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LocalCap Public Sector Wages: A Needed Reform
Oct. 15, 2020If as most people believe the public sector is not efficient in transforming recurrent and capital revenues into goods and services, then increasing the expenditure on personnel is not going ...
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Local10 Ways to Make Gardening Easier and Safer for Seniors
Oct. 15, 2020In our last issue of the Dominica Gardener we mentioned the many benefits of gardening for senior citizens. These included:
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LocalSDM Summit Opens Doors for Caribbean Entrepreneurs
Oct. 15, 2020Entrepreneurs, business leaders, senior government officials, members of civil society and other influencers from the Caribbean, and around the world, assembled in their numbers to attend the virtual OECS Republic ...
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Local"Physical distancing is not social isolation"
Oct. 15, 2020President of Dominica, His Excellency Charles Angelo Savarin told Dominicans last week that although visits to senior citizens are restricted because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the need for social ...
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LocalCOVID cuts Independence Programme
Oct. 15, 2020There will be no Schools' Parade, no Military Parade, no Sashing of a Cultural Elder, no usual Cultural Gala, no National Parade, no Heritage Day, no Sports Finals, no festivals.
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LocalHurrying along to where?
Oct. 15, 2020The last time I checked, Dominica was 289.5 square miles, 29 miles long and 16 miles wide. I have been trying to figure out if by some stroke of luck, ...
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LocalNot Red? You're Dead
Oct. 15, 2020The victimisation of political opponents and their supporters is being used as a weapon to solidify power in Dominica and other Caribbean countries, according to a distinguished Dominican sociologist.
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LocalSaving our Nation - Part V
Oct. 15, 2020Mahatma Gandhi said that seven things will destroy humanity - (1) politics without principles; (2) pleasure without conscience; (3) wealth without work; (4) knowledge without character; (5) business without morality; ...
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LocalJury finds Pointe Michel man guilty of wounding
Oct. 15, 2020At the High Court on Friday a jury found Romanus John Charles of Pointe Michel guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent.
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LocalTiyani Behanzin: There is Almost no Trace of Rosie
Oct. 15, 2020Tiyani Behanzin, a British-trained barrister, is concerned that there is almost no trace of his father, no evidence that Rosie Douglas, Dominica's 5th Prime Minister, ever lived.
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LocalEconomist Dr. Thompson Fontaine: Dominica's economy is in bad shape
Oct. 15, 2020Contrary to statements recently made by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Dr. Thompson Fontaine, the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist says the Dominican economy "is really pathetic".
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LocalDominica observes World Rivers Day 2020
Oct. 15, 2020Dominica, the land of many rivers, observed the 15th anniversary of World Rivers Day on Sunday, Sept.27, 2020 at Rosalie.
