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The View from EuropeTrump's remarks give Venezuela breathing space
David JessopAug. 22, 2017Speaking on August 11, at a press conference at one of his golf courses, the US President, Donald Trump, scored the equivalent of a foreign policy own goal.
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EditorialsAn obvious fact: Dominica's roads are extremely unsafe-what are we ...
Aug. 22, 2017Last week's multi-victim accident at Ambar in Vielle Case is a typical example of how deadly our roads are. The railings on the side of the road which should have ...
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SpotlightLessons from Nevis
Ian JacksonAug. 12, 2017Without getting into too many specifics which could result in putting organizers and even countries in bad light, I have ventured to write this article more as a 'heads up' ...
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EditorialsWest Indies cricket still in quick sand
Aug. 12, 2017In cricketing terms it's like a screaming yorker skilfully dug out, a searing bouncer expertly evaded, a scorching snorter deftly fended off. In real terms it is Emmanuel Nanthan, the ...
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EditorialsMentally enslaved Dominicans can never be "too free"
Aug. 7, 2017Marcus Mosiah Garvey that great Jamaican, that distinguished Pan Africanist, that great black philosopher, admonished us that as descendants of slaves and freedom fighters we must:
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Rebuilding Dominica BetterThe Future of Agriculture
Parry BellotJuly 30, 2017Readers of this weekly column will understand why for this week I have delayed the promised Part II of my "Crime of Intolerance" article, and chosen to write instead on ...
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SpotlightOnce on this island
Ian JacksonJuly 30, 2017Never before had expectations preceded a theatrical production like this one first staged two decades ago; it did not disappoint. The second staging of Lynn Ahren and Stephen Flaherty musical ...
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Rebuilding Dominica BetterFun & Games with the Heads – not any way ...
Parry BellotJuly 17, 2017It was more conflict and confusion when the CARICOM Heads met in Grenada last week. Just two weeks before there was the the very public collapse of Caribbean unity over ...
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EditorialsDominica's diaspora is missing in action in our country's development
July 17, 2017During the many graduation ceremonies of secondary schools that ended last week, students listened to well-meaning advice from keynote speakers on the value of a sound education; they were also ...
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The View from EuropeThe unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean
David JessopJuly 17, 2017Last month, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) produced a worrying 'situational update' on the implications of the accelerating numbers of Venezuelans arriving in Trinidad, Brazil and Colombia.
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Our Caribbean
The relevance and state of US-Caribbean relations
Sir Ron SandersJuly 14, 2017The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC has produced a publication entitled, "The Relevance of US-Caribbean Relations – Three Views". The title is misleading.
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The View from Europe
Who will reform CARICOM?
David JessopJuly 14, 2017There is a pervasive view within and beyond the Caribbean that the regional integration process is foundering, and that its progress is being held back by an absence of political ...
