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Living Today
Reading through my scrapbook
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RMay 21, 2017Pilot: I have never seen a rose.
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Spotlight
Heritage of the Kalinago people
Ian JacksonMay 21, 2017Yes, indeed the chant "Columbus lie" has been immortalized in Calypso by Shadow and Burning Spear who maintained that Europeans were unable to conquer the fierce resistance of the Kalinago. ...
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Our Caribbean
Debt strangling a Caribbean generation
Sir Ron SandersMay 7, 2017There is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states will have lost the first three decades of the twenty-first century, and foregone ...
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The View from Europe
Venezuela's crisis raises wider regional issues
David JessopMay 7, 2017Last week, after months of growing street protests, detentions, escalating violence, at least 36 deaths, and shortages of almost all basic necessities, Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, announced the creation of ...
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Rebuilding Dominica Better
Agriculture & agro-industry – again!
Parry BellotApril 30, 2017As I indicated in Part I, much of this article comes from the recent FAO Sourcebook. In an industrialized, globalized and increasingly urbanized world, agribusiness and agri-food systems in general ...
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The View from Europe
Addressing the loss of health care professionals
David JessopApril 30, 2017Around the world, public health care systems are in crisis. From India to Australia, nations in the developing and developed world are struggling to meet the expectations of their local ...
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Rebuilding Dominica Better
Agriculture & Agro-industry -- again!
Parry BellotApril 23, 2017One of Dominica's good economic times was when Dominica Coconut Products was in full bloom, from the mid-1960's till the turn of the century when (under new owners Colgate Palmolive) ...
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The View from Europe
The new dimensions of regional security
David JessopApril 23, 2017It is no secret that governments around the world regularly practice their response to security threats. The objective is to prepare for eventualities that those concerned hope will never occur, ...
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Our Caribbean
Women as Political Leaders – not a gender issue
Sir Ron SandersApril 23, 2017Modern history is showered with women as political leaders and Heads of government. When women first emerged in these roles, it was regarded as 'breaking a glass ceiling' – a ...
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Our Caribbean
The weakness of assaults on second citizenship
Sir Ron SandersApril 14, 2017Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIPs) are operated, in one form or another, by many countries, including the US, Canada, and several European Union (EU) nations. Yet, commentators in various media ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Our flag has hidden much too long
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 14, 2017When, shortly after admission to the Olympic movement, Dominica for the first time took part in the 1996 Summer Games at Atlanta, U.S.A, the small nation of ours held up ...