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Smart Living
The art of relationship
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RMarch 22, 2017No one will dispute that there are serious problems in Dominica which must be solved if this country is to be the beautiful country that we intend it to be. ...
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Spotlight
Dominican Calypso: A SWOC analysis
Ian JacksonMarch 22, 2017Dominica's Calypso has outlived all others for its social political commentary. Even the formidable home of Calypso, Trinidad and Tobago, will confess that the Soca/jump-and-wave-craze, be it "groove" or "power" ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Abuse of the drawing board
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMarch 22, 2017Like most everyone, I was inclined to suggest that West Indies may have just about turned the corner as to its fortunes when selection came about for the recent O.D.I ...
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Living Today
Derek Walcott and the West Indian experience
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RMarch 19, 2017The visit of Derek Walcott of St. Lucia to Dominica during the observance of REUNION 2008 is very timely and meaningful. For many, the big attraction is the fact that ...
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Spotlight
Walcott critical of Dominican writers
Ian JacksonMarch 19, 2017Walcott critical of Dominican writers
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The View from Europe
Responding to the coming trade disorder
David JessopMarch 14, 2017A few days ago, an astute observer of the US political scene told me: "Watch what the new administration and Congress does, not what the President tweets". "That is the ...
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Our Caribbean
Alternative facts and undisclosed sources in Citizenship by Investment
Sir Ron SandersMarch 14, 2017The Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP), operated by many countries in the world, including the US, Spain, Switzerland, Malta and Portugal to name a few, is particularly misrepresented in relation ...
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Living Today
Temptations of Jesus
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RMarch 7, 2017At the beginning of the season of Lent, the Church invites us to focus on the desert experience of Jesus. This entails his encounter with evil forces in the wilderness. ...
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Commentaries
Identifying millions of dollars in dark money…
March 7, 2017There is a growing sense and evidence that lies, darkness and trickery in public life have taken a strong- hold in our society and for a long time kept most ...
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Editorials
Acknowledge the elephant in the room
March 7, 2017The controversy and conflicts surrounding the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CBI) and the subsequent United Workers Party (UWP) protest meeting, followed by Prime Minister Skerrit's so-called coup allegations and the ...
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The View from Europe
Has Caribbean sugar a future?
David JessopMarch 7, 2017Unless the sugar industry in CARICOM can develop in the coming months a co-ordinated and concerted plan of action, it is quite possible that in a few years' time there ...
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Spotlight
Bouyon and the Monarchy
Ian JacksonMarch 7, 2017Everyone wants to be a king or a queen, so Dominica has Calypso Kings and Queens, National Queens, Mother's Queens, Miss Bold and Beautiful and in recent times, a Bouyon ...