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    Ten Things to know before you start a vegetable Garden

    Vegetable gardening has become the latest craze: nearly everyone seems to be in that business these days. That's a good thing that should be encouraged. Gardening is challenging, rewarding, mystifying ...

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    Police Arrest Lugay

    New police action this weekend against opposition politicians raise fears of home grown versions of Haiti's Tonton Macoute and Grenada's Mongoose Gang

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    Roosevelt Skerrit: Never expose a prime minister to such indignity

    As Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit tells it, when the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered him an aircraft, to be piloted and managed by Cubans, Skerrit said he turned down ...

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    Future of cruise

    As Dominica waits for cruise ships to begin sailing again, now is the time to renegotiate better terms with cruise lines

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    Decriminalizing Ganja use in the Workplace

    Over the past few years, several States have loosened or proposed the loosening of legislation criminalizing the cultivation, processing, sale and usage of marijuana. In Dominica, the decriminalization of marijuana ...

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    Oil on troubled water

    A month after black oil appeared in the slow-moving water of the Layou River, questions remain about the source of the oil, how poisonous it may be to fish and ...

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    Killing These Slimy Slugs

    Slugs are one of the most damaging pests in the garden. I hate them. I'm sure that you do too. Given the proper environment, a family of slugs can devastate ...

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    Police Intimidation

    The Dominica Freedom Party again places on record that it condemns the assault on the parliamentary representative for the Roseau North Constituency Honourable Danny Lugay on the afternoon of Saturday, ...

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    Questions on DFP Budget Response

    In the last article we paused to share with you our answers to some questions we received about our response to the July 28th 2020/21 budget address by the Prime ...

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    Questions on DFP Budget Response

    In this and the next article we pause to share with you our answers to some questions we received about our response to the July 28th 2020/21 budget address by ...

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    Back to School

    The ministry of education is closing in on a date for the reopening of schools and a decision could be made as early as next week, according to a top ...

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    Why is garden slug control so challenging?

    Let's start with the obvious: Slugs are slimy and pretty darned disgusting. Most species are decomposers who feed on decaying plant and animal wastes. But, there are a handful of ...