Change Is Coming?!?
From what we are hearing, change is not only coming to Washington, DC, it is coming to the Virgin Islands as well.
Well placed sources tell us that the Governor is planning a major housecleaning to be announced in Monday’s State of the Territory Address. Among those whose heads are said to be on the block are:
Police Commissioner, James H. McCall; Labor Commissioner Albert Bryan (although we hear there may be something else in the works for him); Health Commissioner Vivian E. Fludd; Consumer Affairs Commissioner Kenrick E. Robinson; Property and Procurement Commissioner Lynn Millin; and St. Croix Administrator Pedro Pete Encarnacion.
If this is true, it leaves more questions than answers – what’s happening? Why now? Aren’t these the people who were hand picked to move our islands forward only 2 years ago? And who is in line to replace them?
What do you think?
Stay tuned.
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It is the same everywhere. It is simply human nature to vote for candidates whom we love. Bert Bryan killed his son, yet he is considered a local hero and a beloved leader to many.Ronald Russel’s despicable behavior as a senator was vehemently defended on this blog site.Crucian are suppose to be conservative but they elected a fag (Turnbull).Chucky Hanson was acquitted for corruption.Senator Richard was accused of sexual harassment and he still was reelected. Good people are not elected to serve in government. That’s just the way it is!
To Indigenous Virgin Islander:
It is not the same everywhere. I do not care what you saycontinue voting for people who you love that is not concern about the people of these islands, and at the wink of an eye there will no longer be a Virgin Islands. Everybody is innocent until found guilty. Even though according to you Turnbull was a fag, he didnot have these islands down hill. This administration have no vision and without vision your country perish. In the next couple of months, this whole government is going to crumble. TOGETHER WE CAN! What did family value did for these islands.
Calling people fags is being prejudice. Prejudice is a very negitive way to be in a diverse world. No culture will get ahead by this kind of thinking.
Virgin Islands harboring the Stamfords and Prosser’s and many more
Stanford Bank’s Clients in Latin America Seek Funds (Update1)
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By Matthew Walter and Daniel Cancel
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) — Stanford International Bank Ltd’s affiliates in Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador were packed with clients trying to close accounts after the firm was accused of fraud in the U.S.
“Me and my family have started filling out forms for them to take our money out and close our accounts,” said Carlos Araujo, 43, a financial adviser in Caracas. Araujo said he invested $80,000 of savings, mostly in certificates of deposit, with the bank. “I’ve always thought this was a stable place,” he said.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today accused R. Allen Stanford of running a “massive, ongoing fraud” through his Houston-based Stanford Group. Co., while selling $8 billion in certificates issued by an affiliated bank in Antigua. Stanford has offices in Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Colombia.
Stanford Group Venezuela Asesores de Inversión, C.A. is listed as an affiliate of Stanford International Bank on its Web site. The Venezuelan affiliate has offices in five cities in the South American country.
More than 100 clients crowded around the marble front desk at one of Stanford’s Caracas offices. They were served coffee, tea and water as they filled out wire transfer forms.
Araujo said he earned a return of between 5 percent and 6 percent on deposits made at the bank over the past five years.
Trusted the Firm
“The explanation they gave us was that they had a low number of employees, and, secondly, free taxes because they were in Antigua,” Araujo said in referring to the high rate of return. “I really trusted the organization. It was very personal service.”
At the Stanford Group Casa de Valores in Quito, Ecuador, clients mingled in the lobby seeking information.
“We have no information yet, and things are operating normally so far,” said Dayana Hernandez, the manager at the Quito brokerage.
At Stanford’s Panama unit, customers who wanted to withdraw money were turned away because the branch was already closed.
Stanford Bank of Panama S.A. had $41.8 million of capital as of January 2009, according to the country’s banking authority. The Panamanian government doesn’t insure deposits. Calls to Panama’s Stanford Bank president Ramon Martinez for comment weren’t immediately returned and government officials couldn’t be reached for comment.
