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CARIBBEAN WILL SUFFER FROM NURSE MIGRATION, SAYS WORLD BANK

A new World Bank report has warned that the Caribbean region will face great difficulties in the future if it does not address the massive migration of nurses from the region.
Nursing shortages across the English-speaking Caribbean limit access and quality of health services and affect the region’s competitiveness, says the report.
According to ‘The Nurse Labor and Education [...]

winds of change in t&t politics

When the United States electorate confirmed Barack Obama as President, many saw it as the physical embodiment of a dream of African Americans becoming a reality.
The election of Kamla Persad- Bissessar in Trinidad and Tobago  yesterday, may well be heralded in similar terms, but this time, as the fulfillment of the dreams of women of [...]

A christian response?

After yesterday’s post, it seems almost crazy to post this..but still, thought stupidity should be shared:

Haiti, I’m sorry

I’ve always been fascinated by Haiti.
The haunting lyrics of calypsonian David Rudder’s Haiti sent a shudder down my spine when I first heard it in 1988:
‘Toussaint was a mighty man, and to make matters worse, he was black; back in the days when black men knew their place was in the back; but this rebel, [...]

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