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Is the VI health care system failing local health care personnel?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A caller to NDP Radio on March 5, 2012 claimed that there are Virgin Islanders, who have gone away to the United States to train as nurses but although they want to come home after training they cannot because the system is telling them they need two years of practice before they could hire them.
Two weeks for final widening phase of Manse Road
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The final widening phase of the Paul Wattley Road, or Manse Road as it is popularly known, commences today Wednesday February 23, 2012 and is expected to last for two weeks after which the road would be paved.
Increased break-ins & thefts blamed on recession not Cash for Gold!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The reported increase in break-ins and thefts recently in the Territory is not necessarily being blamed on the Cash for Gold business that takes place certain days of the week but according to Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith, the unwelcomed trend is not surprising and could be as a result of the global economic crisis, which has not spared the Virgin Islands.
Eileene L. Parsons makes rallying call for roadside clean-up
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former legislator Eileene L. Parsons has made a rallying call for persons, especially in the 5th and 6th Districts, to come out in numbers to clean up the roadsides now that the tourist season is on.
Not everyone who applies for a trade license will get - Acting Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Acting Premier Dr. Kedrick Pickering has cautioned that although Government is expeditiously working to improve the process of handling trade license applications and issuance, not everyone who applies for one will necessarily be successful.
UPDATE: Island-wide clean-up campaign kicks off in Road Town
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Only a matter of hours after it was announced that Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Development, would be embarking on an island-wide cleanup campaign, work has begun in Road Town.