We hope you’re not having a meal, because these pictures will put you off food for sure. These are the filthy bathrooms at St. Croix Central High School, shown in photos taken within the past three days. Participants in the recent All-Star Basketball tournament held here were forced to use these facilities – that is after they spent their time in the gymnasium dodging the rats. And some of your children go to school here every day. Read the rest of this entry »
We blame the pushers, the rappers, and the media. The pushers sell them, the rappers glorify them, and the media inundates us with stories of the lives they’ve destroyed.
We clamor for more law enforcement, more government intervention, more community involvement and help from the educational system.
But what’s the answer? Read the rest of this entry »
Guest Opinion by J. J. Estemac
We are finally in the beginning of another year of the twenty first century, the year 2008. It could be an auspicious year for this territory of the United States of America, providing we the people of these Virgin Islands assume fully the responsibility that is ours. That of taking control of our government and accepting responsibility for its failures. If we would only expect more from our leadership, from our elected and appointed public servants we would be further on our way to improving our lot. Read the rest of this entry »
Guest Opinion by Gonzalo Rivera
Several weeks ago I wrote a letter regarding the neglect of the youths being housed at the Youth Rehabilitation Center on St. Croix . As of today the situation remains the same. Young men and women are simply detained in a substandard environment, without access to any meaningful programs to assist them with behavior modification. The daily hours of instructional time they are entitled to, is limited to anywhere from zero to just over an hour, and to make matters worst, there is no vocational training available whatsoever. The recycled leadership, bankrupt of new methods in approaching the escalating problem with our troubled youth population, reaps great rewards for continuing to systematically fail our children. The end result of this form of cruelty to humans is notably documented in the increasing crime statistics, and the sense of hopelessness radiated by our young people. Read the rest of this entry »
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