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Only one police officer assigned to JVD in height of tourist season
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – With the Jost van Dyke Police Station in a state of disrepair, there is urgent need for rehabilitation work to be done on the facility.
Heavy fines set out for NHI non-compliance
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Regulations governing the controversial and mandatory National Health Insurance (NHI) were gazetted on December 29, 2015 and set out penalties for non-compliance by employers and employees, which include fines. Those regulations came into operation on January 1, 2016.
UPDATE: NHI going ahead as is! Petition group to up the ante – Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Main agitator behind the NHI Concerned Citizens and Residents Group Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru blasted Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith's response to their petition and cover letter as unsatisfactory and vague.
‘It’s still unclear what NHI Healthcare providers may charge’ – CIL MD Brian W. Jermyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Managing Director of Caribbean Insurers Limited (CIL) Brian W. Jermyn said that while a fee schedule has been agreed upon between the insurance industry and the government for use with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHI), it is unclear what the prices for top up plans will be as healthcare providers may charge more than what the scheme covers.
‘Premier’s letter to NHI group should be public’ – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Social commentator and radio talk show host Edmund G. Maduro is peeved that Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has not found it fit to make the letter that he wrote to the NHI Concerned Citizens and Residents Group public.
The return of NDP resulted in hardship on the people – Opp Leader Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) said that the fact that people in the territory have seen it fit to return the National Democratic Party (NDP) to power at the June 8, 2015 election, it can be an interpretation that all is well and the desire of the people is to leave well alone.
BVIEC delivers Christmas Day blackout
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While Christmas is a time associated with lights, the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) today, Christmas Day December 25, 2015, delivered a blackout across sections of the Virgin Islands’ main island of Tortola.
UPDATE: VIBE successfully ‘steals’ Christmas!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- VIBE certainly stole the show and Christmas for both children and adults on December 19, 2015 when the band members organised two Christmas events under the theme ‘How VIBE Stole Christmas’.
Acting Governor V. Inez Archibald’s 2015 Christmas Message
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill to men.” I am V. Inez Archibald, Deputy Governor of the Virgin Islands extending Season’s Greetings to the people of the Virgin Islands.
JVD residents allege goats being poisoned on nearby islands
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI - Persons on Jost van Dyke are alleging that a number of goats have been poisoned in a bid to stop the domesticated animals from foraging on the nearby islands of Big Tobago and Little Tobago and disrupting conservation programmes.
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