By Sandra Singh
www.newsday.co.tt
Thursday, August 2 2007
click on pic to zoom inEducation Minister Hazel Manning looked a picture of elegance at the parade….UGANDAN President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday encouraged all CARICOM nations to unite and become the sixth region of Africa. Museveni speaking at the “Kambule” in Port-of-Spain amidst heavy security said attempts are being made to unite the continent of Africa, comprising of over 900 million people of which 750 million are “black people” adding that people in the Caribbean should do the same.
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The burly Laventille-born entertainer, real name Rohan Richards, is sitting atop the European Club Music Charts this week following the release of a reworked version of his 2007 Carnival hit single “What I Want” in France last month.
There have been many complaints over the years from the public that the medical fraternity discriminates against Africans who seek to become doctors. The response was a generalization that Africans were not applying themselves for entry into the medical fraternity. Many of us knew that was not true, but those in charge did not feel inclined to investigate the racism in many of the learning institutions, including the University of the West Indies. Now that Professor Bartholomew appears to be making a similar claim, suddenly it is being taken seriously.
The genuine way forward to nation building for the Indian Community is identifying the challenges to be faced in forging a New Arrival in which entrepreneurship and professionalism (social and economic mobility) must go hand in hand with programmes designed to increase and promote human welfare and progress notably in the rural communities.