Category: Op-ed
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IN THE MIRROR OF THE PAST, READ THE MAPP
Former V.I. government media liaison Robert Acosta III says the territory cannot afford to have another pair of incumbent chief executives at…
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THE GIVE AND TAKE: SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
A Virgin Islands artist and gallery/shop owner suggests that when schoolchildren come into businesses begging, they should know what they're begging about.…
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THE GIVE AND TAKE: SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
A St. Thomas artist and gallery/shop owner suggests that when schoolchildren come into businesses begging, they should know what they're begging about.…
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HOW ABOUT GRADING ELECTED OFFICIALS?
With report card time upon us, business consultant Carmelo Rivera says, let's grade our elected officials.
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BUSINESS RHETORIC ON CHASE DEAL SURPRISING
Michael Burton says the Banking Board, as an independent agency, was justified in placing conditions on the VICB acquisition of Chase Manhattan.
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BUSINESS RHETORIC ON CHASE DEAL SURPRISING
Michael Burton says the Banking Board, as an independent agency, was justified in placing conditions on the VICB acquisition of Chase Manhattan.
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE VIOLENCE?
Source columnist Catherine Mills searches for solutions to end senseless violence.
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CORRECTION AND AMPLIFICATION ON TEA-21 FUNDS
Helen Gjessing identifies the potential uses for ISTEA funds pointing out the requirement for public input – which is all the more…
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VITRAN HAS LOW PRIORITY IN THE DPW AGENDA
Helen Gjessing says the Vitran crisis points to the flaw in DPW’s transportation policy, with its emphasis on highway expansion at the…
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EXPERT FROM V.I. HAS POLICE-RELATIONS ADVICE
A peace officer and police instructor in Texas who's from the Virgin Islands says ongoing training for cops on a variety of…
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GOOD CRISIS P.R. STARTS WITH SAYING YOU CARE
Source editor Jean Etsinger says the most disturbing aspect of a resort children's activities supervisor being charged with raping a child in…
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FOND MEMORIES OF TRIATHLON FEVER
Source commentator Frank Jordan has been high on the St. Croix International Triathlon almost from the start. With Sunday's No. 12 in…
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GOOD CRISIS P.R. STARTS WITH SAYING YOU CARE
Source editor Jean Etsinger says the most disturbing aspect of a resort children's activities supervisor being charged with raping a child is…
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GOOD CRISIS P.R. STARTS BY SAYING YOU CARE
News of a children's activities supervisor at a local resort being charged with raping a 9-year-old entrusted to his care is disturbing.…
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MEMORIES OF AN EARLIER TRIATHLON
Source commentator Frank Jordan pays tribute to the St. Croix International Triathlon with a nostalgic reminiscence of an earlier triathlon, the 1989…
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MEMORIES OF AN EARLIER TRIATHLON
Source commentator Frank Jordan pays tribute to the St. Croix International Triathlon with a nostalgic reminiscence of an earlier triathlon, the 1989…
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'HOSPITALITY' IS NOT A FOREIGN WORD IN THE V.I.
A longtime V.I. hotel employee says Virgin Islanders know well what hospitality from the heart is, but managers need to remind staffs…
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A TALE OF 2 HOTELS IN WHICH MISTAKES WERE MADE
Frank Schneiger tells a tale of two separate and very different experiences at hotels — and throws in a quiz at the…
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'HOSPITALITY' IS NOT A FOREIGN WORD IN THE V.I.
In response to Frank Schneiger's commentary "A Tale of 2 Hotels," a longtime hotel employee says Virgin Islanders know very well what…
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'HOSPITALITY' IS NOT A FOREIGN WORD IN THE V.I.
A longtime employee in the St. Thomas hospitality industry responds to Frank Schneiger's "A Tale of 2 Hotels."
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STOP POLICE-CIVILIAN CONFLICT WITH TRAINING
A peace officer and police instructor in Texas who's from the Virgin Islands says ongoing training for cops on a variety of…
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'CELEBRATE YOUR FREEDOM' THEME OF LAW DAY
American Bar Association Delegate Tom Bolt says "celebrating freedom" is more than Fourth of July speeches and fireworks. It's a recognition by…
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A TALE OF 2 HOTELS IN WHICH MISTAKES WERE MADE
Frank Schneiger tells a tale of two separate and very different experiences at hotels — and throws in a quiz at the…
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A TALE OF 2 HOTELS IN WHICH MISTAKES WERE MADE
Frank Schneiger tells a tale of two separate and very different experiences in hotels — and there's a quiz at the end.
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THOUGHTS ON THE 21ST CENTURY SECRETARY…
Wednesday is Secretaries Day, and April 24-28 is Secretaries Week. Business owner Christopher Brathwaite offers some thoughts on what being a good…
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THOUGHTS ON THE 21ST CENTURY SECRETARY…
Wednesday is Secretaries Day, and April 24-28 is Secretaries Week. Business owner Christopher Brathwaite offers some thoughts on what being a good…
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COUNTING NATIVES IN CENSUS 2000
Source commentator Frank J. Jordan examines the effort by a local group to have native Virgin Islanders counted separately in Census 2000.
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COUNTING NATIVES IN CENSUS 2000
Source commentator Frank J. Jordan looks at the effort by a local group to have "native Virgin Islanders" counted as a separate…
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COUNTING NATIVES IN CENSUS 2000
Source commentator Frank J. Jordan looks at the move by a local group to get native Virgin Islanders counted as a separate…
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EARTH DAY EVERY DAY
Helen W. Gjessing offers a few ideas on how to make everyday, Earth Day as the U.S. passes its 30th Earth Day…