-
Spotlight
Engaging our youth through arts & sports.
Ian JacksonApril 20, 2016Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, was once considered to be the most violent city in the world. That was in the days when Pablo Escobar and his drug cartel were ...
-
Editorials
After Erika Dominicans should be much more enthusiastic about Earth ...
April 20, 2016If Dominicans are as passionate about the environment as they say they are, they would observe Earth Day, commemorated all over the world on Friday, 22 April, as faithfully as ...
-
Rebuilding Dominica Better
The development issues haven't changed much!
Parry BellotApril 20, 2016It was as far back as 2004 that a senior CDB official pointed out the major issues facing all Caribbean countries – almost all still very relevant today!
-
Our Caribbean
No quick fix in Haiti
Sir Ron SandersApril 16, 2016Peace and development will be endangered in Haiti if the United States and other nations insist that the interim government holds the second round of a truncated election for a ...
-
The View from Europe
The fourth industrial revolution and the Caribbean
David JessopApril 16, 2016How well will the Caribbean cope with the 'disruptive technology' and 'disruptive innovation' that in less than a decade could change structurally, employment, competiveness and consumer thinking in most developed ...
-
Rebuilding Dominica Better
Could this help Attract more Youth to Agriculture?
Parry BellotApril 13, 2016Consider this quote from UWI'S Pro Vice Chancellor & Campus Principal, Prof. Clement Sankat: "Young people will only get involved in agriculture if they recognize their countries have a genuine ...
-
Our Caribbean
The lessons of Panama and its papers
Sir Ron SandersApril 13, 2016The names of persons implicated in the leak of the so-called "Panama papers" on April 3 reads like a who's who of the politically powerful in many parts of the ...
-
Spotlight
Music: payment delayed is payment denied
Ian JacksonApril 13, 2016Yes, that's right, they don't want to pay. Who is the "they", you may ask? Well, "they" are the organizers of shows and concerts. For decades Dominicans have been of ...
-
Spotlight on Sport
Echoes from ICC T20 World Cup 2016
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 13, 2016Everyone who is West Indian delighted in the sensational achievement of our capturing of the World Cup T20 on Sunday 3rd April. The climax came in a super blast-off with ...
-
The View from Europe
The Panama connection
David JessopApril 13, 2016A few days ago the leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, called on the British Prime Minister to consider taking direct control of Britain's Caribbean overseas territories. His ...
-
Living Today
A message of hope
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RApril 13, 2016The presence of the Catholic Bishops of the Caribbean, many members of the clergy and several lay people at home and abroad, rallying around our own His Eminence Cardinal Kelvin ...
-
Editorials
West Indies cricket: major success in 2016 but stormy seas ...
April 13, 2016West Indies cricket is indeed unique. Last week the euphoria of winning multiple championships on the world stage had hardly abated when the perennial disagreement between the players and the ...