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The View from EuropeThe new dimensions of regional security
David JessopApril 23, 2017It is no secret that governments around the world regularly practice their response to security threats. The objective is to prepare for eventualities that those concerned hope will never occur, ...
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Our CaribbeanWomen as Political Leaders – not a gender issue
Sir Ron SandersApril 23, 2017Modern history is showered with women as political leaders and Heads of government. When women first emerged in these roles, it was regarded as 'breaking a glass ceiling' – a ...
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Our CaribbeanThe weakness of assaults on second citizenship
Sir Ron SandersApril 14, 2017Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs) are operated, in one form or another, by many countries, including the US, Canada, and several European Union (EU) nations. Yet, commentators in various media ...
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EditorialsIs God Dead? The real meaning of Easter in a ...
April 14, 2017Next week more than one billion Christians around the world will celebrate Easter. Those of us who will participate in the celebration will once again stand in wonder of the ...
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Spotlight on SportOur flag has hidden much too long
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 14, 2017When, shortly after admission to the Olympic movement, Dominica for the first time took part in the 1996 Summer Games at Atlanta, U.S.A, the small nation of ours held up ...
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Rebuilding Dominica BetterSometimes public servants actually excel
Parry BellotApril 14, 2017It is well known that I am a generally critical of the public service in respect of a systematic (and cultural?) tendency to under-perform. Just by empirical day-to-day evidence (ask ...
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Living TodayStoop to conquer!
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RApril 14, 2017Life is not a continuous series of endless struggling to live a human life. It is not a senseless battle with forces that are beyond our control. Stormy weather may ...
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SpotlightCostumes, Revelry and Pan
Ian JacksonApril 14, 2017Carnival precedes Lent and so this final article on the aftermath of carnival takes a look at what makes carnival fun. When we speak of fun, we talk of clean ...
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The View from EuropeCuba's cautious transition to a new generation
David JessopApril 14, 2017In just under a year's time, if President Castro keeps to his previously announced timetable, he will step down and cease to lead Cuba's Council of State and Council of ...
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Spotlight on SportVolts in the bolt of lightning
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 7, 2017Every, now and again there is a tendency to indulge in the assertion that so and so is the best performer of all time in a particularly sport and track ...
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EditorialsNational Health Care Insurance: Refusing to scale back our aspirations ...
April 7, 2017When United States president Barack Obama in March 2010 introduced an historic $938 billion health care overhaul that guaranteed coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans, Republicans immediately promised to repeal ...
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Rebuilding Dominica BetterCan the IMF and the EU make productivity enhancement more ...
Parry BellotApril 7, 2017From the IMF report of 24 March 2017: "…better target education programs in order to improve labour productivity…" From the 2016 / 2017 literature of the NAO / EU launching ...
