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Beginning anew the electoral reform debate
June 30, 2015Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made a statement last week on Government's plans, or suggestions, for reforming the electoral system in Dominica.
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Salisbury's riots and the militarisation of the Police Force
June 28, 2015The violent confrontation between the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force and the people of Salisbury on May 11th and June 11th 2105 has left a few disturbing matters in its ...
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Boldest budget ever required to get Dominica out of the ...
June 23, 2015Sometime in June or early July 2015 we expect Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to present Government's budget for the new fiscal year. But as we have said on previous occasions, ...
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Reviving that electoral reform issue
June 13, 2015A few days ago our attention was drawn to the news that the government and opposition in St. Vincent and the Grenadines had agreed to make a significant change to ...
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Remembering May 29, 1979 in 2015
May 30, 2015With the anniversary of the riots of May 29, 1979 approaching, Dominicans will invariably compare the political and economic conditions that confronted the island 36 years ago with the social ...
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Let the people protest peacefully
May 20, 2015Residents of Salisbury clashed with police last week Monday when dozens of men, women and children blocked the Edward Oliver LeBlanc highway to draw attention to the condition of feeder ...
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Let's make a greater effort at reducing Dominica's brain drain
May 13, 2015In a few weeks the annual series of secondary school graduation ceremonies, the traditional send-off for graduates of the secondary school system into the world of work will begin. In ...
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Road safety saves lives
May 10, 2015The number of fatal road accidents that has occurred in Dominica say over the past five years and the dangerous driving we experience on our roads every day has generated ...
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Dominica ignores Earth Day
April 29, 2015Earth Day observed internationally on April 22 every year has been passing Dominicans "like an exam", if we are permitted to use a local colloquialism.
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Violent crime: Are we trying to kill the problem with ...
April 17, 2015Here we go again. Another young man is dead, another life snuffed away by a gunman as the music played and the people danced to celebrate, they pretend, the rising ...
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Universal Health Insurance: Urgent and Necessary
April 8, 2015One of the major successes of United States President Barack Obama's first term was the implementation of the historic $938 billion health care overhaul that guaranteed health coverage for 32 ...
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