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The View from Europe
Will Cuba's gain cause region pain?
David JessopAug. 23, 2015One of the Caribbean tourism industry's greatest concerns may be about to materialise: US citizens being allowed to travel to Cuba on an individual basis.
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Spotlight
We need to re-invent our Cadence and Bouyon music
Ian JacksonAug. 19, 2015Does it disturb you as a Dominican that we have created a beat that is now well over 25 years old and only citizens of our country engage and identify ...
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Spotlight on Sport
A glorious stalwart passes from our midst
Reginald St. H ShillingfordAug. 19, 2015Although we sensed a growing frailty, we were lured into a feeling of permanence surrounding his reassuring presence. It could have been the unmistakable ring in his voice, the heartiest ...
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The View from Europe
New Threats to Caribbean Cyber Security
David JessopAug. 15, 2015Cyber-security incidents continue to rise. According to PwC's Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, attacks rose internationally by 48 per cent in 2014 resulting in huge remedial and reputational ...
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Our Caribbean
Of China's devalued currency, blood and windfalls
Sir Ron SandersAug. 15, 2015Republican US Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, sees 'blood' everywhere. Unhappy and irritated by a question put to him by a female Fox News TV journalist during a debate between several ...
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Our Caribbean
A threat smelling to high heaven – Obama whiffs it
Sir Ron SandersAug. 9, 2015It was uncanny, but reflective of thoughtful and caring minds that just days before President Barack Obama made his far-reaching statement about Climate Change on August 3, Caribbean Poet, Author ...
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The View from Europe
Too big to fail- Baha Mar
David JessopAug. 9, 2015Hardly a day passes without a new twist in the increasingly tense and acrimonious legal battle over the unfinished US$3.5 billion Baha Mar resort on New Providence in the Bahamas.
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Spotlight on Sport
The 2015 Pan American Games have come & gone
Reginald St. H ShillingfordAug. 6, 2015The 2015 Pan American Games ended a few days ago in Toronto, Canada and should put us to wondering what Dominica has done in twenty years since we made our ...
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Our Caribbean
Guyana and Venezuela – Peace under law
Sir Ron SandersJuly 31, 2015A search of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's statements posted on his official website shows no mention of anything he said after a meeting last week with Venezuelan President ...
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The View from Europe
Cuba and the Internet
David JessopJuly 31, 2015When it comes to Cuba what is often missed is that its government's primary focus is not on the process of normalising its relationship with the US, but on the ...
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Spotlight
Road to Bahamas: Part 2
Ian JacksonJuly 31, 2015I am pleased to report that three of the five Dominican delegates made it to the top-10 in the successful inaugural Music, Model and Talent Showcase of the Islands (MMTS) ...
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Living Today
The liberated man
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RJuly 31, 2015Born free, free as the wind blows.