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Establishments failing to post 'No Smoking' signs will be fined – Hon Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton has promised to get tough on hospitality businesses that do not display no smoking signs or that allow patrons to smoke on the premises.
Police called in @ SSB Office as fight breaks out
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the new deadline approaches for persons to register for National Health Insurance, the tension escalated today January 28, 2016 to the point where ranks of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force had to be called in at the Joshua S. Smith Building in Road Town to keep the crowd under control.
Was the Bible written for blacks, whites or conservatives?
By Alred C. Frett
Good Governance means holding Government & NHI Accountable:
As we approach the end of the 1st month of 2016, NHI Experiment is underway and we all will be able to assess its function and dysfunction for better or worse… I have been ridiculed for not railing against its arrival but I don’t mind because we should all be fair in our judgment and take time to compare and contrast similar situations before jumping to hasty conclusions – I shall take that time.
First case of Zika virus confirmed on St Croix, USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI - Officials from the USVI Department of Health confirmed this morning, January 22, 2016 the first case of the Zika virus — a tropical disease that may lead to babies being born with abnormally small heads — on St Croix, US Virgin Islands.
Brazil Zika outbreak: More babies born with birth defects
BBC NEWS
Brazil says the number of babies born with microcephaly or abnormally small heads since October has now reached nearly 4,000.
‘Focus on prevention rather than cure’ – Donald E. De Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host and social commentator Donald E. de Castro is concerned that the government’s health thrust seems to be focused on looking after people after they become sick rather than preventing them from becoming sick.
NHI should never mean ‘No Help Intended’
By Alred C. Frett
Is NHI as ready to deliver as the Public is to receive?
This is mid-January 2016 and, while I do not agree with the Minister that time for NHI Debate has passed or that it is going smoothly, I do agree that NHI started as scheduled on January 1, 2016… It arrived with both Promises and Threats and even as most of us retain our opinions regarding the pros and cons, both Consumers and Providers will finally be forced to see whether or not it functions.
‘I will be speaking out soon on NHI’ – Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The main actor behind the NHI Concerned Citizens and Residents Group, Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, said that within the coming days, he will say what measures the Group plans to take now that the National Health Insurance (NHI) has gone ahead without any of the requested changes made as per a petition the Group had submitted on October 13, 2015.
'NHI aims to pay for Govt's Peebles Hospital mistakes'– Alred C. Frett
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the National Health Insurance (NHI) takes off in the territory, the owner of B&F Medical Alred C. Frett still has a number of reservations with regards to how the controversial new mandatory health insurance scheme is being implemented.
NHI frustrations still high; Some persons still cannot access cards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While the crowd at the Joshua J. Smith Building was visibly smaller than it was at the end of last year, there are still a large number of dissatisfied persons who have expressed frustration at the process of waiting to be registered with the National Health Insurance (NHI) and waiting to collect their card.
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