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\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"

 

Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?

— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021

Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.

\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated

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Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Poet and author Maya Angelou has been chosen as the figure for the first coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program. The new four-year American Women Quarters Program celebrates women’s accomplishments and contributions to the United States’ development and history, according to the U.S. Mint. Under the program, the mint will […]

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Government officials, family members and the community joined together to honor the life of Holland L. Redfield, II at the Legislature building on St. Croix, Thursday

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The Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection discussed proposed legislation amending the territory’s virtual data system and upon approval sent it to Rules and Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

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