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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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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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Spotlight
A tribute to the Dominica Institute for the Arts
Ian JacksonMay 30, 2015It has been three years since this institution established for honing the talents of Dominicans in the creative, performing and visual arts was established at the Old Mill Cultural Centre ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Avoiding pitfalls as a test batsman
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMay 30, 2015It is now 46 years since Grayson Shillingford became the first Dominican cricketer to play for the West Indies in Test Cricket. Thirty-eight years have gone by since Irving Shillingford, ...
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Our Caribbean
Tourism competition is not a guessing game
Sir Ron SandersMay 22, 2015The performance of only five of the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are recorded in the 2015 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum.
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Spotlight on Sport
Only as strong as the weakest link
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMay 20, 2015Phil Simmons, newly installed coach of the West Indies cricket team underlined something which has been well known for a long time when he told reporters several days ago that ...
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Our Caribbean
Fixed or floating exchange rates: which serves the Caribbean better?
Sir Ron SandersMay 20, 2015Is the fixed currency exchange rate between the US and some Caribbean countries affecting the latter's international competitiveness? This is a question that deserves review as Caribbean countries struggle with ...
