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Greenland resident outraged at trash dumping practices
GREENLAND, Tortola, VI – It is often said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure but it appears that no one has found their way to the El Dorado that is currently on a roadside in Greenland.
Cancer-free Shaheem Richards returns to VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After spending seven months away from the Territory undergoing treatment in Puerto Rico for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), 14-year-old Shaheem Richards has now returned home to the Virgin Islands - cancer free.
UPDATE: Health Authority receives payment for Kaidija Martin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – CEO of the BVI Health Services Authority, Darlene A. Carty-Baptiste, accepted a payment today, April 22, 2013 from the Althea Scatliffe Primary School on behalf of Kaidija Martin.
UPDATE: Mother exploring options for daughter's spinal surgery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Mrs Lucian Jules Paul, mother of 15-year-old Tywanna Andrews, today April 18, 2013 told Virgin Islands News Online that she has not confirmed whether or not she will be taking up the offer from Dr. Nagy Darwish to perform the corrective spinal surgery for her daughter.
Incinerator workers want more money & interaction with Minister
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - "We are the ones doing the dirty work to keep this British Virgin Islands clean and everyday you can hear the minister going all over, having this and that conference, meetings and workshops with other workers but they are not coming to us down here, yes because this is the place that handling the nasty stuff, their shirt and tie too clean to come here," said a worker attached to the the Solid Waste Municipal Incinerator Plant.
Diane-35® users advised to report adverse reactions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While it is said that there is no need for panic, women in the Virgin Islands who have experienced adverse reaction/s after using the medicine Diane-35® or its generic brands are being asked to make a report to the Office of Chief of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Services in the Ministry of Health and Social Development.
UPDATE: Docs. may not always agree with contract negotiations - Hon Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - "We losing doctors all the time. We losing doctors and nurses and it’s an ongoing thing it’s not just a one-off thing." This forms part of the response given by the Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton on the recent resignation of a key Internal Medicine medical practitioner Dr. Anthony Abrahim, who allegedly worked at Peebles Hospital for 8 months without his contract being renewed.
BVIHSA workers frustrated over years of no increments!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – "How much longer will we have to wait?" This is the question being posed by some employees within the Virgin Islands health sector as they claim they have been waiting for one year too many to be given increments.
Exposed sewage situation at Greenland to be remedied – Scatliffe-Leonard
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Residents in the vicinity of Greenland are to expect much needed relief with the promised repair of a longstanding sewage breach on one of the main access roads in the area.
Tourist entered VI with H1N1 Virus last week! - Hon. Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - At least one tourist allegedly entered the Territory recently with the H1N1 virus on a cruise ship according to Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton.
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