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Electoral reform is like flogging a dead horse
Nov. 19, 2014The electoral reform debate in Dominica has barely started; yet we are just three weeks away from general elections. For a long while it appeared as if the organisers of ...
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World diabetes statistics frightening
Nov. 11, 2014There has never been a better time for you to take stock of your diet and levels of physical activity. As we approach World Diabetes Day, to be observed here ...
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Progress and Development has been an illusion for thirty-six years
Nov. 6, 2014Deliberately, the Government of Dominica has decided that during the observance of the nation's thirty-six year of political independence, everyone should focus on his responsibility of building this nation. By ...
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Dominica at thirty six
Nov. 1, 2014For a country 36 years of age is a mere blink of an eye; but as we look back over the more than three decades of our existence as a ...
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Need for consistent focus on persistent problems in education
Oct. 10, 2014Members of the Dominica Association of Teachers (DAT) gathered in Anse de Mai last Friday to bond and to consider the challenges confronting teachers in Dominica on the 2014 observance ...
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Reminding Dominica that our rivers are dying
Sept. 23, 2014Rivers are an integral part of Dominican life. Even the country's national anthem proudly attests to that when it says: "Rivers, valleys, hills and mountains, All these gifts we do ...
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Let the political games begin
Sept. 16, 2014If there was any doubt that general elections are around the corner, the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) meeting at Lagoon Roseau last Thursday, which followed the United Workers Party (UWP) ...
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Aging with pride and dignity
Sept. 3, 2014In an election year the votes of senior citizens are as previous as uncut diamonds. Hence, it would be prudent for the executive of the Dominica Council on Ageing (DCA) ...
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Hurricane David: the case for disaster risk reduction.
Aug. 27, 2014Friday, August 29th is the 35th anniversary of Hurricane David. Although it can be said that the physical and some of the psychological scares of this devastating storm have somewhat ...
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Redefining the meaning of development
Aug. 15, 2014Here's some relatively good news, for a change. Dominica has placed ahead of a number of Caribbean countries in the Human Development Index (HDI) 2014 report released recently, registering a ...
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Media workers in Dominica must note carefully
Aug. 7, 2014At the commencement of the session of the meeting of Parliament on Tuesday last week, the Honourable Speaker of the House of Assembly, Alix Boyd Knights made an attempt at ...
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Jacco's message: emancipate yourself from mental slavery
July 15, 2014Bernard Wiltshire of the Waitukubuli Ecological Foundation (WEF) should be congratulated for his latest effort at helping Dominicans remember the contributions that the maroons have made to our independence, especially ...
