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Premier Smith meets NHI petitioners in 'good natured' exchange
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has kept his word and met with the National Health Insurance (NHI) petitioners in an attempt to iron out perceived kinks in the mandatory health coverage scheme.
Premier Smith to meet with NHI petitioners tomorrow!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith will be meeting with National Health Insurance (NHI) petitioners at his office tomorrow October 13, 2015 at 10:00 am, according to members of the NHI Concerned Citizens and Residents’ Group Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru and Edmund G. Maduro.
Edmund G. Maduro calls on Britain to remove Gov John S. Duncan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host Edmund G. Maduro is calling on the Throne to remove Governor His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE from his post in the Virgin Islands as he alleged that the representative of the Queen is failing in his responsibilities and abusing the people of the territory.
‘The unknown is always questionable’– Hon Skelton on NHI Petition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The minister under which the National Health Insurance (NHI) directly falls and is the next big beat for him after the completion of the new Peebles Hospital, Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton, is leaving the handling of the petition against the NHI up to the Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
Edmund G. Maduro 'needs to read the Constitution!' – Gov John S. Duncan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE has fired back at talk show host Mr Edmund G. Maduro who alleged that the Governor was being silent on the matter of the National Health Insurance (NHI).
'Gov’t trying to commercialise health care' – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Talk Show host Mr Edmund G. Maduro is convinced that the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is trying to commercialize the health care system of the territory, giving root to the opinions recently shared by columnist Alred C. Frett.
'The Governor is a man like everybody else'- E.G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The ever vocal public activist Mr Edmund G. Maduro has turned his attention to Governor John S. Duncan OBE as he continues to publicly voice his disagreement with the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) which is to come into effect on January 1, 2016.
Calling Gov’t an ‘ass’ will be disrespecting grandfather’s donkey- E. G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Concerns as it relates to the National Health Insurance (NHI) continue as a hot topic across the territory and popular talk show host Mr Edmund G. Maduro continues to take every opportunity afforded him to admonish the government to go back to the drawing boards before implementing the scheme.
NHI to cost Govt more, not less – Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Lecturer at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College and a regular guest on talk shows, Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru is of the view that with the National Health Insurance (NHI) Government spending in healthcare is actually going to be higher than it is now.
‘People have a right to choose their doctor!’ - Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host Edmund G. Maduro said that people must retain the right to see a doctor of their own choosing when it comes to the National Health Insurance (NHI) to be implemented from September 1, 2015.
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