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Editorials
New opportunities to rethink agriculture in the age of mega-storms
Oct. 11, 2018As the country grapples with the task of rebuilding and simultaneously planning ahead after the mighty blow that Hurricane Maria struck about one year ago, we believe policy makers have ...
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Spotlight
Treat Them Right
Ian JacksonSept. 26, 2018An art form like Calypso can be so effective in conveying messages and influence change that I am moved this week to publish the composition below to highlight the plight ...
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Editorials
World Rivers Day 2018: When the river floods, it doesn't ...
Sept. 26, 2018Let's express thanks to Catholic priest Farther Franklyn Cuffy for keeping the waters of World Rivers Day flowing. Utmost single-handily, Father Cuffy has kept Dominicans interested in World Rivers Day ...
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Spotlight
Good Male Vocalists Required
Ian JacksonSept. 13, 2018A music producer here brought the paucity of good male vocalist on island to my attention. I understood where he was coming from but I responded: 'Not really' because his ...
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Editorials
Electoral Reform Chaos: That's What Happens When the People do ...
Sept. 13, 2018As Dominicans nervously watch the approach of another hurricane, the traumatized islanders are also observing the development of another potentially hurtful system as the government and opposition get ready to ...
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Editorials
Recognizing Senior Resilience: Looking Beyond the Theme for the Month ...
Sept. 13, 2018If there is another term that is more abused in Dominica than "resilience" has been since Hurricane Maria we do not know what it is. Everyone's talking about resilience and ...
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Spotlight
Artistes, music sampling without permission is wrong
Ian JacksonSept. 13, 2018Intellectual property attorney Richard Stim states the following as it pertains to music sampling in recordings: "Like all artistes, musicians sometimes like to borrow from one another. The complication, however, ...
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Commentaries
Ambassador Gregoire makes statement on Ross
Sept. 6, 2018I firmly believe that when the dust would have settled on the Ross University pull out from Dominica, the role of the real "Dominican Statesmen" will be recognized and captured ...
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Letters
Christian Religious Education - Revisited
Sept. 6, 2018Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica like no other previous hurricane in my memory. During which scores of young and not so young people looted from various stores and supermarkets with impunity.
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Spotlight
Pretending Reality
Ian JacksonSept. 6, 2018Soon after I submitted my last article to this newspaper I received a call from Gloria Septra Augustus informing me that she was staging a new production with her company ...
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Commentaries
A Vote for the CCJ is a Vote to Fulfil ...
Sept. 6, 2018When the citizens of Antigua and Barbuda go to the polls on 6th November 2018 to vote in a referendum to determine whether they will permit their nation to remain ...