Politicians don’t have easy jobs. Having said that, keeping aware of the “pulse of your community” is a quality that is both needed and expected.

Editor’s Note: Following is a statement issued Wednesday by the Board of the St. Croix Chamber of Commerce.

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

The holidays are approaching and celebrations are in the planning. We all like a good party, with lots of goodwill, food, drink and cheer. It’s a time for caring about all our friends, family and others.

Every Monday night a few dedicated men and women of the St. Thomas Reformed Church bring fellowship to a group of inmates housed at the Alexander A. Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex located on the St. Thomas waterfront. This program is made possible with the active support of the Bureau of …

This is the red zone. In football, it is that span between the 20-yard line and the goal line. In teaching, it is the time between Thanksgiving break and winter break. It is the time when semesters can come to a satisfying end or crash and burn.

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a four-part series on the ancient plants and herbs of the Bible.

To me, it was a thunderclap. Years ago, when I was in Congress, we were in the midst of a tense, contentious debate. Members had gotten irritated, levying charges back and forth, and tempers were rising. Then one member stood up, asked for our attention, and said to us, “Let’s remember: trus…

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part letter. The first part was published on Tuesday.

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part letter.

Their plight no longer hits the headlines, but the shocking personal stories continue to emerge.

I visited my brothers

Governor Albert Bryan Jr.’s new labor policy announcement must have been inspired by a diet beer commercial:

Unsolved crime mysteries haunt small towns, and the Virgin Islands is no exception.

Every year I try to write on another subject and sometimes I succeed. Every year, though, the allure of the day draws me to it and I find myself thinking new thoughts and seeing new angles. Honoring the events that took place on St. John in 1733 is never far from my mind on this day. It is a…

Representative democracy is based on a simple premise. It’s that ordinary citizens can judge complex public policy and political issues — or at least grasp them well enough to decide who should be dealing with them.

Although the statistics vary, reliable Caribbean and international entities suggest that the region’s sector is now delivering on average, directly and indirectly, about 40.6% of the Caribbean’s GDP, earned the region $62 billion in 2018, and employs at least one in 11 of the region’s citizens.

The alleged abuse of young Aaron Benjamin Jr. and his eventual death raises a number of important questions that should be explored during the course of any investigation into this tragedy.

Corruption and fiscal thievery in government happens all over. From big cities to small towns, not a day goes by where an investigation does not bring bad news of corrupt deeds.

One of the cornerstones of the Montessori education is peace. The students are not only taught to be peaceful with each other, but also to make peace a priority. In all ways they are told to find ways to build a functioning community where everyone belongs and no one is above anyone else.

After a second week of no classes, St. Croix Central High School students are losing precious educational time.

For a Foolish Virgin

For Virgin Islands residents, especially seniors, a complete bureaucratic overhaul of our Bureau of Motor Vehicles is desperately needed.

A moment’s reflection and some simple arithmetic would convince even the most cynical among us that in its payment of $1,500 to each board member per meeting — plus $2,000 to its chairman — the West Indian Co. is basically scamming the people of the Virgin Islands.

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

New Virgin Islands peace officers enter the University of the Virgin Islands’ Sports and Fitness Center on St. Thomas during their recent graduation ceremony. The new officers report to the Governor’s Office, Department of Licencing and Consumer Affairs, V.I. Port Authority, V.I. Police Depa…

Dear Editor,

In the last few days Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has reiterated her belief that to progress the region must make the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) fit for purpose.