Legislature Rejects Another Corporal Punishment Bill
History repeated itself during Friday’s Legislative session, where once again prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in a school setting was struck down by legislators, this time by a 12-2 vote.
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History repeated itself during Friday’s Legislative session, where once again prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in a school setting was struck down by legislators, this time by a 12-2 vote. #visource #usvi #news
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History repeated itself during Friday's Legislative session, where once again prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in a school setting was struck down by legislators, this time by a 12-2 voOftentimes kids are misbehaving because they just want your attention or they need guidance and parameters. They want to be recognized and know that they are worthy. Teach them to resolve conflict without violence. Teach them that it is not okay to take someone else's life and that death is a finality. A child is born with an empty plate and, depending on what they are fed, that will determine what kid of adult they will become.
Please ask these 12 politicians would they allow their own children to be beaten in school?
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Maybe if we the parents did better at teaching our children about the True Living God & His word ,his truth & his way ! ! ! We would not be living on this tiny islands with the most corrupt politicians ( the Lodge ) who runs all of u & we would not have the highest murder rate of any place or territories in the U.S. and we wouldn’t be walking around bragging how many children we got by how many women !!! But know we beat our women and they get tired of the man and then they start engaging in same sex with other women like some of our politicians that u yourself thought u voted into office !!!!! It all a lie & why do they do the process of injecting the dead souls of the lodge into the tree that grow around the legislature ? Looks like all u forget the cow foot woman she ain’t walking and riding in taxis.she after you who ain’t covered by the Blood of Christ !!!
This is backwards, there are better ways to discipline children. Parents need to set an example of good behavior for their children
But if a parent dares to spank their child family services is on their doorstep. 😐 Leave physical punishment to the parents. I can not believe this is even still a thing here.
Hold on, this failed not once, but TWICE?! I hope all VI tax payers are satisfied that they are paying for people to abuse children in our schools...
Good for them. I know when I was in school, the threat of an ass spanking kept me out of trouble. We all know what happens when the laws that keep this society civil are not obeyed, BLM.
Separation of church and state. Reason over faith. JS.
Sad you on point. Thanks for given it your best effort
Lol, we elected this.
This is disgraceful!!!
Gotta protect VI culture. Child abuse.
Corporal punishment is government sanctioned child abuse- I am absolutely shocked and appalled that a supermajority of our elected officials could and would support this.
Unbelievable
www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-does-spare-the-rod-spoil-the-child-mean.html Shepherd’s do not beat their flock with a rod. They use it to guide them, and beat off predators with it. If you read this article, past the first few paragraphs which are somewhat irrelevant, you will read what I believe that scripture means. Here is a little excerpt if you don’t feel like reading: “In the time scripture was written, and even still today, shepherds used various tools to guide their sheep. They use a staff, or a crook, and a rod. The crook is the curved stick you see in cartoon depictions of shepherds. When sheep fall into a pit or lose sight of their flock, they look down. The curved end of the crook is used to pull the sheep’s head back up and guide it in the way it should go. In the same way, the rod is used to guide sheep who begin to splinter away from the flock back together. It can also be used defensively to keep the sheep safe from predators. This Proverb, as with many proverbs and teachings of Jesus, teaches using a parable. It does not intend for children to be physically punished as the only means of correction. It refers to teaching them through guidance and appropriate discipline. Discipline, according to this PMC article, is about positively influencing behavior in children, not about punishing them. It says, “Discipline allows children to develop self-discipline, and helps them become emotionally and socially mature, secure adults.” It goes on to explain that effective discipline is that which is self-enhancing for the child. Leading children to self-discipline is congruent with Proverbs 22:6, which says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” “
This is BULLSHIT! The VI students should NOT get beaten by a school official. Schools should be a SAFE place for children. Sens. Sarauw and Novell Francis, Jr. you will get my vote. The rest of you F*%# Off!!!
Spare the rod ! Spoil the child ! Proverbs 13 : 24 written by the wisest king of all Solomon . Married to who The Greatest Queen of all from Ethiopia The Queen of Sheba !!! Who all u going listen too . Need get out Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth !!!!!!
The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation (VITFF) reports that V.I. marathon runner Eduardo Garcia is running well as he pursues his goal of running in the Tokyo Olympics. In spite of the challenges brought on by the COVID-19, Garcia trains and competes with Greenville Track Club Elite in South Carolina. He follows the medical and safety protocols carefully and has been able to find a few road races which effectively meet the prevention criteria.
