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Juvenile fish dead @Salt Pond in Anegada
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change is assessing the situation where dead fish were found at the Salt Pond in Anegada.
’We have achieved our objective’- Dr Ronald E. Georges on HPV vaccination for VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands has reached a significant milestone by achieving over 90 percent coverage of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for two consecutive years.
Work on Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital entering new phase
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Work on Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital is entering a new phase with the installation of chillers on the roof this week.
USVI: Influenza hit highest level in 5 years
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- The V.I. Department of Health’s Epidemiology Division says 2025 brought the territory’s highest influenza case count in the past five years, a hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak that spread across schools and day cares, continued dengue and COVID-19 surveillance, expanded lead and legionella investigations, and a major upgrade to the territory’s disease-tracking system.
CIBC's support 'meets a measurable difference'- Gloria Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—President of the BVI Cancer Society, Gloria Fahie, has emphasised that the financial contributions from First Caribbean International Bank (CIBC) have consistently provided essential support to cancer patients and their families.
KM Construction awarded contract for work @ Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A contract for Roof and Lightning Protection System Repairs to the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital and Annex Buildings between the Virgin Islands Recovery Development Agency (RDA) and KM Construction.
Plans to enhance health care on Jost van Dyke underway- PS Tasha K. Bertie
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Ms Tasha K. Bertie, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Development, has announced significant plans to improve health care delivery on Jost van Dyke.
CIBC sets $100K goal for BVI Cancer Society; Raised $75K in 2025
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- First Caribbean International Bank (CIBC) has announced a whopping new fundraising target of $100,000 for the BVI Cancer Society.
Life-saving defibrillator donated to Multi-purpose Sports Complex
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town donated a new defibrillator to the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex sometime this week.
‘Of course it was a sick-out’- Skelton-Cline on nurses’ absenteeism
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has said nurses’ recent absence from work at clinics across the Virgin Islands (VI) was in fact a sick-out.
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