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Gov’t committed to ensuring local dump sites are addressed – Hon Malone
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says his government is committed to addressing the challenges at local dump sites, including the Pockpond Pond Incinerator, with the aim of creating safe spaces and safer working environments for the people of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI).
D3 resident receives key to brand new Gov’t built home
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Sea Cows Bay resident Naomi J. Springette-Maduro is now the latest recipient to benefit from a Government-sponsored home rebuilding project, following Hurricane destruction of the original home she shared with her husband and family in 2017.
'Extremely slow uptake' of Pfizer booster shots concerning - Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has called concerning a slow uptake of the available Pfizer vaccine booster shots in the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: ER sickout protest continues with roughly 10 nurses, auxiliary staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) stating he has not been informed officially of a sickout by medical staff of Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital’s Emergency Room (ER), the protest action has reportedly entered its fourth day, today, Monday, February 7, 2022.
Almost 80% of COVID-19 hospitalisations unvaccinated– Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has revealed that unvaccinated persons are in the majority when it comes to COVID-19 hospitalisations in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Local radio rife with ‘vile’ COVID misinformation– Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local radio in the Virgin Islands have come under fire for spreading COVID-19 misinformation regarding the seriousness of the virus and the situation in the Virgin Islands.
Persons ‘sick like a dog’ with COVID & refusing to stay home - Hon Malone
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – With 47 deaths recorded for the Virgin Islands (VI) since the start of the pandemic, Health Minister Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has reminded that COVID-19 is real and persons ought to treat it as such.
VI needs health care workers to ‘come back home’- Hon Carvin Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The Ministry of Health in the Virgin Islands has made a desperate call for persons to take up multiple job opportunities in the territory’s healthcare system and is also calling on Virgin Islanders trained in the medical field, but residing overseas, to return and serve their home country.
5 new COVID-19 deaths in VI; Total now @ 47
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There have been 5 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands.
Food security remains top priority of VIP Gov’t – Hon Malone
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – Government legislators on Friday, January 14, 2022, toured the KNK Poultry Farm located in Paraquita Bay, Tortola; a company that has reportedly doubled its chicken capacity from 20,000 to 40,000 birds through the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government support to foster greater food security in the VI.
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