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Strong opposition makes strong government
Feb. 6, 2018This may seem to be self-contradicting but it is absolutely spot-on: if Dominicans want a responsible, effective, less corrupt government they need a solid opposition. By opposition we refer, of ...
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After Maria the risk of fatal vehicular accidents increases
Feb. 6, 2018Last week we were reminded about how hazardous our roads are, and how more unsafe they have become since Hurricane Maria smashed much of our infrastructure, when a vehicle plunged ...
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State security officials must release annual crime statistics
Jan. 26, 2018Twenty Eighteen started with a bang. Unfortunately the sound that we heard was that of a gunshot that killed Derrick Peters of Sandwich Street in Portsmouth.
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Aiming to be the first climate resilient nation is being ...
Jan. 18, 2018Since Hurricane Maria of 18 September 2017 Dominica, or more precisely Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, has determined that it wants to be the world's first climate resilient nation.
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We are definitely unprepared for the 2018 hurricane season
Dec. 31, 2017In six months a new hurricane season begins and if unofficial predictions are correct the 2018 season could be worse than the extremely terrible 2017 period during which Hurricane Maria's ...
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Let's have the audacity to build back carnival better
Dec. 19, 2017Here's a suggestion, for whatever it's worth. In the spirit of building Dominica and its institutions and its infrastructure back better after the devastation of Hurricane Maria, why not take ...
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Containing the Diabetes Epidemic after Hurricane Maria
Nov. 28, 2017Hurricane Maria, the C5 storm that blew away and washed down Dominica on 17 September 2017, will have many after effects. Firstly, we were made aware, again, that the concept ...
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That Maria crisis is a terrible thing to waste
Nov. 10, 2017As the country celebrated its 39th anniversary of independence, Dominica is undoubtedly enduring its worst crisis since 1978, the year the island became politically independent.
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World Rivers Day in the era of mega storms and ...
Sept. 15, 2017As Dominicans get ready to observe World Rivers Day (WRD), even in our usually insignificantly small way, the region is experiencing one of the busiest hurricane seasons. Irma, the most ...
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Reducing loneliness of the elderly everywhere
Sept. 11, 2017Society must make an effort to treat older persons much better than it now does; abusing older persons is not only a Dominican affliction, it is a world-wide complaint. According ...
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Remembering the anniversaries of Hurricane David and Tropical Storm Erika ...
Sept. 3, 2017As we noted the 39th anniversary of Hurricane David , as well as the 2nd birthday of Tropical Storm Erika,and the American state of Texas received a battering from Hurricane ...
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Dominican males continue to under-perform and under-achieve- what have we ...
Aug. 27, 2017A few years ago, Garth Wilkin, a member of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice Chancellor's student ambassador corps, surprised dozens of secondary school students who gathered at ...
