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Premier recalls Hon Marlon A. Penn fired previous BVIHSA Board Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With Opposition Member Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) slamming the government for calling for the resignation of BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Board Chairman Ron R. Potter, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has hit back by pointing out the hypocrisy of Hon Penn.
Moleto A. Smith is Executive Director of USVI Law Enforcement Planning Commission
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- In a recent announcement, Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr named Moleto A. Smith Jr as the new executive director of the [US] VI Law Enforcement Planning Commission.
Carvin Malone to be honoured posthumously by League of British Virgin Islanders
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The late former Minister for Health and Social Development Mr Carvin Malone is to be honoured posthumously by the League of British Virgin Islanders.
Ron R. Potter In! Moleto A. Smith Jr Out! as Chairman of BVIHSA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A former Chairman of the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC), Mr Ron R. Potter, will now stand at the helm of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) as Chairman for a period of three years, starting March 15, 2023.
Some 20 persons permanently residing @ D. Orlando Smith Hospital- BVIHSA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some 20 persons have made the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital their home, causing a strain on the purse of the BVI Health Services (BVIHSA).
BVIHSA Board ‘received no directive’ from Premier- Moleto A. Smith Jr
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Mr Moleto A. Smith Jr has emphasised that the BVIHSA Board is very independent and never received any directives from Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to send two senior staff members home due to alleged irregularities.
There’s an insufficient balance of healthy people in VI– BVIHSA Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Chairman of the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Mr Moleto A. Smith has lamented that there is an insufficient balance of healthy persons in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Moleto A. Smith Jr approved by HoA for BVIHSA’s Chairman post
WICKHAM'S CAY I, Tortola, VI- Eight lawmakers on Thursday, July 29, 2021, voted for Mr Moleto A. Smith Jr to become the new chairman of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) during the 10th Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) held virtually.
Letter to the Editor- 'A family tie is like a tree...'
By Moleto A. Smith Jr- President, League of British Virgin Islanders
Dear Editor:
There is an African proverb that goes like this, “A family tie is like a tree; it might bend but it cannot break”.
Virgin Islander Dr Marcella Nunez-Smith tipped to co-chair US COVID-19 taskforce
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The transition team of US President-Elect, Joe R. Biden has tapped a daughter of the US Virgin Islands soil, Dr Marcella Nunez-Smith MD, MHS, to Co-Chair his COVID-19 taskforce in a quest to make good on campaign promises surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and the urgency it deserves.