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Ministry of Health and Social Development

October 21, 2022

Gov’t Programme Hands over 18th Home

More than five years after Hurricane Irma, another resident has received a brand-new home to replace the one she and her family lost in the 2017 storms, government announced. Thanks …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
June 3, 2022

Caribbean preps for monkeypox

Monkeypox hasn’t yet been reported in the Caribbean, but with cases spreading to countries where it is typically not found, including the United States, regional health officials are taking precautions. …

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by Dana Kampa
July 15, 2019

HSD to promote healthy lifestyle choices

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is partnering with the United States-based Lifestyle Medicine Institute to encourage Virgin Islands residents to take their health into their own hands to …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 25, 2019

Government plans recycling system

Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone signed a memorandum of understanding with the non-profit organisation Green VI to implement a territory-wide recycling system, according to a press release issued …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 18, 2019

Programme helps repair 80 homes

Government officials on Tuesday announced the completion of the first phase of the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme, which helped repair 80 hurricane-damaged homes with about $670,000 in funding from the …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
September 14, 2018

Government might ban some plastic and Styrofoam

Following in the footsteps of a growing number of other Caribbean nations, the Virgin Islands is looking to stanch the flow of single-use plastics into the territory. Cabinet is currently …

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by Amanda Ulrich
August 20, 2018

As RDA contractors clean up VI, Kausina takes a back seat

The Recovery and Development Agency has begun work on its first official order of business: getting rid of hurricane debris that has littered the Virgin Islands for almost a year. …

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by Amanda Ulrich
June 25, 2018

Seven years later, where’s the scrubber?

Though the dumpsite fire in Coxheath has become the main air quality concern for residents over the past two months, the Pockwood Pond incinerator has been spewing largely unfiltered gas …

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by Amanda Ulrich
May 18, 2018

Government-backed waste company hasn’t removed any trash from Coxheath or VI

Late last year, government selected the unregistered company Kausina VI to haul hurricane debris to Coxheath before separating recyclables and shipping them off island. But the firm — whose founder and …

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by Amanda Ulrich
April 13, 2018

Government’s pick to clean up VI? An unlicensed firm tied to $500k lawsuit

SPECIAL REPORT Last fall, government was faced with a seemingly insurmountable task: disposing of unprecedented mountains of garbage left over from Hurricane Irma. But officials did not launch a tender …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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