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Hon Skelton blasts Gov’t for 'treatment' of Claude O. Skelton Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Making it known that former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Claude O. Skelton Cline is his nephew, which has caused him to hold back on his opinions on Skelton-Cline’s performance on the Cruise Pier Development Project, Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Ronnie W. Skelton has blasted his own National Democratic Party (NDP) Government for not giving Mr Skelton-Cline his due credit.
HoA to meet Dec 21, 2015; Another Censor Motion in the making?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) will meet at its Chambers on Monday December 21, 2015 at 10:00 am in Road Town, the Virgin Islands capital city.
B&F Medical not signing on to NHI now – Alred C. Frett
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Owner of B&F Medical Complex Mr Alred C. Frett has stated his institution has not yet signed on to the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme as a health care provider and will not be doing so unless certain concerns are adequately addressed.
‘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.
‘Non-traditional’ contract signed for NHI with JIPA Network
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton and Director of Social Security Ms Antonine Skelton confirmed with reporters earlier today, October 1, 2015 that the selecting of the association of health care providers JIPA Network as part of executing the National Health Insurance (NHI) programme was not done through the regular tender process.
Anegada residents want Gov’t to hold back NHI
SETTING POINT, Anegada VI – The hot topic of National Health Insurance (NHI) continues to pervade almost every section of the territory and recently some residents of Anegada suggested that Government holds back on implementing the scheme at least for another year.
Residents uncomfortable @ Govt’s moving ahead with NHI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As word spreads that come September 2015, registration for the National Health Insurance (NHI) will commence, residents across the territory are voicing their concerns as to the lack of transparency in the process and Government’s failure to return to its people for further consultations.
Hon Skelton joins call for apology from Hon O’Neal
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – After Territorial At-Large candidate under the National Democratic Party (NDP) Honourable Archibald C. Christian recently called on members of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), in particular outgoing Opposition Leader Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, to apologise to the NDP team for allegedly calling them unfavourable names on the campaign trail, another NDP At Large candidate, Hon Ronnie W. Skelton, has made a similar call.
NDP accuses VIP of disrespecting youth & inciting violence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior members of the National Democratic Party (NDP), during a campaign meeting at the Bandstand in Road Town on May 26, 2015 unleashed furious allegations against some member/s of the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidates for allegedly bashing a young man and, in another instance, allegedly inciting violence and criminal activities against government officials.
VG still awaiting promised medical boat
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Residents of Virgin Gorda have expressed their lack of confidence in the National Democratic Party (NDP) government on numerous occasions and this they did yet another time when on Tuesday March 31, 2015 they were told the promised medical boat that was undergoing repairs was now seaworthy.
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