Exposing Racism in the Medical Fraternity, Government and Media

By A. Hotep July 01, 2007 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 … Continue reading Exposing Racism in the Medical Fraternity, Government and Media

Prof hits admission policy of Mt. Hope medical school

Trinidad Express Sunday, July 1st 2007 In a strongly-worded letter to Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education and copied to the Prime Minister, Patrick Manning; John Rahael, Minister of Health; and the Dean of the Medical Faculty, Dr Phyllis Pitt-Miller; Prof Courtenay Bartholomew, Emeritus Professor Medicine (UWI), has criticised the admissions … Continue reading Prof hits admission policy of Mt. Hope medical school

A Watershed Moment of People’s Power

By Stephen Kangal Democrats must celebrate and document for posterity this defining and watershed moment in the victorious enactment of people’s power by our Chatham folk. The script of the politics of post-Chatham T&T has been rewritten by the simple, rural, ordinary God-fearing people of Chatham. Their message to us is that State arrogance, insensitivity … Continue reading A Watershed Moment of People’s Power