Suriname allows CARICOM workers

Teachers and Nurses within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states are shortly to be allowed to work in Suriname.



Reports out of the country said a bill was sanctioned on Friday to include teachers and nurses in the 2006 CARICOM Single Market Agreement.



The agreement allows university graduates, sportspersons, artistes, media practitioners, and managers, technical and supervisory and self-employed persons to move freely throughout the region.



According to Surinamese coalition Member of Parliament, Guno Castelen, teachers and nurses should be able to move freely to other CARICOM nations.



He said the government should devise strategies to ensure that there are enough teachers and nurses, for schools and health institutions in the country.