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Caribbean Life, Mar. 31-Apr. 6, 2022
Myrie rallies ROUGH ROYAL to save Downstate
CARIBBEAN TOUR
and a review of events and activities is likely in
London as plans appear to have backfired.
“Recently I was very pleased to hear Prince
William say that he acknowledged that slavery
was wrong, and that the British government,
the British people, have some responsibility,”
Rowley told a local religious faith group. “But
I believe you more if you do what you must
now do, which is the offer of reparation to the
people who were wronged,” he said. “And if you
repent, then salvation could be yours.
Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
had also planned to jump into fray with
an address to the Organization of American
States OAS) late last week.
Demand for reparations apart, the royal
tour exposed deepening and simmering
resentment towards Britain and its colonial
past. At an official ceremony in Jamaica,
many were taken aback by the seemingly
flippant and offhand manner in which Prime
Minister Andrew Holness told the Prince and
his wife that Jamaica, will during 60th independence
celebrations in August, dump his
grandmother — Queen Elizabeth II as head
of state-and transition the island to a republic
like Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad and Dominica.
Jamaica will have its own native head of
state like the others. Similar chatter has also
emanated from The Bahamas, albeit in a more
muted manner.
On Monday, Jamaica Opposition Leader,
Mark Golding said the British Privy Council
should also go as the final appeals court.
“We are moving on,” Holness told a slightly
grinning Prince, noting that” Jamaica is, as
you would see, a country that is very proud
of our history, very proud of what we have
achieved, and we’re moving on. We intend to
attain, in short order, our development goals
and fulfil our true ambitions as an independent,
developed, prosperous country.”
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“While treating COVID patients, Downstate
suffered significant shortages of critical
supplies and equipment,” the senator
said. “The virtual ‘shutdown’ has had
severe financial impacts, even after the
designation was lifted, and has resulted in
a COVID-related deficit of $159 million.
“SUNY Downstate is the nation’s leader
in training doctors from underrepresented
communities and more physicians
practicing in New York City have graduated
from SUNY Downstate than from
any other medical school,” he added.
United University Professions President,
Frederick E. Kowal, Ph.D, said “SUNY
Downstate Health Sciences University is
a lifeline to the Central Brooklyn community
and the entire borough of Brooklyn.
“Our public teaching hospital employs
more than 4,000 workers and pumps millions
into the local and state economies
annually,” he said. “During the early days
of the pandemic, SUNY Downstate was
the state’s only COVID-19-only hospital.
Our frontline employees, unvaccinated
for months because a vaccine hadn’t been
developed, put their lives on the line
as they treated and tested thousands of
patients.
“Albany has underfunded SUNY’s public
teaching hospitals for decades,” Kowal
added. “There is no time left to waste.
Our hospitals must be properly funded
this year.”
“PEF represents hundreds of healthcare
heroes who work at SUNY Downstate,”
said NYS Public Employees Federation
Wayne Spence. “They sacrificed to
deliver services to their fellow New Yorkers
throughout the pandemic and they
deserve the proper level of funding now to
continue their vital work. We stand with
Senator Myrie and urge the Governor, the
Senate and the Assembly to craft a budget
that meets the needs of our public hospitals
and delivers on the promise to rebuild
the state workforce.”
“We all can agree that SUNY hospitals
are the backbone of our public health care
system, so it’s time we funded them like
they are,” New York State United Teachers
President, Andy Pallotta said. “We’re
proud to stand with Sen. Myrie and his
colleagues as we fight together for the
state support that is so crucial to hospitals
like SUNY Downstate, where our members
work so hard — especially during the
pandemic — to provide high-quality care
to New Yorkers every single day.”
Myrie said: “We all remember going to
our windows and cheering for our frontline
healthcare workers during the pandemic’s
darkest days.
“SUNY Downstate demonstrated its
commitment and service to us,” he added.
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Prince William and Catherine, Duchess
of Cambridge gesture as they board an
offi cial aircraft, during a departure ceremony,
on the fi nal day of their tour of
the Caribbean, at the Lynden Pindling
International Airport, Nassau, Bahamas,
March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool
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