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Rebuilding Dominica Better
Agriculture: the Views of a Caribbean Expert
Parry BellotJune 10, 2016For those who still believe in the future of Dominica agriculture, the 2-day Country Conference on "Ensuring Sustainability through Food & Nutrition Security" presented last month at the UWI Open ...
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Letters
My Response to Rev. Dr Watty
June 10, 2016I have digested the Rev. Dr. William W. Watty's — 'Are The Law Lords All That Immaculate???' (The Sun, May 30, 2016) — a crying out loud from his retreat ...
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Letters
Public Works Corporation after 9 years- is it alive or ...
June 10, 2016I am frustrated and depressed as I write about the nine years of failure of the Public Works Corporation (PWC).
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Our Caribbean
Let the voices of the Haitian people be heard
Sir Ron SandersJune 10, 2016"International interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an 'elections done' box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, maintaining stability, and managing poverty. The latter is approached either through ...
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Editorials
Extremely long delay in effecting electoral reform in Dominica
June 10, 2016By tomorrow Tuesday evening Dominicans will know the results of the bye-election in the Soufriere constituency. It would be a major upset indeed if Hidges "Higgs" Adams of the opposition ...
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The View from Europe
A crowded space
David JessopJune 10, 2016When it comes to regional and hemispheric institutions, the Caribbean and Latin America have become a crowded space.
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Spotlight on Sport
A forgotten hero
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJune 10, 2016Guyana celebrates fifty years of independence and expectedly the country takes stock of its varied achievements on a variety of fields. Inevitably, sports have come under the national focus, with ...
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The View from Europe
Is the genie coming out of the bottle?
David JessopJune 4, 2016If the opinion polls are to be believed, the British electorate may vote by a small majority to leave the European Union (EU) in the country's June 23 referendum.
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Our Caribbean
Haiti: No moving out and moving on
Sir Ron SandersJune 3, 2016There is a certain illogic in the reaction of both the UN Secretary-General and the US State Department over the findings of a Haitian Verification Commission that evaluated the 25 ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Growing into the mantle of the captaincy
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJune 3, 2016Already there is talk about inadequacy of the young Jason Holder in the job of the captaincy of the West Indies cricket team. It has even been said he cannot ...
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Editorials
Hurricane Season 2016 begins but we are definitely not prepared
June 3, 2016This year's hurricane season starts on Wednesday, 1st June but the consensus among environmentalists and disaster risk management experts is that Dominica is even more vulnerable to hurricanes and tropical ...
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Spotlight
African Liberation Day: a perspective
Ian JacksonJune 3, 2016Africa Day or African Liberation Day , however re christened, is sadly losing meaning for Dominicans compared to the 70's, 80's, and even the 90's as the world became a ...
