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Talk show host against renaming Peebles Hospital after Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Host of the radio talk show ‘A look at the Community’, Ulric Scatliffe is not in favour of a recent suggestion to rename Peebles Hospital after Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith, who has served many years at the hospital as a surgeon.
‘Rename Peebles Hospital to honour Dr Smith!' – Patsy C. Lake
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – This year's honouree for Festival 2015 Mrs Patsy C. Lake has called on the government of the Virgin Islands to give Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith his "flowers" while he is around to appreciate them by naming the new Peebles Hospital after him.
UPDATE: Jaleel F. Cameron handed over $20K to hospital for life-saving equipment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – This morning July 13, 2015 was one of filled with emotions caused by a ‘big hearted’ gesture that created a positive stir in the Virgin Islands (VI) and one that saw Jaleel F. Cameron raising more than the actual cost for an Electroencephalogram machine.
Waste Management Association donates $5k to Jaleel’s cause
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Yet another donation was made towards an EEG (Electroencephalogram) machine for Peebles Hospital through the campaign of 10 year old Jaleel F. Cameron who dedicated weekends to selling bottled water to raise the money for the machine to help him and others like him.
Motor scooter rider injured in alleged hit & run
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A young man is said to be nursing injuries to both of his hands after he was allegedly hit off his motor scooter by a vehicle that fled the scene of the incident last evening, July 6, 2015.
UPDATE: Police seek witnesses in Zion Hill accident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Police are seeking witnesses to a vehicle collision on May 3, 2015 on Zion Hill where a pedestrian Elliott Cameron received injuries, said a press release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force today June 18, 2015.
UPDATE: Man charged in connection with shooting outside UP’s
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police have charged a man in connection with the shooting incident outside of UP’s Cineplex in the early morning hours of June 7, 2015.
Alberto Rosa De La Rosa stabbed by fellow inmate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Alberto Rosa De La Rosa aka ‘Pi Yoyo’, an inmate of Her Majesty's Prison, was taken to Peebles Hospital earlier today, May 26, 2015 after he was reportedly stabbed by a fellow inmate in the prison compound at Balsum Ghut.
Man shot in leg
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Information reaching this news site from our Team of Reporters across the Virgin Islands is that a man was rushed to Peebles Hospital with a suspected gunshot injury yesterday, May 24, 2015.
‘I don’t tell lies’ – Hon Julian Fraser RA
HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) said that with him, what you see is what you get and that he doesn't tell lies.