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Spotlight
A critical examination of donations and sponsorships
Ian JacksonApril 29, 2015The words donation and sponsorship are often used in the same context to describe funds people receive as gifts. Donation and sponsorship are, however, two completely different concepts in the ...
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Spotlight on Sport
A profession of great faith
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 29, 2015Jason Holder's undefeated century in the second innings of the First Test at Antigua comes clothed as the fruit yielded by a profession of great faith. A maiden Test century ...
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Our Caribbean
Lukewarm to the Commonwealth?
Sir Ron SandersApril 23, 2015The political parties contesting the May 7 general election in Britain have now published their manifestoes and my friend and colleague, Professor Philip Murphy, found in them a 'decidedly lukewarm ...
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SpotlightA "Pearl" in Dominica's culture: cultural stalwart Pearle Christian
Ian JacksonApril 21, 2015It is inevitable. All good things end at some point but for Pearle Christian it has been an amazing 33 years of a labour of love at the Cultural Division ...
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Spotlight on Sport
An icon passes from the scene
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 21, 2015Sir Frnnk Worrel must have seemed to many a throwback of the older days – a languid looking university professor, the type who didn't fail to be distinguished, dressed with ...
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Our Caribbean
Orphans of Obama's legacy?
Sir Ron SandersApril 17, 2015Undoubtedly both Presidents Raul Castro of Cuba and Barack Obama warrant credit for breaking the 54-year old barrier to the establishment of diplomatic relations between their two countries. But, President ...
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Letters
The Bacchanal State
April 17, 2015Dominica is being transformed into a bacchanal state, a vision that is incompatible with the model of a "nature isle".
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Spotlight
Second Chance: the theatrical production
Ian JacksonApril 17, 2015The Goodwill Pentecostal Assemblies and artistic director Ruth Augustine really moved up a few notches from the last production I witnessed at the Arawak House of Culture. This play consisted ...
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Editorials
Violent crime: Are we trying to kill the problem with ...
April 17, 2015Here we go again. Another young man is dead, another life snuffed away by a gunman as the music played and the people danced to celebrate, they pretend, the rising ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Clive Atwell- a sporting anomaly in Dominica
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 17, 2015Soft spoken, gentle with a touch of urbanity, Clive Atwell is perhaps a truly misplaced representative of his sport. You would not easily detect him as a boxer. He does ...
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In Retrospect
Some fundaments in an early child development center
Dr. Emanuel FinnApril 17, 2015The health, welfare, well- being and safety of children are probably the most important concerns and factors in early child development. Regardless of age, every toddler or infant must be ...
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Our Caribbean
US and the Caribbean: brief summits not enough
Sir Ron SandersApril 9, 2015US President Barack Obama and Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller have pronounced his visit to Jamaica and their bilateral discussions to be a success. What is certain is that media ...
