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Rebuilding Dominica BetterThe value of our right focus on infrastructure
Parry BellotJuly 9, 2017In my very first REBUILDING DOMINICA BETTER article in this series of weekly columns (after T.S. ERIKA struck in August 2015) I posited that roads, housing, facilities in our rural ...
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EditorialsThe 2014 Commonwealth Election Mission places electoral reform on top ...
July 9, 2017Dominica's general election of 8 December 2014 was free but it was definitely not fair. That's the conclusion of the four-member Commonwealth Observer Mission who monitored the general election in ...
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EditorialsExploring the links between crime, violence and poverty
July 9, 2017It is only the end of June 2017 and already there are 12 homicides in Dominica, a figure that already exceeds the number of killings in 2016. Justifiably, the police ...
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SpotlightComfort Zone engages youth in music
Ian JacksonJuly 9, 2017It's the fourth year since a group of senior musicians and performers came together to engage youth in something different for the summer. It is recurring cycles that after exams ...
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Rebuilding Dominica BetterPart II: Dealing with that irascible garbage dilemma
Parry BellotJune 24, 2017Looking at the total picture (especially in the context of post ERIKA and REBUILDING DOMINICA BETTER…) one thing Dominicans would very much like to see the gov't give serious and ...
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SpotlightCadence music's dilemma
Ian JacksonJune 24, 2017Yes readers, you have heard me refer to this more than once but after hearing NCCU's announcement for registration of song for this years' Cadence song contest once more, I ...
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EditorialsDominica's "crazy" budget period begins
June 24, 2017"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Albert Einstein
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The View from EuropeChina and the Americas
David JessopJune 18, 2017A few days ago, China struck a remarkable deal: it agreed with the state of California to work on projects that will help lower US greenhouse gas emissions.
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The View from EuropeBritain, Brexit and an uncertain future
David JessopJune 18, 2017A little over a week ago, the British people went to the polls. Although the snap general election was supposed to strengthen the government's negotiating hand in leaving the European ...
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SpotlightJazz & Creole 2017 was a blast
Ian JacksonJune 18, 2017Inclement weather or an impending tropical depression was not enough to prevent the thousands who ascended the scenic Fort Shirley at the Cabrits in Portsmouth, the home of the 8th ...
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EditorialsDominica's ever-flowing brain drain
June 18, 2017If education in a knowledge-based economy is the key to the development of a country, why then is Dominica behaving so lukewarm about the loss of so much of its ...
