-
Spotlight on Sport
Why not dream big with our cricket
Reginald St. H ShillingfordSept. 18, 2015It is opportune to offer congratulations to Liam Sebastien and the rest of the Dominica team for having won the Windward Islands Cricket Tournament, doing so in fairly good style ...
-
Living Today
West Indian identity
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RSept. 18, 2015One characteristic feature of all living things is the search for identity. It is an essential concomitant of everything that walks upon the earth. It is as if without it ...
-
Fine PointOscar Phillip "Popeye" Joseph: for he's a jolly good fellow
Phillip AlleyneSept. 18, 2015Just last year I paid tribute to 99-year-old Oscar Joseph better known to us as Popeye. Now I am indeed happy to extend congratulations to him on the achievement of ...
-
Spotlight
Water-plenty water!
Ian JacksonSept. 18, 2015Yes, it was just eight years ago, in 2007,that Jerry Lloyd, Dominica's most celebrated gospel artiste sang, in the Calypso finals, "I see water" as a warning to Dominicans.
-
Our Caribbean
The Queen's history making reign
Sir Ron SandersSept. 13, 2015On September 9, Queen Elizabeth 11 became the longest reigning monarch in British history. Her record also applies to her 15 realms other than Britain, the majority of them in ...
-
The View from Europe
Investing in Tourism
David JessopSept. 13, 2015A few days ago in London, the Bahamas Prime Minister, Perry Christie, told a meeting organised by Caribbean Export that the region needed a new formula to maximise investment.
-
Spotlight on Sport
Very well supported seam bowling
Reginald St. H ShillingfordSept. 9, 2015A year and a half of wound licking by England, culminated in the Ashes series captured by Cook and his men – emphatically won to the point where the mission ...
-
Living Today
The hurricanes of human life
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RSept. 9, 2015Since Hurricane David, August 29, 1979, we have had much talk and discussion about Disaster Preparedness. And this is good. We have realized that a country demands a certain level ...
-
SpotlightNelly, Trevy and that music trade imbalance
Ian JacksonSept. 9, 2015I am always so pleased when I don't have to rush to make reactionary comments on Facebook or other social media to sing praises to someone after that person passes. ...
-
Fine PointOn the passing of Guye and Joseph, two former national ...
Phillip AlleyneSept. 9, 2015As I write, the memories of two deceased friends and sportsmen come to mind: Hubert 'Son' Joseph, a boyhood friend of mine, whose friendship remained intact until his passing and ...
-
Spotlight on SportHubert "Son" Joseph Workhorse
Reginald St. H ShillingfordSept. 4, 2015Not having spoken with him for a couple of weeks, I paid little regard, thinking merely our paths had simply not crossed after regular Sunday mass at the Cathedral chapel ...
-
Our Caribbean
CARICOM: A collective bargaining unit for rights
Sir Ron SandersAug. 23, 2015The Caribbean regional integration project is often described and criticised almost entirely on the uneven benefits of trade to member countries. But, important as it is, there is more to ...
