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School children reportedly injured in accident near Long Look
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- At least 3 school children were taken to Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital via ambulance following an accident involving a school bus near Long Look on Tortola this morning, Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
Over 700 children equipped with school supplies in 9th District
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Approximately 750 children in the Ninth District have been equipped with school supplies ahead of the new school term that begins in early September.
Parents peeved about $25 hospital fee for infants & young children
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A number of mothers expressed shock some two weeks ago when they took their children to the Peebles Hospital and were told that a fee for services is compulsory.
“Economy is not all that great”- Hon. Alvera Maduro-Caines
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Another National Democratic Party (NDP) legislator has publicly disputed and contradicted the claim by their leader, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, that the economy of the Virgin Islands is “robust and getting better.”
UPDATE: W&SD disputes claims of raw sewage at Village Cay!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Water and Sewerage Department has disputed claims that raw sewage was found floating near the Village Cay ‘C’ dock on Wednesday, July 3, 2013.