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Dominica should keep a keen eye on the protests in ...
March 25, 2014From February, Venezuela has witnessed protest after protest against the government of President Nicolás Maduro. There are verifiable reports that at least 20 people have died in the ensuing conflict ...
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High Blood Pressure Increases the Already High Cost of Health ...
March 11, 2014Last week one of Dominica's top radio personalities was shocked to learn that his high blood pressure reading was sky-high. He was eventually hospitalized and fortunately, he was told by ...
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High Blood Pressure Increases the Already High Cost of Health ...
March 11, 2014Last week one of Dominica's top radio personalities was shocked to learn that his high blood pressure reading was sky-high. He was eventually hospitalized and fortunately, he was told by ...
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The Tommy Lee Sparta incident: a body blow for free ...
March 5, 2014With two experienced lawyers in the Cabinet, it is difficult to understand why the Roosevelt Skerrit Administration made such a devastating blunder in the immigration matter concerning the controversial Jamaican ...
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When politicians own the press
Feb. 18, 2014Matt Peltier Jn, who was then the Public Relations Officer of the now defunct Dominica Media Workers Association (MWAD) presented a succinct report on the state of the press in ...
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Carnival: Doing the same thing expecting different results.
Feb. 11, 2014Last Saturday, Dominica opened its carnival season with the annual street parade; the season will, as usual, include Calypso tents and competitions as well as a variety of pageants for ...
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Major step forward for Caribbean Court of Justice
Feb. 4, 2014Almost everyone expected the British government's positive response to Dominica's recent decision to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the country's final court. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit happily announced ...
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The War on Drugs: Let's join the legalise and commercialise ...
Jan. 21, 2014While Dominica's Ministry of Health is observing its 12th Drug Awareness Month in January and officials are calling on the general public to make greater efforts at curbing the use, ...
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Economic crunch bites Dominicans harder this Christmas
Dec. 20, 2013Christmas is less than a week away but for many Dominicans that festive season could be months away judging by the lack of activity in the business sector especially in ...
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AIDS and homosexuality: facing the facts of life and death
Dec. 3, 2013Yesterday, when Dominica and the rest of the world observed World AIDS Day (WAD), we were reminded that our Government has backed itself into a corner by bull-headedly contending that ...
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Time for real action in early childhood education
Nov. 19, 2013About two years ago, the Roosevelt Skerrit administration took the bold and absolutely necessary step to elevate the status of the early childhood education sub-sector to a position that it ...
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Containing the Diabetes Epidemic
Nov. 12, 2013As we approach World Diabetes Day, to be observed here on November 14th, the International Diabetes Association (IDA) has made us aware of some alarming statistics. For example, we now ...
