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		<title>Improving the future of Nursing Education at the Academic Hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Ludmilla Wikkeling-Scott, President, Morgan State University, School of Community Health and Policy PARAMARIBO- The shortage of health care workers, particularly nurses, is a phenomenon, felt from Canada to Argentina. According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report of 2011, “transforming the health care system to provide safe, quality, patient-centered, accessible, and affordable care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communiqué issued at Conclusion of the 15th Meeting of COFCOR</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Paramaribo, Suriname, on 3-4 May 2012, under the chairmanship of His Excellency Winston G. Lackin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Council Meeting was attended by Senator the Hon. Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COFCOR MEET: Adapt foreign policy coordination to changing global environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) foreign policy coordination in a constantly changing international climate was the common thread running through the addresses at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Thursday 3 May 2012. The two-day meeting was preceded by a formal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meredith Bruce wins first Cliff Djamin Press  Freedom Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 08:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARAMARIBO&#8211;Meredith Bruce is the winner of the first Cliff Djamin Press Freedom Award. Meredith received her prize on Thursday from US Ambassador John Nay. The Cliff Djamin Award is awarded in recognition of the late former US Embassy employee and former Adjunct Editor in Chief of De West evening newspaper, the same newspaper Meredith works for.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil sends more troops to guard borders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 07:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil is deploying more than 8,500 troops to its borders with Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana. Authorities report that this is part of an operation aimed at cracking down on drug smuggling, gold mining and illegal deforestation. The troop mobilization sends a clear message ahead of the United Nations Conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CARICOM Foreign Ministers look at ways to strengthen co-ordination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 07:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) &#8211;The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will be seeking ways to strengthen co-co-ordination of foreign policy among the Community’s Member States. The Council, comprising of the Community’s Foreign Ministers, holds its Fifteenth Meeting on 3-4 May, 2012 in Paramaribo, Suriname. Foreign Policy Co-ordination is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fred Derby statue unveiled at his namesake street</title>
		<link>http://www.devsur.com/fred-derby-statue-unveiled-at-his-namesake-street/2012/05/01/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARAMARIBO&#8211;A statue honoring trade union and political leader Fred Derby has been erected on the corner of the Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat and the street bearing his name: Fred Derbystraat.  The statue was unveiled by Derby’s widow on April 29th. The statue was made by Erwin de Vries one of Suriname’s leading sculptors, who also made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflecting on STINASU</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this piece, written especially for DevSur, former STINASU Director Muriel Held, reflects on Brownsberg and how her heart bleeds at the destruction caused by gold miners who penetrated this pristine nature park in District Brokopondo.   STINASU (Stichting Natuurbehoud Suriname = Foundation for Nature Preservation in Suriname) was established on 17 June 1969. Goals: Realization of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National strategy to support climate change challenges in communities</title>
		<link>http://www.devsur.com/national-strategy-to-support-climate-change-challenges-in-communities/2012/05/01/</link>
		<comments>http://www.devsur.com/national-strategy-to-support-climate-change-challenges-in-communities/2012/05/01/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARAMARIBO&#8211;On the 28 of March, the Global Environment Facility/Small Grants Programme (GEF/SGP) presented the national strategy for the Small Island Developing States Community-based Adaptation Programme. The strategy is to reduce vulnerability and increase the adaptive capacity of communities in Suriname to manage the risks of climate change. Through this initiative Suriname, as part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China bank to finance housing project</title>
		<link>http://www.devsur.com/china-bank-to-finance-housing-project/2012/05/01/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 19:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The same Chinese company that has paved hundreds of kilometers of road in Suriname will also build the houses Government has promised. Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) has committed a US$50 million loan to a government-led housing project. The houses will be built by China’s Dalian Group. The loan covers the first 1,000 houses [...]]]></description>
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