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Health Minister Hon Wheatley to attend Ministerial Meeting in Barbados
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) will be attending a Ministerial Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDS) and Mental Health in Barbados this week.
CGB Baptist Church ladies tell men to ‘Manup’
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Recognising that chronic non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, heart attack, and stroke, are affecting the lives of many men at a young age, not just in the British Virgin Islands but in the Caribbean region, ladies of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church (CGBBC) have decided to do something about it.
The 'Old Aged' putting strain on VI social service – Hon. Skelton
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – “People are living longer and they are putting more strain on the social systems of the country.” This was a statement made by Minster for Health and Social Development Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton, a statement which caused heads to turn and mumbles at the Government outreach meeting at the Cane Garden Bay Community Centre last evening, March 25, 2013.