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📸: Garcia (R) is on his way to winning Low Country Elite Invitational 5K (Photo from Greenville Track Club-Elite)
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Scientists are on a quest to better understand the watershed of St. Thomas by cataloging the species of spineless creatures that dwell in it.
Last month, Drs. Christopher Rogers from the University of Kansas and Edwin Cruz-Rivera of the University of the Virgin Islands published a paper detailing the discovery of a new species of clam shrimp found in the Herman E. Moore Golf Course at UVI.
“The project that led to the discovery of this little shrimp was aimed at establishing baselines relating to groups of animals that you would find in the water with the conditions of that water,” said Cruz-Rivera.
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✏: Article by Adian Brewer
📸: Photos by Adian Brewer & Edwin Cruz-Rivera
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The banning of social functions and gatherings around the country due to COVID-19 concerns has affected everything from sporting events to concerts. So too has it affected educational experiences.
This year, St. Thomas’ celebrated Dollar Fo’ Dollar tour is going the way of many museums and art galleries and will be hosted entirely online.
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✏: Article by Nathan Visel
📸: Photo by David Knight Jr.
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The accolades just keep piling up for Kacen Callender – and for good reason.
At 30, this young author has accomplished more than many seasoned writers double their age. Just Wednesday, the New Yorker Magazine published an article announcing that Callender’s novel, King and the Dragonflies, is on the longlist for this year’s National Book Award for Young People’s Literature that depicts children making sense of death and the afterlife.
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✏: Article by Ananta Pancham
📸: Photo Submitted
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The night-blooming cereus teases us as it opens in the darkened sky after nightfall – closing by dawn and wilting in the light of day.
Many of these beauties grow in the wild, while other are planted in outdoor tropical gardens and sometimes planted indoors in colder climates. They belong to a large number of ceroid cacti that bloom at night.
Once the flower is fully opened, it emits a light perfume-like fragrance.
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✏: Article by Elisa McKay
📸: Photos by Elisa McKay
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If there’s anything that the hurricanes of 2017 and the current COVID-19 pandemic have demonstrated, it’s that the U.S. Virgin Islands needs to diversify its economy and become less dependent on tourism.
But how exactly do we do that?
That’s the question that UVI’s Center for Leadership and Learning, more commonly known UVI CELL, is posing to the public in a series of town hall meetings.
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For full article visit the Source's website.
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✏: Article by Amy Roberts
📸: The relatively unspoiled beauty of St. John was cited as an advantage by town hall participants. (Source File Photo)
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The V.I. Department of Planning and Natural Resources deployed new fish aggregating devices (FAD) in the St. Thomas-St. John District on Thursday, Aug. 27 and in the St. Croix District on Friday, Aug. 28, according to Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol. Deployment of the FADs benefits the U.S. Virgin Islands by shifting fishing pressure from heavily fished inshore areas to offshore areas with more abundant populations of pelagic sportfish species such as tuna, dolphin and wahoo.
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✏: Press Release
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The Department of Planning and Natural Resources has launched an application that will let citizens in the U.S. Virgin Islands report to the department anonymously if they see something they think is suspicious or illegal that could harm the environment.
The app can be found and downloaded by searching “USVI DPNR Hotline” in either the Android app store, known as “Google Play,” or the Apple app store for iPhones.
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✏: Article by Kyle Murphy
📸: Photo provided by Kristina Edwards
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Both the U.S. Virgin Islands Olympic Committee and the V.I. Housing Finance Authority told senators on Monday about the progress that has been made on building multipurpose sports complexes that would double as storm shelters on St. Thomas and St. Croix.
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✏: Article by Bethaney Lee
📸: Photo by Bethaney Lee
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The Moravian Churches have a unique history in the U.S. Virgin Islands dating back to the early 1700s and are host to the most abundant burial sites on St. Thomas – two intimate church graveyards and two cemeteries.
But to understand anything about these burial sites, the church itself and the first Moravians must be understood.
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✏: Article by Bethaney Lee
📸: Photo by Bethaney Lee
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Caneel Bay Resort, located within the Virgin Islands National Park, has been known for its extraordinary beauty since it opened in 1956. Few people, however, know that seven sites within the property have been contaminated over the years by pollutants that are hazardous to creatures on land and in the sea.
