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Editorials
Parliament's ten million dollar question
Dec. 1, 2023Last week, Dominica's Parliament demonstrated again its complete dominance and absolute control by the ruling Dominica Labour Party. We have made that observation many times before.
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Our Caribbean
Venezuela's Dangerous Referendum: Threatening Peace and International Law
Sir Ron SandersNov. 6, 2023For sixty years, from their entry into school, Venezuelans have been trained to believe that the Essequibo region of Guyana belongs to Venezuela. Consequently, regardless of the facts, this belief ...
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Our Caribbean
Threats to Democracy: The Erosion of Judicial Independence
Sir Ron SandersOct. 19, 2023From Canada in the North to Argentina in the South, including the nations in the Caribbean, the nature of threats to democracy is undergoing a significant transformation.
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Editorials
Assisting Dominica's poor and elderly: Many clouds, a few drops ...
Sept. 12, 2023Dominica is facing a crisis it is either unaware of or could not care less about. The nation's population is ageing rapidly; its youth is migrating in droves, birth rates ...
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Our Caribbean
Kenyan intervention in Haiti? More work needed By Sir Ronald ...
Sir Ron SandersAug. 17, 2023No one should yet be pouring champagne to celebrate the announcement by the U.S. government that Kenya has agreed to lead a multinational police force to help subdue gangs and ...
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Editorials
In electoral reform, trust is everything
Aug. 17, 2023Trust in governments has been steadily declining all over the world. For example, only 31 per cent of the population of the United States of America (USA) trust their government; ...
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Editorials
Emancipation from mental slavery, the struggle continues
Aug. 16, 2023None but ourselves can free our minds."- Bob Marley in "Redemption Song"
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Our Caribbean
CARICOM at 50: there is still hope
Sir Ron SandersJuly 22, 2023July 4, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of signing the Treaty of Chaguaramas, the foundational document that brought the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) into existence. With high hopes ...
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Editorials
Dominica's Electoral Reform Process is Back to Front
July 21, 2023Everything is inside out
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Editorials
Electoral Reform, or Electoral Modernisation-is this Dominica's Impossible Dream?
June 7, 2023For over two decades, Dominicans have craved electoral reform to usher in what we hope will be "a government for the people, by the people and of the people".
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Letters
Salute to Cara Shillingford-Marsh
May 26, 2023Through this medium, I salute and thank Mrs Cara Shillingford-Marsh for her courage and stalwart civic actions in demanding good governance and defending the public interest. Mrs Marsh is not ...
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Letters
Emancipation/Freedom Day
May 26, 2023In the Caribbean, 'Emancipation Day' is celebrated enthusiastically as the day on which legal slavery ended, and this is as it should be. It isn't the same day for all ...