Colombia Unit
Stock transactions by Stanford Financial Group’s Colombian brokerage unit operated normally today, the Bogota securities exchange said. The exchange is unaware of any problems involving Stanford’s Bolsa y Banca unit, an exchange spokesman said by telephone from Bogota today.
A unit of Stanford acquired Bolsa y Banca two years ago when the firm employed 137 people in Bogota and Medellin, according to Stanford’s Web site.
There was nobody at Colombia’s financial regulatory agency available for comment. Phone calls to Bolsa y Banca’s main switchboard weren’t answered. Stanford’s chief of staff and head of Latin America, Yolanda Suarez, didn’t respond to an e-mailed request for comment.
To contact the reporter on this story: Matthew Walter in Caracas at mwalter4@bloomberg.net; Daniel Cancel in Caracas at dcancel@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: February 17, 2009 19:04 EST
Indigenous Virgin Islander
You can always bring me out of my slumber. The word fag! I guess you had to go very far back to get that word. We don’t use that word anymore. They are called gay. Anyway that has nothing to do with the person’s intelligence or how they can get the job done. We live amoung many of them who are in the closet or open and they are good friends and co-workers. Please let’s not believe a persons sexual preference is a factor in how well they can do a job. Let’s not get personal, cause if Jesus Christ felt like you he would not walk amoung the sinners but play it safe a only preach to the christians. We love the sinner but not the sin so let’s not show our prejudice. Are you homophobic?
In Short I concur with you Crucian to me Heart, we must begin to respect individuals for who they are and not let their sexual preference get in the way as to how we cast judgment upon them.
Well Said all.. let’s understand that gays are here in the Virgin Islands and we are all one people trying to make life better for All!
You should just people by there past but how they can learn from their mistakes.
In which my friends and myself believe that those people in high authority did learn from there wrong doing.
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
AND LIKE OUR NEW ELECTED PRESINDENT BARAK OBAMA SAID SAID “YES WE CAN ADN YES WE WILL”.
HE ALSO SAID “CHANGE IS COMING”
AND I BELIEVE AND I KNOW IT WILL COME SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
I am the most open-minded, loving and liberal person you’ll will ever meet.I voted twice for Turnbull. Scrutiny of my message should make it clear that aspersions were not being cast upon Turnbull. Perhaps I should have referred to him as an alleged homosexual. His performance as governor was not a reflection of his sexual orientation.It is my belief that homosexuals should have equal political and social rights.My use of the term”fag” was perhaps politically incorrect; however, it was intended to support my opinion of the VI community being hypocrites. There are many churches and VI people tend to be judgemental as is demonstrated on this site. It was, therefore, surprising that Turnbull was elected twice despite his suspicious sexual preference.I prefer out-of-the-closet homosexuals to those who pretend to be otherwise.I am 100% heterosexual but love all humans regardless of their sexual orientation.
Indigenous Virgin Islander
Here we go again, you haven’t convince me that your not homophobic. Does it matter whether your in the closet or not. It’s your ability in getting the job done. Some people are bi-sexual and live amoung us. Yeah we see them with wives and significant others (girlfriends)in the public, but they are swingers and you don’t know it. So, what’s the big deal unless you want a relationship with them it does’nt matter. It’s about how well they can do their jobs. Get over it you are not going to change it. This is a free society, people have the right to live their private lives the way they want too. Are we going to legislate morality? God gives us the free will to choose. If you have a problem with that take it up with him. I am married and a heterosexual, but I have friends and members of my family that are gay. I bet you too? So stop it let not go into peoples private domain. Unless he is using the powers that have been given to him by the people to promote and tear down the office that he holds then I don’t care what he does in his private time.
