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Former teacher starts petition for mandatory swim classes in VI schools
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Executive Director of the Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP), a former school teacher, Mr Stacy R. Mather, CMG, has launched a campaign with the aim of getting the masses to sign a petition that forces the Virgin Islands government to mandate swimming classes in the curriculum of schools across the territory.
UPDATE: ‘Persons concerned about losing their jobs over petition’ - Sowande
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The proposer of a petition against the National Health Insurance (NHI) Natalio D, Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru said that while the gathering of signatures is going well both online and on paper, some persons have expressed fear over losing their jobs if they signed voicing their concerns over the health scheme which fully comes on stream from January 2016.