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Healthcare not a cost, but investment in people of VI– Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has called for healthcare to be viewed as an investment in the people of the VI and development of the territory, rather than it being viewed as a cost.
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.
Barbados PM Mia A. Mottley to visit VI in 2023 - Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Premier and Minister for External Affairs, Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced that the Barbados Prime Minister the Hon Mia Amore Mottley KC, will visit the Virgin Islands in 2023.
Premier Wheatley attending AfriCaribbean Trade & Investment Forum in Barbados
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) is currently away from the Territory until Friday, September 2, 2022, at AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum.
Barbados confirms first case of Monkeypox virus
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados' Minister of Health, Ian Gooding-Edghill has today, July 16, 2022, confirmed the country’s first case of the monkeypox infection
‘Small islands must share resources’- Hon Rymer tells C'bean Conference
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Deputy Premier and Minister for Communications and Works, Honorable Kye M. Rymer (R7) has highlighted the importance of small island developing states, to share resources where necessary and collectively work to address concerns that affect them.
Royal family will not stand in way of Bahamas becoming republic- Prince William
NASSAU, Bahamas- During a Caribbean tour marred by protests over Britain’s colonial past, Prince William has suggested that the British royal family would support the Bahamas’ decisions about its future.
Premier Fahie congratulates Barbados P.M. Mia A. Mottley on re-election
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has congratulated Prime Minister of the new Republic of Barbados, Honourable Mia Amor Mottley Q.C., M.P. on her resounding re-election victory on January 19, 2022, following the country’s monumental transition to that political status just over one month ago.
UPDATE: Mia A. Mottley & BLP crush Opposition DLP 30-0 in Barbados elections
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Mia A. Mottley, who shot to international fame during the Cop26 climate talks and oversaw Barbados’s break with the Queen last year, has-as expected-won a second term as the Caribbean nation’s prime minister.
Barbados PM calls snap election for January 19, 2022
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Barbados' Prime Minister Mia A. Mottley on Monday, December 27, 2021, called for snap general elections to take place on January 19, 2022.