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‘Zero tolerance’ 4th Hon Fraser League launched
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- With the ultimate aim always being to make the event of the highest standard, to promote the talent of youth and to provide a safe haven for families to be entertained, organisors of the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League said the tournament this year will have zero tolerance for indiscipline.
Patient did not die while ‘waiting’ for health care - Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVI Health Services Authority, Bishop John I. Cline has blasted as “inaccurate”, reports by two online news sites that a woman died at Peebles Hospital while waiting for medical attention.
Bishop John I. Cline blasts Israel over 'evil' treatment of Palestine
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Controversial man of the cloth, Bishop John I. Cline has weighed in on the ongoing Israel/Palestine conflict, blasting Israel over what he considers ‘evils’ against its neighbour, Palestine.
‘Visitors burden our health care system’ - Winston E. Nibbs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The territory’s medical services and facilities for health care are being unduly burdened by the influx of foreigners to the detriment of Virgin Islanders.
Keep VG Festival clear of Holy Week- Radio caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The issue of having Virgin Gorda Easter Festival activities during Holy Week has come to the fore again with a resident of Virgin Gorda recently suggesting that pastors take a lead role in persuading government to revere the week.
NHI should focus on the uninsured & under-insured – Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the full implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) just a few months away, discussions are continuing in many circles as to the best way Government could have dealt with matters of health coverage for every person residing in the territory.
NLBC Kenya mission reaches out to jobless young men
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – When a 14-member team set out on the New Life Baptist Church’s (NLBC) mission to Nairobi, Kenya late July, 2015 they not only focused their attention on their special project of constructing a secondary school for the impoverished community but extended their arms in other ways that resulted in some unemployed men becoming more equipped with knowledge as to how to get themselves jobs.
‘Loyal fans’ hailed @ Hon Fraser Save the Seed League opening
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The opening night of the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed Basketball League on August 15, 2015 witnessed a full house of fans at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom.
Jordan R. Cline & USA peers raise funds for VI's Kenya school
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - A donation of a little over $1,000 raised by the nephew of Bishop John I. Cline, Jordan R. Cline for a project in Nairobi Kenya, may seem as a drop in the ocean but the mere thought of how he got the cash raised and other spin off results will be forever remembered.
‘I would never perform a gay marriage’- VI pastor
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the hot topical issue of gays and gay rights continues to be debated throughout the world, especially with the recent US Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriages, the Virgin Islands seems in no way budged by the hullaballoo or edging towards that direction any time soon.