Six health centres in the territory will get a backup power supply thanks to a $250,000 grant sourced recently by the Ministry of Health and Social Development, according to government. …
February 18, 2025
February 14, 2025
Catching cancer early
For Humphry Leue, the Cancer Screening Project he helped launch last week is meaningful on a very personal level. “I myself was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer about two years …
October 25, 2024
Two more community centres refurbished
More than seven years after Hurricane Irma, the government has finished repairing the fifth and sixth community centres damaged by the storm. In two ceremonies held last week, the Ministry …
August 6, 2024
Social aid budget under review
As part of ongoing efforts to reform assistance programmes in the territory, the Ministry of Health and Social Development has launched a “fiscal space analysis” to assess the current budget …
May 17, 2024
Social Security Board mum as concrete collapse adds to Joes Hill woes
Last week’s floods dealt a new blow to the Social Security Board’s troubled Joes Hill Manor Estate when a parking lot collapsed onto the walkway to an apartment building there. …
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February 26, 2024
Call made for unemployment benefits
Unemployment benefits are needed in the Virgin Islands because people are “suffering,” the opposition has warned. Deputy Speaker Stacy Mather sounded the alarm while questioning Health and Social Development Minister …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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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