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The View from EuropeDialogue not ideology required to address the crisis in Venezuela
David JessopFeb. 1, 2019Last Wednesday Juan Guaidó, the President of Venezuela's National Assembly, took an informal oath of office and declared himself the country's interim President. In a choreographed response the United States ...
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SpotlightJudging Calypso in 2019
Ian JacksonFeb. 1, 2019No one can and should underestimate the role of judges in the Calypso art form, to be treated with such little importance as seems to be the case by the ...
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SpotlightBest of the Best
Ian JacksonDec. 26, 2018Hi fans of Spotlight, it's Best of the Best again as far as the arts is concerned and we start with the literary arts. The only novel published on the ...
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SpotlightLast Chapter, Book Close!
Ian JacksonDec. 22, 2018A country with only one bookstore; two weekly newspapers; where panel discussions and socio-political debates are almost non- existent; where Jaycees, Kiwanis and Lions Clubs can't get leaders in one ...
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SpotlightVideo games: not always a game
Ian JacksonDec. 22, 2018Undoubtedly, we have been appalled at the spate of killings, shooting and general violence that has gripped our island home Dominica. We have heard about escalating crime, for decades now, ...
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SpotlightSuccession planning in the arts
Ian JacksonDec. 5, 2018When our forefathers taught us various dances, to play the drums, relayed stories via the oral traditions or even to hunt, it was their way of preserving our traditions. I ...
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SpotlightMusic and Technology: Soon machines will replace musicians
Ian JacksonNov. 29, 2018Will technology replace human's musicians or will musicians just become obsolete? This might not have been considered a few decades ago but with the advances in technology in every facet ...
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SpotlightIn search of international recognition
Ian JacksonNov. 29, 2018Now that Independence is over I can truly reflect on an area that I am commissioned to contribute to as a free-lance writer of the arts. I sometimes wonder why ...
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SpotlightAnton & Fanatik are victorious at NCCU Cadence competition
Ian JacksonNov. 12, 2018It would seem that what Dice is to Calypso, Anton "White Fairy" Joseph is to Cadence competitions having convinced the judges for the fourth time with "Still Striving", a reflection ...
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SpotlightCalypso King of Kings- a mixed bag
Ian JacksonNov. 1, 2018Whatever you call it, hard luck or inadequate preparation, the King of Kings Calypso extravaganza was a mixed bag as a show advertised for 9 pm started in earnest after ...
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SpotlightCountdown to Forty Years of Political Independence
Ian JacksonNov. 1, 2018Dominica is in full gear towards the observance of political independence after hundreds heeded the annual call by the Ministry of Culture through the Chief Cultural Officer to raise flags ...
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SpotlightLove, Death and Poetry
Ian JacksonOct. 30, 2018(Memories of former US Army Sgt. Julius Carl St. Rose)
