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September 29th, 2015
'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).

September 29th, 2015
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.

September 29th, 2015
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.

September 29th, 2015
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.

September 28th, 2015
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.).

September 28th, 2015
‘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.

September 28th, 2015
'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.

September 27th, 2015
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.

September 26th, 2015
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.”

September 25th, 2015
'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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