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Our Caribbean
Why CARICOM had no national for OAS top job
Sir Ron SandersJan. 17, 2020(The writer is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies ...
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Our Caribbean
A weak, worn out Caribbean will not serve its people ...
Sir Ron SandersJan. 13, 2020As 2019 ends and the New Year dawns, the world faces a troubling period of uncertainty. This precariousness will affect international and regional organizations as some powerful governments pursue a ...
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Spotlight
Praise or Sewo
Ian JacksonNov. 12, 2019As a Christian, I wish to warn believers about using every opportunity to make merry, to Sewo in the name of thanksgiving. It is sad that as a columnist on ...
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Spotlight
Still Waters
Ian JacksonSept. 26, 2019So many are the metaphors, innuendos that could be captured by the latest art exhibition showcased two weeks ago at the Old Mill Cultural Centre staged by Dominica's premier female ...
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Editorials
More hurricanes like Dorian are coming our way: What are ...
Sept. 26, 2019As Dominicans prepare to observe the second anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the category-five storm that devastated the island on 18th September 2017, the people of the Bahamas are just waking ...
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Spotlight
Bouyon stamping its authority
Ian JacksonSept. 26, 2019Three weeks ago I tuned into the Jamaican programme Sportsmax and I was greeted to the sound of an Asa Bantan composition which introduced the programme. I could not believe ...
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Editorials
Dominicans ask yourselves this question: Why are you making the ...
Sept. 13, 2019Like a runaway train Dominica seems to be heading towards a disastrous crash. Yet many of the passengers and crew are apparently too drunk on hubris, too unconcerned that the ...
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Letters
In my dream I beheld a beautiful park
Sept. 13, 2019When I had been set down and my eyes made to see and my nose smelled sulphur, I wondered aloud where I could be because I beheld a beautiful park ...
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Editorials
Money in Dominica's elections is now on steroids: Don't say ...
Sept. 13, 2019"There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can't remember what the second one is"
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Editorials
If we have learnt the lessons that David and Maria ...
Sept. 13, 2019Next week Thursday we remember David, the Category 5 hurricane that devastated Dominica on 29th August 1979, that is, four decades ago.
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Letters
Manifesto de Eltucio
Sept. 13, 2019We believe that small island states like ours have the capacity and wherewithal to survive comfortably and develop to a level of twenty-first century excellence even without huge deposits of ...
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Editorials
Dominicans must be convinced that old age is far more ...
Sept. 13, 2019In September each year Dominica observes a Month of the Elderly. And 2019 is no exception. The Dominica Council on Ageing (DCOA) has presented a programme to celebrate ageing, to ...