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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.
Non-local reportedly tipped for BVIHSA CEO post
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Our usual authentic sources in the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government have hinted that the person to succeed Ms Darlene A. Carty-Baptiste as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is not a Virgin Islander.
How many more Zika infected persons slipped into VI?– Resident asks
EAST END, Tortola, VI – Following the recent revelation that self-proclaimed dancehall king Beenie Man, born Moses Davis, was allowed in the Virgin Islands despite being infected with the Zika virus, many are now asking how many others may have entered the territory with the virus.
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