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C’bean food portions not conducive to health– Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has criticized the Caribbean diet as one that is delicious, yet unhealthy, pointing to the portion sizes as one that is not conducive to good health.
VI to host OECS Health Minister Meeting from Oct 9-12, 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands will be hosting the 36th OECS/Pooled Procurement Service (PPS) Policy Board Meeting and Ninth OECS Council of Health Ministers where Health Ministers and other health personnel from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will participate in the four-day meeting from October 9 to 12, 2023.
'I feel happier than ever': JvD resident handed key to new social home
LITTLE HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Mr Dalvin Callwood aka 'Din-Din' is the latest home owner under the Ministry of Health and Social Development’s Housing Recovery Assistance Programme.
Health Minister leads delegation to 60th PAHO meeting in Washington
WASHINGTON DC, USA- The [British] Virgin Islands is being represented at the 60th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) in Washington DC, USA.
VI honours 6 centenarians on National Centenarian Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola- The Territory’s centenarians were honoured by the Social Development Department for their collective resilience, wisdom and resourcefulness having experienced life’s joys and sorrows for a century and beyond.
'Nobody wants to go to Social Development' for assistance– Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Ninth District Representative and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9), says being back in the Ministry and Government in a post-Commission of Inquiry (CoI) era is now much different.
Gov’t hands over another Housing Recovery Assistance Home
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands Ministry of Health and Social Development has handed over the keys to another new home, this time to the daughter of housing recipient Miss Casandra Sutton as part of its Housing Recovery Assistance Programme.
Derelict vehicles ‘an increasing burden on the public’s purse’- Health Minister Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands is looking at medium and long term plans to help alleviate the cost of its derelict vehicles programme and this could include instituting a vehicle disposal fee.
188 'officially diagnosed' with Dementia in VI- Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One hundred and eighty-eight persons in the Virgin Islands have been diagnosed with Dementia; however, the true figure could be much higher, according to Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9).
His Majesty’s Prison receives new vehicle
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- His Majesty’s Prison is the recipient of a new vehicle courtesy of the Ministry of Health and Social Development.