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Letters
Not benefiting Dominicans
June 23, 2015It is a fact that for some years now Dominica has been operating a passport selling programme for the raising of money. But who are the main beneficiaries?
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Editorials
Boldest budget ever required to get Dominica out of the ...
June 23, 2015Sometime in June or early July 2015 we expect Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to present Government's budget for the new fiscal year. But as we have said on previous occasions, ...
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Spotlight on Sport
A mere bunch of juveniles
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJune 23, 2015There was little of the euphoria to be associated with an Australia visit, and generally speaking, the Dominica public did not exactly warm to the first Test match at Windsor ...
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Our Caribbean
Caribbean countries: Trapped?
June 21, 2015A common market in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries would lead to a substantial rise in the regional exports. This is one of the findings of a new World Bank ...
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Our Caribbean
Guyana and Venezuela: Let the International Court decide
Sir Ron SandersJune 13, 2015It is, to say the least, unfortunate that Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, has allowed domestic pressures to cause him to take the extreme measure of issuing a decree on May ...
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Spotlight on Sport
F.I.F.A and the moral compass
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJune 13, 2015From its very small beginnings around the year 1930, F.I.F.A, the governing body for world football, has grown into the global giant it has become of 209 member nations. Much ...
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Editorials
Reviving that electoral reform issue
June 13, 2015A few days ago our attention was drawn to the news that the government and opposition in St. Vincent and the Grenadines had agreed to make a significant change to ...
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Letters
Dominica's Haitian paranoia
June 13, 2015Hey! I haven't written in a long while but I was so upset about this that I just had to find time to write.
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Spotlight
DOMFESTA: A Night of Poetry
Ian JacksonJune 13, 2015A number of poets, would-be poets and others who felt a desire to express themselves in verse and even song, converged at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dominica ...
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In Retrospect
A Dangerous Partisan Police Department
Dr. Emanuel FinnJune 13, 2015Lately a series of disturbing events and developments have occurred in Dominica involving the Police and National Security. There was the politician who is responsible for the police making threats ...
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Our Caribbean
China: Strike while the iron is hot
Sir Ron SandersMay 31, 2015China's Premier Li Keqiang, accompanied by over 100 senior Chinese business leaders, visited four South American countries for eight days in May. Along the way, he pledged hundreds of billions ...
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Letters
Those irresponsible riders
May 30, 2015Every time I hear the news that because of a motorcycle accident one young man, or sometimes two, gets killed, I am tempted to say one or two less as ...
