Chief of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Services, Mrs. Gracia Wheatley- Smith has said local healthcare professionals are to be trained on the latest hypertension treatment guidelines in a workshop next week. The workshop titled, “Beating the silent killer-prescribing the new international pharmacotherapy for hypertension” will be held on Thursday September 23 via zoom. The session will … Continued
Passengers aboard the Seabourn Odyssey Cruise ship that docked in Peter Island earlier today are prohibited from disembarking the ship. This is in accordance with the anchorage format initially approved by local health authorities for incoming ships following the spike in Covid-19 cases. In an invited comment Premier of the Virgin Islands and overseeing Tourism … Continued
Guyana’s struggles to acquire second dose jabs of the Russian manufactured Sputnik coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is affecting over 80,000 people who are waiting to be fully vaccinated. At today’s COVID-19 Update, Anthony stated that there is a worldwide shortage of Sputnik vaccines. But the minister noted that the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which distributes the vaccine, … Continued
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have expressed “deep concern” at the significant increase in the number of deaths and positive cases linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in recent months in the region. The CARICOM leaders met in a “Special Emergency Meeting” virtually on Monday to consider a regional response to the recent surge in infections, … Continued
The US Virgin Islands (USVI) has announced that a person, who was fully vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19), died from complications associated with the virus. The person, who passed away last week, was hospitalised. Territorial Epidemiologist Dr Esther Ellis, in announcing the territory’s first breakthrough COVID-19 death yesterday, did not give any further details on whether … Continued
Single and first time mothers across the British Virgin Islands will be able to benefit from an 8-week empowerment program set to be launched today by the Women In Need organization. Director of WINBVI Alicia Green said upon completion, mothers will be better able to conquer mountains and crush mental currents of destructive cycles and … Continued
Crime in the British Virgin Islands is down by some 2 percent, despite the recent spike in criminal offences such as theft, burglary and praedial larceny. This is according to the Commissioner of Police of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Mark Collins, who made the disclosure during a recent interview with 284 Media. He … Continued
After choosing to discontinue his court case to have an injunction filed against the three attorneys of the Commission of Inquiry, Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock has now disclosed that he is not accepting any responsibility of the nearly $77,000 in legal fees. This is according to information revealed in a recently … Continued
The two bars on Tortola which were closed over the weekend due to breaches of the COVID-19 protocols will have to undergo training, new implementation measures and inspections before being allowed to reopen. This is according to the Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael who made the disclosure during a recent interview with 284 News. … Continued
I recently shared this with some friends during a conversation about the ongoing Commission of Inquiry. I view the COI through a historical context, where our foreparents built this territory since 1834. They survived world wars, global depressions, hurricanes, tsunamis, migrating for work, droughts, a cholera outbreak, and God only knows what else for us … Continued
