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'Dr Smith must listen to all views on NHI' - Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host Doug Wheatley believes that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith must listen to all views when it comes to the National Health Insurance (NHI).
2nd annual BVIHSA/Scotiabank partnership to benefit Pediatric Ward
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Scotiabank (BVI) Limited in collaboration with the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority will host the second annual 5K Walk/Run on November 7, 2015 to benefit the Peebles Hospital Pediatric Unit.
Is National Health Insurance really Social Security?
By Alred C. Frett
Practice makes perfect even to those skilled in Deceit & Destruction:
If we lose ourselves it’s impossible to lead others – However, as indoctrinated Descendants of Slaves we are conditioned to accept wrong as right and regard ourselves as Lazy & Violent when Historical Facts show Europeans as the ones who stole America from Mexicans & Indians, robbed the Resources of others, enslaved Africans, slaughtered Indians, Muslims, Blacks & Japanese.
Seaweed invades the VI!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands, like many other islands in the Caribbean, is being visited by a not so welcomed guest. Depending on where you are, you're more likely to smell it before setting eyes on it.
UPDATE: Willard Wheatley Primary wins Jelani N. Lettsome bowl-off
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The Willard Wheatley Primary School has emerged victorious out of the seven teams that participated in the first Jelani N. Lettsome memorial bowling tournament hosted by the guidance counseling movement Mentoring Anointed Leaders Everywhere (M.A.L.E.).
‘NHI means coverage until you die’ – Hon Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI - Representative for the Second District Honourable Melvin 'Mitch' Turnbull said he will soon disclose the results of a comparative study he has done on the National Health Insurance (NHI) to compare and contrast with the insurance packages offered by private insurance agencies.
'Gov’t trying to commercialise health care' – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Talk Show host Mr Edmund G. Maduro is convinced that the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is trying to commercialize the health care system of the territory, giving root to the opinions recently shared by columnist Alred C. Frett.
UPDATE: Runners/Walkers ‘light it up’ for Special Needs adults
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Runners and walkers turned up in their numbers to support yesterday's Light it Up Run/Walk in an effort to raise funds for special needs adults.
Cancer, exercise, & Aspirin
By Dickson Igwe
In a story on Virgin Islands News Online of September 21, 2015, titled, "THERE IS A CANCER EPIDEMIC IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS," she described how, “death from cancer can be avoided with increased government support and funding, for prevention, detection, and treatment programmes.”
'The Governor is a man like everybody else'- E.G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The ever vocal public activist Mr Edmund G. Maduro has turned his attention to Governor John S. Duncan OBE as he continues to publicly voice his disagreement with the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) which is to come into effect on January 1, 2016.
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