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Pharmaceutical Services Dept to host workshop on medication errors

Pharmaceutical Services Dept to host workshop on medication errors

The Chief of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Services Gracia Wheatley-Smith has announced that a workshop to address the issue of medication errors in the territory will be conducted next week.  The workshop is expected to take place on Thursday, March 24, […]

by / on March 17, 2022 at 2:31 PM /
Customs officers during yesterday's operation.

Customs detains over 100 vessels at the Moorings for non-compliance

Her Majesty’s Customs has detained more than one hundred vessels at The Moorings for lack of compliance with government regulations; stating that the charter company was given ample time and extended lenience to get its vessels compliant with regulations. Yesterday […]

by / on March 17, 2022 at 7:58 AM /
Online image of a derelict fish trap on the seafloor.

Get GPS! Careless boaters at fault for fish trap problems — Premier

Premier Andrew Fahie has singled out careless boaters as being responsible for lost fish traps in the oceanic waters surrounding the BVI. “When it comes to the pot fishing [and] our fish traps, ayo don’t wash your mouth on the […]

by / on March 17, 2022 at 7:35 AM /
“I have every reason to believe that there is some form of a cavalier attitude towards this honourable House coming out of the Governor’s Office and it has to stop." — Fraser

Fraser questions thoroughness of govt’s Stamp Duty waiver legislation

A senior legislator in the House of Assembly, Julian Fraser said while he has no objection to the Stamp Duty Tax Waiver legislation, he wonders how thorough the policy is and whether persons will monitor the purchasing of land once […]

by / on March 17, 2022 at 7:30 AM /
Premier Fahie (foreground) and Governor Jaspert during an April 15 public broadcast.

Jaspert should have consulted me about allegations, Premier suggests

Premier Andrew Fahie has suggested that former Governor Augustus Jaspert should have consulted him once he became aware of serious allegations against his government. Jaspert called a Commission of Inquiry (COI) last year just before leaving office after he said […]

by / on March 17, 2022 at 7:16 AM /
Culture Minister Dr Wheatley

Culture has transformative developmental powers — Wheatley

Minister of Culture Dr Natalio Wheatley has stated that culture is a driver of development and at a time of change, nations in the region must broaden the debate about development to harness the transformative power of culture. Wheatley was […]

by / on March 17, 2022 at 6:03 AM /
Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley

We’ve done more and we deserve more — Deputy Premier

Deputy Premier and Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley said the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government deserves more time given the accomplishments it has achieved since taking office in 2019. Dr Wheatley complained that his party met the territory in a […]

by / on March 16, 2022 at 2:22 PM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

Stamp duty waiver on construction not because I’m building new home

Premier Andrew Fahie has dismissed the notion that the recently passed amendments to the Stamp Duty Act were in any way linked to the construction of his home. During a recent House of Assembly (HOA) sitting, Premier Fahie disclosed that […]

by / on March 16, 2022 at 8:33 AM /
Fishing industry left for dead by NDP after 2017 hurricanes — Fahie

Fishing industry left for dead by NDP after 2017 hurricanes — Fahie

Premier Andrew Fahie has hit back at accusations by Opposition Leader Marlon Penn that his Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government does not care about the agriculture industry and has left the fishing industry for dead. Penn said the VIP government […]

by / on March 16, 2022 at 8:13 AM /
Premier says festival will be properly financed this year

Premier says festival will be properly financed this year

Premier Andrew Fahie has sought to assure the public that Emancipation festivities are expected to go ahead as planned and will be properly financed by the government this year. Speaking to members of the media last Friday, Fahie said the […]

by / on March 16, 2022 at 8:06 AM /