Daily Archives: Feb 27, 2017
‘Don’t cry over nurses leaving; train more,’ says educator
Mandeville, Manchester — Rather than responding to a migration-spurred shortage of trained registered nurses as if the “sky is falling”, Jamaican authorities should be concentrating on training more nurses, says principal of the Knox Community College, Dr Gordon Cowans.
It must be done!
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says that his ability to complete the long-delayed pension and public sector reforms within his current administration will determine his political legacy.
Bush breaks with Trump, calls media 'indispensable to democracy'
Former President George W. Bush said Monday that the media is “indispensable to democracy,” a break from the position of his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump, who has called the press “the enemy of the American people.”
Here's how the worst flub in Oscar history went down
Oscar got it wrong, wrong, soooo wrong. The presenters announced the wrong Best Picture; Moonlight was the winner, not La La Land.
Rodigan’s spin on life
IF buyers of David Rodigan’s upcoming autobiography are sniffing for drama, they will be disappointed. Indeed, the famed British Disc Jockey/sound system selector says,...
US gov’t policy could lead to return of skilled labour
One of the founding members of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition, Dr Marcus Day, believes the present state of affairs in the United
Walton hundred fails to prevent England win
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Captain Chadwick Walton struck his second List A hundred in three outings, but it was not enough to prevent the UWI Vice Chancellor’s XI from crashing to a 117-run defeat to England here, Saturday.
Police respond to ACB dragging video
The police have responded to a video of a woman being dragged by an officer out of the St Mary’s Street branch of Antigua Commercial Bank (ACB) on Friday.
Three charged for brawl with Yannick Beazer
The police on the sister isle have charged three people with wounding, as the investigation into the alleged attack on Yannick Beazer continues.