianity is so full of double standards and contradictions. The vast majority of Christians here do not even follow their own religion as it should be followed. The vast majority of people have children out of wedlock, judge others, sign in at work at 9am yet dont start work until 9.30am (thus stealing from their employer) etc. etc. Back to the topic at hand, prostitution allows a man (or even a woman) the opportunity to release his sexual urges with a consenting adult. There are a number of men (and women) that do not know how to attract the opposite (or same) sex. It is a far better option for that frustrated man to go and pay a wiling adult than to go and molest children or rape an adult (male or female). Whilst some of us may not like the idea that this is happening we have to understand that it is essential. What legislators need to do is regulate the industry like they do in Curacao, this way it becomes a safer industry, the government can earn tax from it and we as an island can benefit fully.
      • billy b (24/01/2012, 10:27) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Politicians, you and I are not perfect, but I hope you are paying attention to what these people are teaching our children. Hence the concern that or grandchildren will soooooon, very sooooooon let us know that they are not respected and allowed to believe and exercise their Christian doctrine on which our territory once stood. I for one will not try to defer anyone from believing what they want to believe, but we have to start (if we haven't already) protecting our youths from imminent danger. POLITICIANS, PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!
      • Crank Shaft (24/01/2012, 10:53) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Thank you joker! At least you saved me from having to respond to 'BillyBible'. I believe in LOVE! We should all LOVE and RESPECT eachother, what's what I believe. Let's focus on what brings us together and is peaceful as opposed to otherwise! The funny thing is it's okay for you to embrace the Bible but if anybody else embraces another 'book' then they're deemed to be crazy or something. You're saying that if our kids don't abide by the Bible our society will go down the tubes? Really? Are you saying that all Christian kids grow up to be good adults and all non-christian kids grow up to be theives and rapists? In theory that's what you're saying! Praying was a major part of our forefathers' daily doings and it comforted them etc. but this is not the only reason they were able to get by. They lived and treated eachother with RESPECT! They ruled with an iron fist where when you do nonsnse you get your ass cut! The problem today has nothing to do with the BIble but rather society itself making rules that makes no sense. Now in certain countries if you discipline your kid, you go to jail and the state takes your child. Now you have kids 12yrs old doing what they want and telling you plain out you can't do them sh$$t because the law is on their side. Then we have internet, media etc. etc. raising our kids while parents are distracted doing their own thing. That my friend is our biggest problem, not people's failures to read and adhere to the Bible.
        • billy b (24/01/2012, 11:41) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          lol, Precisely, people's "failures to read and adhere to the Bible." Including me Not reading it enough. Folks, I guarantee that for every atheist supporter, there are 1000 bible believers; we have and will continue to overcome, just keep the faith, although we're not perfect. Good job Pickering, don't leave God behind, let bring Him with us. yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!! woooooooow!!!!! Don't mind the haters; we will have many of those, but let's continue to show dem who rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
          • Maths (24/01/2012, 14:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
            BillyB - maths is clearly not your strong point. The world population is about 7 billion, of which about 2.2 billion are Christians. Are you really suggesting that there are only 22 million Atheists in the world? 11.9% of the world are considered to be atheist, but this includes religions such as Buddhism. Perhaps you need to do more studying before you enlighten us further with your rants.
          • Crank Shaft (24/01/2012, 14:09) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
            I am not an athiest, far from actually! I was raised in church and have nothing against church, God or Bible. What I do have is a problem with people who think that what they believe in is the end all be all, and anybody else can go to 'HELL' (pun intended)! There are over ONE BILLION Muslims in the world! Are they all going to hell? Are they all worshipping the same god? Are they all reading and believing in the 'wrong' book? Religion was created to separate and weild power over the 'sheeple', that's all. All this pulling and tugging, everybody's claiming to be the 'right' ones. Does that make sense? Isn't it more sensible to just love, respect and live amongst eachother regardless? For you to label me as an athiest simply because I don't subscribe to your doctrine really says a lot about your mentality. For every person that believes Elvis and Tupac are dead, I can probably find 1000 who say different, what's the point? LOL!! For every person that said Bin Laden was behind 9/11, I can find 1000 who say it was a US conspiracy. Does that mean the 1000 are automatically correct simply because of 'numbers'? Open your mind and think! We should all be aware of ALL religions, cultures etc. and open our minds. This closeted thinking will be the demise of you, you shut your brain and convince yourself that what you know is right and that's that. It's your right to believe what you want, but don't label others and try to force your memes upon others. RESPECT ALL! We are all HUMAN regardless of which 'god' we 'serve'.
