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Roy E. Barry Out! Hunt is on for 2 Deputies @ SS/NHI
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news centre is that Sea Cows Bay resident and Deputy Director/Director of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Agency Mr Roy E. Barry has retired.
Lorie A. Freeman tipped to be Director of Social Security Board
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islander Ms Lorie A. Freeman has been approved by Cabinet to become the new Director of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Social Security Board.
SSB Director Mrs Jeanette A. Scatliffe-Boynes to retire July 2, 2024
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After some 33 years at the BVI Social Security Board (SSB), its Director Mrs Jeanette A. Scatliffe-Boynes has announced her retirement. Mrs Scatliffe-Boynes made the disclosure in a Facebook post.
'You’d have to win Puerto Rico Lottery' to afford SSB home on Joe’s Hill- E. Walwyn Brewley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Talk show host and former legislator Mr E. Walwyn Brewley aka ‘GM’ has criticised the large amounts being requested by Social Security Board (SSB) for ownership of units at Joe’s Hill Manor Estate.
SSB accepting applications for remaining homes @Joe’s Hill Manor Estate
JOE’S HILL, Tortola, VI- The Social Security Board (SSB), from today, February 6, 2023, resumed accepting applications for the remaining homes at The Joe’s Hill Manor Estate.
Applicants of SSB housing scheme to show bank pre-approval by Friday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Verified applicants of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate Application Process are being reminded that they must submit their bank’s pre-approval confirmation to the Social Security Board (SSB) by Friday, December 16, 2022, or risk being eliminated from the Selection Phase.
SSB spent over $16.5M to purchase land from 2016 to 2018
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- They say who owns the land owns the country! Social Security Board (SSB) then seems well on its way to owning the territory, having purchased over 137.6 acres of land over a 3-year span, beginning in 2016 under then Director Antoinette Skelton.
‘Randomised selection’ for Joe’s Hill homes possible- Hon Penn
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The Social Security Board (SSB) has embarked on a three-step Applicant Selection Process: comprised of verification, pre-approval, and final selection procedures, for units at Joe’s Hill Manor Estate.
SSB begins applicant selection process for Joe’s Hill Manor Estate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Social Security Board (SSB) has announced it has begun the applicant selection process for prospective homeowners of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate.
SSB, NHI reportedly closes over COVID-19 infected staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the offices of the Social Security Board (SSB) along with National Health Insurance (NHI) in the Virgin Islands (VI) have reportedly closed over COVID-19.

