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Smart Living
A Parliamentary Representative (MP) is Elected by the People to ...
Jayson Grell FMIMarch 18, 2013According to Wikipedia, "A member of Parliament is the representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this category includes specifically members of the lower ...
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Spotlight
Best Calypsos and Calypsonians…Ever: Feedback
Ian JacksonMarch 18, 2013Hi fans of this column! As it pertains to last week's issue it would seem that calypso fans and knowledgeable pundits who are old enough to know agreed that Dice ...
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You and the Law
Our Court System
Dr. William Para RiviereMarch 18, 2013As elsewhere, justice for our people is dispensed through a system of ordinary courts and administrative machinery charged with responsibility for the settlement of disputes which arise between citizen and ...
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My Response to the ECSC Judgement
March 18, 2013Ever since I wrote an article on "Sour Grapes" in the SUN newspaper of December 12, 2011, expressing my dislike of the tendency in the Labour Party to be dismissive ...
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In Retrospect
DBS has always been a political football
Dr. Emanuel FinnMarch 11, 2013From its inception in the early 70's, the state's radio station, the Dominica Broadcasting Service (DBS), has experienced constant political meddling and interference in its policy and operational affairs by ...
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Learning about Us …
Dr. Francis O. SeverinMarch 11, 2013Somewhere in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America is a commanding and robust statement on human rights and human dignity. President Barack Obama quoted it during ...
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Health Wealth
Mammograms
Dr. Janet TaylorMarch 11, 2013In the U.S., women are urged to get annual mammograms at age 40. This, despite the fact that updated guidelines set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in ...
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Smart Living
Will celibacy for priests become optional with new Pope?
Jayson Grell FMIMarch 11, 2013Many young people have asked me over and over again: Will celibacy for priest become optional with this new Pope to lead the Catholic Church? Although some young people have ...
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Spotlight
Dominica's Best Calypsos and Calypsonians… Ever
Ian JacksonMarch 11, 2013We have had, literally, thousands of calypsos over the past 54 years of calypso competitions in Dominica and as a writer of the Arts for two decades I feel it's ...
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You and the Law
Getting Married
Dr. William Para RiviereMarch 11, 2013The institution of marriage here in Dominica is governed by two main statutes as well as by the common law, that is to say, decisions laid down by Judges in ...
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You and the Law
Our Psychiatric Ward
Dr. William Para RiviereMarch 6, 2013The Consultant Psychiatrist has full authority to discharge a mental patient from detention at the Psychiatric Ward of the Princess Margaret Hospital. Or, on the initiative of the patient, he ...
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Living Today
Social Teaching of the Church
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RMarch 6, 2013**God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. **
