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KPMG donates funds raised for cancer
During the months of October and November, KPMG in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (BEC) engaged in a special campaign across Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent to raise funds for breast and prostate cancers, respectively. Dubbed the “Pink Challenge,” for every day in October that staff across KPMG BEC wore an…
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A medical student’s token of appreciation
By Saeed Graham As a medical student, it isn’t often that I get to interact with superiors who are genuinely interested in my development in the field. It would appear as though completion of this particular stage of the journey precipitates as amnesia for the feelings of insecurity and incompetence associated with being a grass-shoot…
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Sir Viv bats for Antigua medical college
The original ‘Master Blaster’ of world cricket, Sir Vivian Richards, is on to a new role — batting for the American University of Antigua (AUA) College of Medicine, which is part of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), as its brand ambassador. Richards, who is on a visit to India as part of his ‘Made…
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Caribbean Family Planning Associations boost skills in disaster risk reduction
Caribbean islands are among the most vulnerable to climate change impacts and are threatened by extreme weather patterns with hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, volcanoes, droughts and other disasters often causing substantial destruction to communities and entire nations, with debilitating effects on families, communities and entire nations. Migration due to humanitarian crisis, especially from Venezuela in recent…
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Handbook on sexual harassment in the workplace
The harsh reality of sexual harassment in the Caribbean region is not a secret. Many experience it on a daily basis both in and out of the workplace. Often times, people do not speak about it or confront their harassers and some may pass if off as a cultural trait. It is time for persons…
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Former Carnival Queen opens up about her struggles with infertility
Former News Anchor, Television Host and Miss Antigua and Barbuda 2007, Tasheka LaVann has been sharing her struggles with infertility. In a recent social media post, LaVann wrote that she has been “bleeding like a horse” and “my body and spirit are over it. That’s the unfiltered truth.” LaVann, who in 2015 said she was…