Youth & Elderly

Peter Sets World Youth Record with Photofinish in 200m Race

July 14, 2009
Peter Sets World Youth Record with Photofinish in 200m Race

It was a week of record breaking firsts for St. Croix runner Allison Peter, 17, as she raced to two silver medals and a World Youth Record at the 6th Annual World Youth Championships in Sudtirol, Italy last week. She was the first female US Virgin Islander to make a final in this competition and...
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Our Children Deserve Better

June 3, 2009
Our Children Deserve Better

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...
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The Drug Problem, It’s A Recurring Topic

March 27, 2008

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? Share on Facebook
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Addressing Juvenile Delinquency

January 15, 2008

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...
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Quit the Systematic Neglect of Our Children

December 23, 2007

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...
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