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Barbados and Ghana has created a “historic” relationship in the area of human resources.

This is according to Director of Human Resources in the department of the Ministry of Health in Ghana Kwesi Asabird who spoke to the media on Monday, October 10 following the arrival of 122 Ghanaian nurses.

The Ghanaian nurses who are the second contingent of nurses to arrive in Barbados will be assigned to various institutions across the island including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Geriatric Hospital, Psychiatric Hospital and several polyclinics.

“This is a historic relationship that our current president has built between himself and the Prime Minister of Barbados in the area of human resources of health,” Asabird contended.

… we are privileged to be part of this historic relationship and I believe we will do our part to sustain it

He explained that this relationship was created to better maintain the surplus of nurses produced in Ghana annually.

“Ghana has come to realize that we are gradually improving in the numbers and adequacy of human resource because we have a strategic plan where we allow the private sector, the government institutions and the Ministry Of Health itself to train nurses and we are able to produce over 20,000 nurses annually.”

“Looking at the numbers, we think that we cannot consume these numbers locally, we need to support other nations internationally and this is the first government that has decided as a matter of policy to send nurses abroad. The first country to receive this policy realization is Barbados. The first cohort came in the year 2020 and this is the second cohort.”

Asabird added that due to the feedback he has received following the first contingent of nurses, he predicts the relationship between Ghana and Barbados will continue.

“So for some of us we are privileged to be part of this historic relationship and I believe we will do our part to sustain it because both sending and receiving countries have roles and responsibility towards sustaining this kind of relationship and since the first cohort the feedback we are getting is that this relationship has come to stay.”

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Two Jamaicans are among the 10 nominees women for the World Athletics Women’s World Athlete of the Year.

In a release on Wednesday, World Athletics confirmed that both Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson are among the athletes selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics, for the 2022 World Athletes of the Year in the women category.

Fraser-Pryce is the World 100m champion, claiming a fifth gold medal in the event, as well as the Diamond League 100m champion. The ‘Pocket Rocket’, who now goes by Mommy Rocket, ran a world-leading 10.62 among her record seven sub-10.70 100m races of the season.

Meanwhile, Jackson is the World 200m champion and Diamond League 200m champion. She ran a world-leading 21.45s to move to second on the world all-time list.

Another woman from the Caribbean, Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas, is also among this year’s nominees.

Miller-Uibo is the World 400m champion, World indoor 400m champion and the NACAC 400m champion.

“It has been another memorable year for the sport, and the nominations reflect some of the standout performances achieved at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22, one-day meeting circuits, and other events around the world,” World Athletics said.

In its press release Tuesday, World Athletics said a three-way voting process would determine the finalists for the 2022 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2022.

The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family will cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the World Athletics social media platforms. Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube this week with a ‘like’ on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube or a retweet on Twitter counting as one vote.

The release said the World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50% of the result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25% of the final result.

Voting for the World Athletes of the Year closes at midnight on Monday, October 31. After the voting process, five women and five men finalists will be announced by World Athletics.

The winners will be revealed on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December.

The other nominees for the 2022 Women’s World Athlete of the Year are:

Tobi Amusan, Nigeria

– World 100m hurdles champion

– Diamond League, Commonwealth and African 100m hurdles champion

– Set a world 100m hurdles record of 12.12

Chase Ealey, USA

– World shot put champion, and world indoor shot put silver medallist

– Diamond League shot put champion

– Threw a world-leading 20.51m

Kimberly Garcia, Peru

– World 20km race walk champion to win Peru’s first-ever World Athletics Championships medal

– World 35km race walk champion in a South American record to complete a race walk double

– World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships 20km bronze medallist

Faith Kipyegon, Kenya

– World 1500m champion

– Diamond League 1500m champion

– Ran a world-leading Kenyan record of 3:50.37, just three-tenths of a second off the world record

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Ukraine

– World indoor high jump champion and world high jump silver medallist

– European high jump champion

– Jumped a world-leading 2.05m, equalling the outdoor national best

Sydney McLaughlin, USA

– World 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion

– Broke the world 400m hurdles record with 51.41 at the US Championships

– Further improved the world record to 50.68 to win the world title

Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela

– World indoor and outdoor triple jump champion

– Diamond League triple jump champion

– Improved her world record to 15.74m in Belgrade

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The government of Saint Lucia is concerned about what Sustainable Development Minister Shawn Edward described in parliament on Tuesday as a ‘pollution scourge’, including marine and plastic litter.

Edward acknowledged that clean-up campaigns are necessary.

But he asked whether it would not be fantastic if the nation could transition towards compliance, behavioural change, and enhanced waste management while depending less on clean-ups.

“Do we have hope? Well, I have hope and we should have hope. I know that our people want to do better and can do better and this government, Mr. Speaker, is committed to the cause of curing the pollution scourge that confronts us today,” the Dennery North MP declared.

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“I cringed in my own community Mr. Speaker when I saw the plastic accumulation following the heavy rains,” Edward recalled.

In addition, the Minister observed that, too often, Saint Lucians assert that in their inappropriate waste disposal, they are creating jobs for the poor and disadvantaged.

However, Edward said such inappropriate behaviour creates homelessness and loss of livelihood when the trash clogs the drains, flooding homes, and shops.

“The situation we are contributing to is one of poverty, revenue loss from visitors who are disgusted with the imprudent behaviour and opt for cleaner touristic destination,” the Minister told parliament.

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