• Secondary School Creative Display

    Sun's Spotlight on Education: New School Year Begins Soon

    Education has never been as important as it is today and, as Dominica prepares for a new school year, keeping up with its trends and nuances is serious business.

  • Students of the Roseau Primary School perform skit during function at the school

    All students deserve attention

    More than a decade after Dominica decided to implement Universal Secondary Education (USE) in 2005, it remains a controversial issue.

  • Thomas Holmes

    A new SMA Principal with a solid action plan

    At the start of the new school year, St Mary's Academy (SMA) students will meet their new principal, Thomas Holmes-- an experienced educator and guidance counselor with a solid action ...

  • Social media logos

    Social media: use responsibly

    Sensitive social media scenarios are rooted in modern life and they need careful handling.

  • Dorothy Leevy

    Corporal punishment controversy

    To flog or not to flog? That is the question.

  • Left to right: Dr Casius Darroux, scholarship receipient and Chinese Ambassador Li Jiangning

    Thirteen off to China

    Thirteen Dominicans are packing their bags and getting ready to fly to China to obtain degrees in 11 subject areas.

  • Police escort marchers near Goodwill bridge

    UWP holds "Enuf is Enuf" march

    They marched for justice, jobs and just for an opportunity to tell the government that "Enuf is Enuf".

  • In this SUN Archive photo taken more than three decades ago: Left to right: Levi Loblack, Scrunter and Ghost

    Super L gets a Golden Drum

    Singer Levi Loblack was among a number of persons and groups who were honoured on Saturday evening with the Golden Drum award.

  • Dr William "Para" Riviere

    Emancipation!! What Emancipation?

    Emancipation cannot be properly understood if treated in isolation, that is to say, disconnected from our total history, as if it had an inner logic and life of its own. ...

  • General Post Office on the Roseau Bayfront being renovated

    General Post Office rehab stops

    Like a giant monster it stands at the northern end of the Dame Eugenia Charles Boulevard, its jet black dress tattered and haggard, its ribs and limbs and internal organs ...

  • Dr David Johnson and Zika-spreading mosquito

    Zika numbers rise

    Five pregnant women are among 65 Dominicans who have been diagnosed with the Zika virus, Dr. David Johnson, chief medical officer told the Sun last week.

  • Dominica Infirmary

    Infirmary cries for help

    The cash-strapped Dominica Infirmary is appealing to relatives of its residents and other compassionate persons to contribute financially to the upkeep of the institution.