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Editorials
Electoral Reform, or Electoral Modernisation-is this Dominica's Impossible Dream?
June 7, 2023For over two decades, Dominicans have craved electoral reform to usher in what we hope will be "a government for the people, by the people and of the people".
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Letters
Salute to Cara Shillingford-Marsh
May 26, 2023Through this medium, I salute and thank Mrs Cara Shillingford-Marsh for her courage and stalwart civic actions in demanding good governance and defending the public interest. Mrs Marsh is not ...
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Letters
Emancipation/Freedom Day
May 26, 2023In the Caribbean, 'Emancipation Day' is celebrated enthusiastically as the day on which legal slavery ended, and this is as it should be. It isn't the same day for all ...
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Editorials
May 29 1979, is one of Dominica's most significant dates
May 19, 2023"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"-Philosopher George Santayana.
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Our Caribbean
What future, Venezuela?
Sir Ron SandersMay 12, 2023The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, hosted a Conference on Venezuela in his nation's capital, Bogota, on April 25. The European Union (EU) and 19 countries from the Americas, including ...
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Editorials
Can a President appointed by one party be impartial, objective ...
April 27, 2023Dominica has begun searching for a new president because the incumbent, His Excellency Charles Angelo Savarin, leaves the post in October 2023 after two successive five-year terms, the maximum the ...
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Commentaries
UWP's new political leader is a true patriot
Jan. 26, 2023According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a patriot loves and supports their country. It's a word that defines and engenders unification, joy, less division, and exclusion of people. Therefore, being a ...
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Editorials
We have a new government, one that we deserve
Jan. 26, 2023By the time you read this editorial, Dominicans will have a new government, for better or worse, until the next general election they part.
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Commentaries
PARTISAN POLITICS: THE PATHOLOGY OF A KILLER DISEASE. PART ONE.
Jan. 17, 2023It has been often said that "religion and politics are two of society's biggest encumbrances." But, of course, it remains to be seen what is meant by either factor, notwithstanding ...
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Editorials
Let's be clear about what we are celebrating at our ...
Nov. 4, 2022In a few days, Dominica will celebrate 44 years of political independence from Britain, the country's former colonial master.
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Editorials
Dominica's anti-buggery law is about to fall- it's about time
Oct. 20, 2022Let consenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) adults do whatever they want in the privacy of their homes. It's their right.
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Editorials
Linton could not win a general election because it is ...
Oct. 20, 2022People who have been commenting on the resignation of Lennox Linton as the political leader of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) seem to overlook one basic and significant fact: ...