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LIME 4 LIME Launched as LIME joins fight against Cancer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Telecommunications company LIME has launched ‘LIME 4 LIFE’ and has joined the fight against cancer as a major sponsor of the BVI Cancer Society’s initiatives to highlight the threat of the disease.
Mother of reigning Miss BVI calls for unity to fight Cancer
WEST END, Tortola, VI – The mother of Miss BVI 2013/14 Miss Rosanna K. Chichester has lent her voice to the call for persons in the Virgin Islands to unite in the fight against Cancer.
Nearly $10k raised for cancer patient Roy A. Hodge
WEST END, Tortola, VI – When local resident Ms Gwendolyn Blyden-Rubaine was moved to reunite the 1970’s Youth Choir of the Zion Hill Methodist Church for a cancer charity, she had it in mind that they could raise at least $10,000 to assist in offsetting treatment expenses for one of their former choir members, Mr Roy A. Hodge.
UPDATE: Shaheem Richards receives cancer-bill cheque
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The West Side Konnekshun group handed over a donation of $2500 to former cancer patient, Shaheem Richards, yesterday July 3, 2013 in a brief ceremony at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park.
UPDATE: Group urges support for cancer bill fundraiser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Public Relations Officer of West Side Konnekshun, Deshawn Hodge, issued an appeal today, June 12, 2013 for persons to come out in support of a pre-Father's Day fundraiser in aid of cancer survivor Shaheem Richards.
Cancer-free Shaheem Richards returns to VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After spending seven months away from the Territory undergoing treatment in Puerto Rico for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), 14-year-old Shaheem Richards has now returned home to the Virgin Islands - cancer free.
Crowds gather for state funeral of Hugo Chavez
(BBC NEWS)- Leaders from Latin America, and old allies from outside the region, are gathering in Caracas for the funeral of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dead at 58
(BBC NEWS)- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died, his vice-president has announced.
Over 700 screened for prostate cancer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Seven hundred and fifty eight males, over 45 years old, turned out over a two-day period to be screened for prostate cancer at the Red Cross Headquarters, Tortola - a slight decline from last year, revealed its director Helen Frett.