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September 18th, 2024
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.

January 31st, 2024
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.

January 22nd, 2024
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.

March 9th, 2023
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.

December 9th, 2022
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).

February 15th, 2022
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.

January 27th, 2022
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).

July 30th, 2021
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.

July 22nd, 2021
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”.

November 9th, 2020
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.

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