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SVG looks to bond local nurses amid COVID-induced ultra-high demand for healthcare workers

PM Gonsalves says he does not begrudge nurses wanting to work overseas but asserts “everybody can’t go and turn their back on we who pay to train them”  KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES — The government will be looking to bond nurses, requiring them to remain in the country and work for a certain…
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Gonsalves says govt. prepared to hire new teachers, re-engage retirees amid pushback to mandatory vaccination policy

SVG PM warns his government will “just get somebody else to teach people’s children” for teachers who defy mandatory vaccination policy  KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES — Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves indicated that the government is prepared to hire substitute teachers and even re-engage retirees if needed as some teachers in the country oppose…
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