Archive for July, 2008

After reading the investigative report in The Virgin Islands Daily News concerning the improper behavior of the executives and the governing board of the Schneider Regional Medical Center in the district of St. Thomas/St. John I was dismayed but not surprised. Additionally the report and recommendation of the joint audit by the federal and...
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Hot off the press! Here’s the joint US & VI Inspector General audit of the Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center.  Schneider Regional Medical Center Audit Share on Facebook
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Guest Opinion by J. J. Estemac  Are we really slaves to the past? Not necessarily our past, but the generic past? I am an individual over fifty years of age, I respect tradition and customs but I do not allow the past to control my present nor my future, do you? Why is that we...
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I was in the States this week and everywhere I looked I saw the way technology has been woven into the basic activities of daily life. There’s virtually nothing you can’t do online. You travel on an e-ticket, reserve the rental car ahead of time to avoid the lines, all on your pc or, more...
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Guest Opinion by J. J. Estemac  It is our belief that had the police response to the killing of retired police sergeant Liston T. Gumbs, Sr. was more immediate and coordinated, the possibility of arresting the perpetrator would have been greater. It is possible that whoever was in charge of police operations had taken an...
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Guest Opinion by J. J. Estemac  I received the sad news this Monday of the assassination of a brother in arms, a fellow Virginislander, the retired Police Sergeant Liston T. Gumbs, Sr. As I understand the circumstances of his killing, he was shot during a robbery at a grocery store in the Lindberg area on St....
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It was a most revealing comment; a comment that highlighted a fatal flaw in the direction some of our “leaders” believe will be beneficial to the Virgin Islands. Just before the conclusion of two days of hearings on the now approved Diageo deal – hearings that contained impassioned testimony for and against – Senator Hill...
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