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✏: Article by Amy Roberts
📸: Photo by Amy Roberts
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Udall Caribbean, a jewelry brand whose products connect consumers to Caribbean heroes and heroines of the past while celebrating the region’s rich culture and heritage, launched an eBoutique on Sept. 9, allowing customers from around the world to shop its selections.
The company was founded by 38-year-old St. Croix native Ephra Graham in December 2019 and derives its name from St. Croix’s Point Udall – the easternmost point in the United States.
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✏: Article by Source Staff
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I am sure I am one of many that have had this experience. Yet, I believe it is an experience worth sharing for it speaks to the person that Joe Biden is.
In 2004, I was chosen from hundreds of nationwide applicants to join AARP’s national board for six years. This thrust forward allowed me to bring the interests and needs of Virgin Islanders into the spotlight of one of America’s largest nonpartisan premier advocacy organizations – AARP. However, little did I know, I would have a very special moment with Joe Biden.
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For the the full letter to the editor visit the Virgin Islands Source website.
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✏: Letter to the Editor by Cora Christian MD
📸: Photo Cora Christian MD with Vice President Joe Biden
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“You’ve got your certificate of occupancy.”
These words are guaranteed to gladden the heart of anyone involved in a construction project in the Virgin Islands.
On Tuesday, Bob Malacarne, president of the board of St. John Rescue, heard those welcome words spoken by Marvin Vaughan, the construction manager for the V.I. Housing Finance Authority.
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✏: Article by Amy Roberts
📸: Photo by Amy Roberts
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📸 Photo #1: Dion Parson grew up and went to public school on St. Thomas. When he left for college at Rutgers University in New Jersey, he said, “I had heard the N-word, but I didn’t know what it meant.”
It was not until a white student told him to “watch it nigger,” in a doorway that he was entering with six other Black students and bumped into the white person, that he got the language lesson.
📸 Photo #2: MemorieAnne Brown-Callender was born in Alabama. She first came to live on St. Thomas when she was six years old when her parents separated. She spent her young life split between St. Thomas, where her mother’s mother lives, and San Diego where her father, who was in the military resided.
It was in San Diego, she said, where she experienced her first racism shock. She was the only Black student in her fourth-grade class, though most of the students in the school, she said, were Hispanic rather than Caucasian.
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✏: Article by Shaun Pennington
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The St. Thomas Historical Trust has received a $20,000 grant through the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands to be used for teaching the art of furniture caning out of the Historical Trust’s museum, in the heart of Charlotte Amalie.
Historical Trust President Pamela Montegut said West Indies furniture rivals anything that came out of Europe and much of the exquisite furniture was caned, a weaving technique that became popular in the territory.
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✏: Article by Bethaney Lee
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Over the last eight years, David Payne’s family has commissioned four signs, all of which have stood outside his sister’s house on Beltjen Road, calling for the public to report any details about his murder to Crime Stoppers.
The first three were torn down. Last week, the fourth was installed and trimmed with festive balloons in honor of his 38th birthday, which fell on Aug. 30. On Monday, the eighth anniversary of his death, those balloons will be replaced with black ones, representing – according to his mother Blanche Frazier – the darkness in which he was killed.
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✏: Article by Ananta Pancham
📸: Photos provided by Blanche Frazier
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These enchanting flowers are designed to attract nocturnal pollinators like fruit bats and hawk moths, not people. But if we are lucky, we get a brief chance to enjoy them before they drop.
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✏: Article by Gail Karlsson
📸: Photos by Gail Karlsson
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One summer evening in 2018 when Tralice Bracy was assisting at the West End Music and Art Institute camp at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, she pricked up her ears.
The camp program included jazz performances in the gallery, curated by bass player Mario Thomas and funded by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands.
“I was dumbstruck by the talent that showed up,” Bracy said. “I had lived on St. Croix for nearly 10 years and had never encountered a real jazz scene before.” The interaction between the musicians and the audience fascinated her as much as the music did.
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✏: Article by Anne Salafia
📸: Freddie Thomas, on piano, Fred Williams, on bass, Reggie Williams, on alto sax, and Hugh “Fuma” Petersen, on drums, play at a jazz show. (Photo provided by Tralice Bracy)
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Friday was a red-letter day for the Humane Society of St. Thomas’ Pets with Wings program as 69 of the shelter’s animals – 54 dogs and 15 cats – were transported stateside to be received by partner shelters and rescue organizations.
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✏: Article by James Baylor
📸: Photo by James Baylor
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