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LocalWhat 'pressure' is and why it kills
Dec. 14, 2015What is 'high blood pressure'? What causes it? And why is having normal blood pressure so important?
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LocalAn erupting volcano
Dec. 14, 2015Pan American Health Organisation Director Dr Carissa Etienne recently issued a terse warning: Dominica is sitting on an erupting volcano of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). She urged the authorities to ...
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LocalDCP closes, Government to buy plant
Nov. 19, 2015Ninety four employees of the Colgate Palmolive, formerly the Dominica Coconut Products (DCP) will be without jobs on December 30th 2015 because the company is shutting its doors.
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LocalAccess woes in South East
Nov. 15, 2015More than two months after the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Erika, residents of Delices/Boetica and Victoria/LaRoche are anxious for their lives to regain some semblance of normalcy.
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LocalIPO vs the President: the Battle Continues
Nov. 12, 2015The Integrity in Public Office (IPO) commission is keeping up its battle to earn the right to tell the public that Charles Savarin, in his capacity as a government minister, ...
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LocalKwéyòl in danger of lingering death
Nov. 4, 2015Dominica's Kwéyòl language and culture may be facing a lingering death and there should be a concerted national effort to save them.
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LocalReflections on the old Petite Savanne
Oct. 22, 2015The old days of Petite Savanne are gone and residents are locked in a struggle to come to terms with the loss of their village and how to get on ...
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LocalPost–"Erika" politics
Oct. 2, 2015Whatever the motivation, whatever the expectations, both the Prime Minister's initiative in inviting the Parliamentary Opposition to participation in the post-"Erika" recovery programme and the positive response of the Leader ...
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LocalLessons from Erika
Oct. 2, 2015Tropical Storm Erika, which dumped heavy rains on the island on August 27, has exposed Dominica's vulnerability to natural hazards.
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LocalBack to School:Five Characteristics of a Successful Student
Sept. 19, 2015Individual aptitudes and performance differ widely. Our interests, from the sciences to the arts, also vary. And while not everyone will be an Einstein or Mozart, every student can excel ...
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LocalEvil Erica
Sept. 4, 2015Four hours. That's all it took tropical storm Erika to unleash 12 inches of high-intensity rainfall on Dominica in the early morning hours August 27, 2015.
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LocalThe story of a Diablotin found at Padu, 2007
Aug. 19, 2015Although Dominica is a relatively small island, we currently boast two iconic species of wildlife. Our Mountain Chicken features on our country's coat-of-arms and on the logos of the National ...
