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Our Caribbean
Democracy too precious in CARICOM not to defend it abroad
Sir Ron SandersJuly 2, 2021(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at ...
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SpotlightNo Fanfare
Ian JacksonJune 10, 2021Over 30 years ago a journey began to review the arts first in the New Chronicle, the Drum, Independent, and then THE SUN newspapers. It was born out of a ...
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SpotlightDominica Institute for The Arts Excels
Ian JacksonJune 10, 2021"The Dominica Institute for the Arts (DIFA) is proud to highlight its students' successful completion of its 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and American Ballet Theatre (ABT)examinations despite the ...
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Our CaribbeanA storm brewing over Haiti at the OAS
Sir Ron SandersMay 28, 2021Strong disagreement may be brewing at the Organization of American States (OAS) on how to respond to the ongoing, grave political and constitutional crisis in Haiti.
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Our CaribbeanVaccinate or suffocate – the stark choice
Sir Ron SandersMay 28, 2021Sections of the population in many of the 14 independent CARICOM countries are in grave danger of undermining their own health and economic interests by their refusal to be inoculated ...
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SpotlightSteve Hyacinth, the playwright, is being honoured
Ian JacksonMay 28, 2021There is no other name other than Alwin Bully that has done more for theatre arts in Dominica than Steve Hyacinth. Steve is an academic in every respect; a Dominica ...
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SpotlightCalypso: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Ian JacksonMay 28, 2021At a discussion on Calypso organized by DBS as part of its 50th-anniversary celebrations last month, held at the University of the West Indies, Dominica Open Campus, the treasurer of ...
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SpotlightFinancing Creative Industries
Ian JacksonMay 12, 2021This article is a submission to a CAPE Music Business Programme. It is timely in this Covid environment as it provides some introspection to would-be entrepreneurs in the creative industry ...
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Our CaribbeanSmall countries need an IMF that is a lender of ...
Sir Ron SandersMay 9, 2021As undesirable as it may be, governments of Caribbean countries that are not in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are being pushed in that direction.
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Spotlight
A review of "Benefits of Your Struggle"
Ian JacksonMay 9, 2021Two weeks ago, on Good Friday, I was invited to a free showing of a play written and directed by Cathy Augustine which was staged at the People's Pentecostal Church ...
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Spotlight
CAPE, DIFA and the performing arts
Ian JacksonMay 8, 2021Dominica Institute for the Arts has matured to a facility for training artisans locally in the arts to have an esteemed matriculation board, the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination Board to ...
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SpotlightOssie- the commentator
Ian JacksonApril 12, 2021For well over 40 years now, when Dominicans are in the comfort of your home and can't go to a Calypso show or watch a cricket match they tune in ...
