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“Kidney Health” Campaign 5K Walk/Run on Saturday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Medical Services Department within the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) wishes to invite the public to a walk/run on Saturday, August 1, 2015.
Nagico & BVI HIV/AIDS Foundation form new partnership
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Nagico Insurances and the BVI HIV/AIDS Foundation have formed a new partnership with a view to spreading awareness and encouraging counselling and testing in the territory.
‘Why can’t we give free health & education like Cuba?’ asks Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host and commentator Edmund G. Maduro has asked the question why a territory so well off as this one does not provide more for its people in terms of education and health care.
Residents uncomfortable @ Govt’s moving ahead with NHI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As word spreads that come September 2015, registration for the National Health Insurance (NHI) will commence, residents across the territory are voicing their concerns as to the lack of transparency in the process and Government’s failure to return to its people for further consultations.
‘More men are coming to FSN for help’ - Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Despite financial challenges, Director of Family Support Network (FSN) Dr Sylvia M. Simmonds believes that the work of the entity must continue especially when it comes to keeping families together as she stressed that healthy families mean healthy societies.
UPDATE: Jaleel F. Cameron handed over $20K to hospital for life-saving equipment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – This morning July 13, 2015 was one of filled with emotions caused by a ‘big hearted’ gesture that created a positive stir in the Virgin Islands (VI) and one that saw Jaleel F. Cameron raising more than the actual cost for an Electroencephalogram machine.
Waste Management Association donates $5k to Jaleel’s cause
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Yet another donation was made towards an EEG (Electroencephalogram) machine for Peebles Hospital through the campaign of 10 year old Jaleel F. Cameron who dedicated weekends to selling bottled water to raise the money for the machine to help him and others like him.
Doughmaker out for at least 3 months
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Championship horse owner Violet ‘Letty’ Hodge said history was made in the Virgin Islands when a successful equine surgery was performed on champion horse Doughmaker to remove a bone chip in one of its legs. As a result of the surgery, Doughmaker will be out of action for at least three months.
VI bans importing live birds due to Bird Flu scare
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – It was brought to the attention of this news site yesterday, July 6, 2015 by a prominent poultry and cash crop farmer that because of the dangerous strain of Avian Influenza, which has hit certain states in the United States of America, the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) was going to take a position to ban the importation of live chickens and other birds.
Colonial & Virgin Pulse join for wellness programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Colonial Insurance yesterday July 3, 2015 officially launched its wellness programme in collaboration with Virgin Pulse of the Virgin Group with a view to enhancing the health and fitness of the territory’s population.
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