{"id":44950,"date":"2019-07-21T20:20:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T00:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=44950"},"modified":"2019-07-21T20:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T00:20:55","slug":"dont-call-me-doctor-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/dont-call-me-doctor-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Call Me Doctor – PM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has made it clear that he does not want to be called Doctor despite receiving an honorary doctorate.<\/p>

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In June 2017, Browne accepted an honorary Doctorate in Medicine from the American University of Antigua.<\/p>\n

“You call me Dr Browne but me no earn no PHD yet you know,” Browne told a radio listener who insisted on adding Doctor before his name.<\/p>

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The caller reminded Browne that he should have declined the honorary doctorate if he didn’t want to be called doctor.<\/p>

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He responded, “You have a point but those honorary doctorates doesn’t count.”<\/p>\n

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