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SpotlightAshton Barrett: Bassist Extraordinaire
Ian JacksonAug. 18, 2020As a young man I was simply intrigued with signature bass-lines in Arrow's "Hot Hot Hot" ; Bob Marley's " Stir it up" ; Explainer's "Lorraine"; Sugar "Bum Bum" of ...
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EditorialsPrime Minister Skerrit: Remember your electoral reform promise?
July 21, 2020Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, the former premier of the Soviet Union (1958 to 1964) once said: "Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges when there are no ...
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SpotlightAll lives matter
Ian JacksonJuly 21, 2020Being a child of the 70s I have long graduated from supporting black, white or yellow to support for the human race. I tend to believe that because no definite ...
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SpotlightSPORTS and CULTURE are congruent with development Part III
Ian JacksonJuly 15, 2020In part three, the final article of this series, I come back full circle to the custodians of sports and music in the country, the players and performers. We tend ...
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EditorialsDon't even think of celebrating LIAT's demise: the airline's departure ...
July 15, 2020In a letter dated 2 July to the prime ministers of Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Antiguan prime minister, Gaston Browne, made clear his "deep regret" ...
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EditorialsGovernment's new budget will tell us how Dominica will deal ...
June 30, 2020Government's financial year ends on June 30, 2020, that is in about one week's time. But as usual not a whisper has been heard- Dominicans are absolutely silent- about this ...
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Development is congruent with culture & sport: Part I
Ian JacksonJune 30, 2020Many would like to make us feel that there is a difference between development and culture but no, one actually hinges on the other and because we have not drawn ...
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EditorialsElder abuse stinks to high heaven; let's stop it
June 24, 2020Friends and relatives relegate elder persons to the dark corners of the house that, they, the elders built; they rob them of their meagre riches, even their small old age ...
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Spotlight"I can't breathe"
Ian JacksonJune 24, 2020I made a call for the submission of poems for Africa Day just three weeks ago. Ironically, at the same time, African-American George Floyd became a victim of a racial ...
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EditorialsOppressors, get your knees off our necks
June 16, 2020The cruelty of George Floyd's death, captured in a shocking video that shows the white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin casually kneeling, with his hands in his pockets to boot, ...
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SpotlightA house and a mango tree
Ian JacksonJune 16, 2020What's so significant about a house and a mango tree? Absolutely nothing one may say and you may be right. Houses and mango trees flourish in these parts but when ...