I am comfortable with the fact that I adore the opposite gender. Thanks to the Creator for making us sexual beings. Those who shun homosexuality are being judgemental. I do care about how others choose to live their lives if it does not infringe on my rights.However, it is a big deal to be misled by someone who does not reveal her/his sexual practices. If you suspect your spouse of cheating, would you not confront her/him and demand the truth?Laws relating to adultery are just like legislating morality. Personally, I believe in free love. My philosophy is there is one life to live and I will enjoy it to the fullest.In a perfect world, we would enjoy multiple relationships and all involve would have full knowledge and consent. Unfortunately, most people are not as free-spirited as I am. Hence, I must keep my sexual trysts a secret. I am just another hypocrite like those who stay in the closet to hide their homosexuality.
Wow typical West Indian man , you must have an affair to prove your manhood. I know of a few men in this community that have been faithful. I am sure they are many more. Let me share a secret with you, you don’t have to sleep around to prove your manhood, just to stick with one woman is the test. If you can stay with one woman and meet all her sexual desires is the test to your male prowess. You see it is your insecurities that sends you out of the home. You need to explore every sexual cravens that lie dormant in your wife. It will surprize you of her hunger for you. Outside is to prove to the boys that you can sneak around and be part of the group.
Crucian to me heart, you’re correct that a man does not have to prove his manhood by sleeping with multiple partners nor does a woman need to sleep with multiple partner to prove her womanhood. It just makes life spicier. Have you not heard that variety is the spice of life? One man can not satisfy certain women. They need more wood for the fire.The idea is not to sneak around, but to be open and honest with all the parties involved. How are you so sure that the men who say they are faithful are telling the truth? Were they administered a polygraph? If they were, how accurate are those tests? 100%? Are you sure that I am a “typical West Indian man”? I might be a white continental hermaphrodite.
This website and the other, demmansay.com appear to generate a lot of viewers but few bloggers. Could it be that the information is not credible and viewers consider both websites to be just entertaining? Albert Bryan still has his position as Commissioner of Labor. Perhaps, the government officials are reading the posts and are laughing on the way to the bank. Let’s continue the comedy act. Remember, laughter is the best medicine.
Variety is not the spice to the heart. It’s a trip to the doctor. I don’t think it is wise to out there today. Have you heard of HIV and AIDES. Yeah that’s spicy and leathal.So swing your way to the grave. Look at the statistics is men like you who are dying.
Change is coming alright…as in salary increases. How does $105k sound? Someone should ask the Governor if he really thinks his lame commissioners are worth that much, especially Commissioner McCall who needed an audit to tell him what he should already know if he was the least bit competent. After 2 years, we have more AK47s on the street, rampant lawlessness, an MOU with the US DOJ and yet another stinging federal audit. Progress! Together we can!
Dear Indigenous,
Why are you so down on Commissioner Bryan? No opinion just, well, curious.
Commissioner Bryan is an intelligent and likable person.My statement that he still has his post as commissioner is a fact and not an opinion. It is my opinion that he is doing a satisfactory job.
Responsible adults do not take unnecessary risk such as engaging in unprotected sex. Swearing that one is monogamous or practicing abstinence is a comfort to a fool. Regardless of one’s sexual practice, it is important to protect oneself. Condoms do break, so I would not promote indiscriminatory sexual practices. All the parties involved should not ignore all the possibilities. However, I still believe variety is the spice of life. Just make sure your decisions are based on facts and fear. Take calculated risks, but look out for #1.
I can prove not only Commissioner McCall and Bryan may need to change, but Finch. Have you heard that he has taken the best run agency DHS to be one of the worst run agency. According to acurate reports, DHS dropped from #2 in the nation to #49 in less than two years in the food stamp error rate. Instead of receiving bonuses we have to pay back the federal government in thousands of dollars from the general fund. And we stand to loose the food stamp program if he can’t correct this problem in a very short time. This report came in from the October 08 audit. What a disaster if this happen to the VI. I heard the moral of the staff is so low it’s going to take a lot of moral building workshops to get them motivated. How they miss Mrs. Halbert. He and his senior staff have suceeded in destroying what took years by Mrs. Molloy and Mrs. Halbert to build a very strong agency. The media should be reporting these things instead of building up this administration as best thing that came to the V.I.