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‘Are VIslanders only good to cast votes?’- Radio caller asks
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Several callers to the Speak Out BVI Talk Show with Doug Wheatley on Tuesday September 6, 2016 were not happy with the latest announcement that a Trinidadian was chosen over a Virgin Islander to be the new boss of the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) because she was the most qualified.
John I. Cline accuses local media of ‘corrupting things’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Board of Directors for the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Bishop John I. Cline has lashed out at the media, accusing them of “corrupting things.”
Fired T&T health boss Paula Chester-Cumberbatch new CEO of BVIHSA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our newsroom is that the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is Trinidadian Paula Chester-Cumberbatch.
BVI Cancer Society emphasises Childhood Cancer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Families, caregivers, charities and research groups across the many countries are observing September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the BVI Cancer Society has intensified its call for awareness education among in-school children.
Beenie Man claims he was not the first with Zika in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In an interview with OnStage TV show’s host Mr Winford Williams, king of Dance Hall Anthony Moses Davis, better known as Beenie Man, said he had decided to announce in the Virgin Islands that he was infected with the Zika virus because he would not have been the only person with the infection in the territory.
Zika cases in USVI rise to 243
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — The Department of Health in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) late Tuesday August 30, 2016 made known that it recorded 50 news cases of the Zika virus in its latest report, bringing the territory’s total to 243.
USA health body alerts travelers about Zika in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton is on record saying there is no cause for undue alarm as it relates to the prevalence of the Zika virus in the territory, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has issued a travel advisory for the Virgin Islands.
Reactive NDP Gov’t begins fogging operations in CGB
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some three days after the Ministry of Health and Social Development confirmed persons had contracted Zika virus in the territory, the National Democratic Party (NDP) government has responded with fogging operations.
5 cases of Zika virus confirmed in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the heels of frequent reports, including on social media, that persons had contracted the Zika virus in the territory, the Ministry of Health and Social Development has confirmed five cases of the Zika virus in the Virgin Islands.
Private medical facilities accused of exploiting NHI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Almost all the private medical facilities in the territory have come under fire for allegedly jacking up their prices and putting undue pressure on patients since the National Health Insurance (NHI) was implemented.