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Fine Point
Remembering Louis Benoit's services to football and cricket
Phillip AlleyneNov. 4, 2015The recent passing of Louis Benoit, well known as Zaboca, brought memories of his services as an official in football and cricket. His death came as no surprise as he ...
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Letters
Independence: What Independence?
Nov. 4, 2015Annually we participate in the independence celebrations. But independence is a misnomer and a fallacy. The Dominican mind, society, and culture are, in many respects, mirror images of their slave ...
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Editorials
Happy 37th Anniversary, Dominica
Nov. 4, 2015As the country prepares to celebrate its 37th anniversary of Independence, Dominica is undoubtedly enduring its worst crisis since 1978, the year the island became politically independent.
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Spotlight
Artistes secure your future: You never know
Ian JacksonNov. 4, 2015No one knows the time or the hour. We all know this too well but it behooves every man to put aside something, by way of investment, for old age. ...
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Our Caribbean
It's all down to money
Sir Ron SandersOct. 30, 2015Money matters. It will matter a great deal when representatives of about 200 countries meet in Paris from 1 to 11 December to try, yet again, to settle a universally ...
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The View from Europe
How much does Europe matter
David JessopOct. 30, 2015In the last few weeks the European Commission (EC) has made available two discussion documents that will change Europe's future relationship with the Caribbean and Latin America.
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Spotlight on Sport
Further unravelling by FIFA
Reginald St. H ShillingfordOct. 21, 2015Latest action taken by the FIFA Ethics Committee is the placement of a ban on the beleaguered president of the world football governing body Sepp Blatter. He has been given ...
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Editorials
World Food Day in the post-Erika period
Oct. 21, 2015Although just beginning to recover from the ravages of Tropical Storm Erika, Dominica joined the rest of the world on October16 in the observance of World Food Day (WFD).
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The View from Europe
Collateral Damage
David JessopOct. 19, 2015A little over a week ago the British parliamentarian, Sir Eric Pickles - a cabinet member until May of this year and a former Chairman of the Conservative Party - ...
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In Retrospect
The ten essential items for emergency preparedness
Dr. Emanuel FinnOct. 19, 2015In the aftermath of Tropical Erika and the trial of devastation, deaths and despair it left on our island home, there is and should be a heightened sense for the ...
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The View from Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean not an Economic Entity
David JessopOct. 15, 2015Is it helpful to describe Latin America and the Caribbean as if it were a single entity? What does this do to the way the Caribbean is perceived?