        • billy b (24/01/2012, 14:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          Crack Shaft, This "billybible", oves you too and is in no way interested in interferring in you and joke's relationships with your prostitutes; it's your right and I respect that. I also respect whatever book you want to believe in. My only concern is that, people like Frett met prayers in school and that's why I send my children there; and if he is finally "enlightened" that there's no God and the bible is rubbish, (I RESPECT THAT) but open your own school and teach that to your children. Just like you want to be respected for what you believe, why impose your belief on a system that doesn't????? OPEN YOUR OWN INSTITUTE!!!!!!!
          • billy b (24/01/2012, 14:18) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
            @Math I stand corrected and you are absolutely correct. I am big enough to admit. I should not have made that comment simply because, ("the white man book", to which I truly believe) the bible tells me that the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it and wide is the gate that leads to destruction. Again I stand corrected
            • Maths (24/01/2012, 15:35) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
              you want to quote from the good book? Here are some loving quotes for you. A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death. (Leviticus 20:27 NAB) Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death. (Exodus 21:15 NAB) 1) If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. (Proverbs 20:20 NAB) 2) All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense. (Leviticus 20:9 NLT) And here is one that will help the control of population in the BVI If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)
  • The Fact Man (24/01/2012, 09:12) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ostriches do not bury their head in the sand or ground out of fear, this is a myth. Ostriches can be around 140 to 346 lbs, you piss one of those things off and you'll see first hand the damage they can do. If they are in fear they use their speed.
    • billy b (24/01/2012, 10:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      @The Fact Man aka Frett, if that is a threat, bring it on..... You can do what you want and assume multiple identities for the purpose of misleading folks into believing, there are numerous folks in agreement with your hogwash, but you got a long way to go and a big fight on your hands.Many b4 you have tried and failed; count yourself among them. You are all too happy to utilize the "poor man" way (the internet) to spread your hog wash, but I'm going to use the same resource to bring awareness to drive home the point that you are no threat because we've been made more than conquerors, despite the fact that we are not perfect.
      • in all fairness (24/01/2012, 11:31) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        In all fairness i believe that Alred Frett is man enough to put his own name up when blogging/commenting. Who is this Billyb? What are you?
        • billy b (24/01/2012, 13:51) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          What the heck does it matter?!?!?!??!?! I'm from here and I'm looking at you, allll of you Let's just say, (according to A. Frett), I'm the ghost of Willy Lynch, lol,lol. Why aren't you interested in the identity of any other blogger???
    • billy b (25/01/2012, 09:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      @@@@@@ MATH, MATH, MATH Thanks for the quotes!! but what's your point????? God got fed up and destroyed the entire earth population with water (wow, that's cruel, we might think) BUT he did it!!! There is a day coming (when God will get fed up for the second time) and destroy us again (this time by everlasting fire) for all the sins you've just quoted. So again I ask, what's your point??? I must admit, It went straight over my head.
  • Serpico (24/01/2012, 12:14) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    The LACK of money could also contribute to the root of some evil to. Think about if for a second people. Speak truth to justice regardless of who.
  • ReX FeRal (24/01/2012, 12:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Noel Lloyd was never crazy.
  • billy b (24/01/2012, 14:23) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    at least that is something you, 'real talk' and I agree on
  • .. (24/01/2012, 14:29) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    We have strip club too dont forget mr pickering. I never hear about anybody get shoot in the ho house.
  • Devon O (24/01/2012, 22:16) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    THANK GOD FOR STRIP CLUBS RAPE IS KEPT LOWER


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