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Living Today
Education for Life
Clement S. Jolly C.Ss.RJuly 15, 2014It is the end of the scholastic year. Examinations have taken place. Graduation exercises, accompanied by the colourful display of robed students, have graced the otherwise banal scene. Sterling oratorical ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Brazil Nightmare
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJuly 15, 2014A light coastal wave quickly escalated into the full flood-tide of the tsunami sweeping all before it-at of all places– one named Belo Horizonte, where Brazil, the most acclaimed nation ...
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You and the Law
Are consumers protected?
Dr. William Para RiviereJuly 15, 2014There is at this time no legislation in the island which directly in a single package protects consumers of products as a distinct set of persons. Of course, there is ...
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Our Caribbean
Why join the Commonwealth?
Sir Ron SandersJuly 11, 2014The Institute of Commonwealth Studies at London University held a colloquium on Thursday July 10 on the subject of "Why join the Commonwealth?". I was invited to be a lead ...
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You and the Law
Trade Union Law - 2
Dr. William Para RiviereJuly 11, 2014Our trade union legislation takes a strong stand against unfair practices. This applies to all the parties, whether employers, trade unions or workers in bargaining units. It also applies to ...
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Spotlight
Keeping the mind engaged during the holidays.
Ian JacksonJuly 11, 2014The summer holidays have now begun and some students will be going, or have gone, overseas for summer holidays. Even those who did not perform well are entertained with a ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Of dead lions and live dogs
Reginald St. H ShillingfordJuly 11, 2014The good book puts it with charming clarity: "As long as we are alive, we still have hope, just as a live dog is better off than a dead lion." ...
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Editorials
Unfortunately opposition parliamentarians abstained in CCJ vote
July 11, 2014For such an important occasion as the amendment of the Constitution of Dominica to delink our court from the British Privy Council and accede to the Caribbean Court of Justice ...
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You and the Law
Trade Union Law - 1
Dr. William Para RiviereJuly 1, 2014Quite distinct from those rights and protections legally accorded to them directly as individuals, workers are provided rights and protections indirectly, as members of associations and organisations of workers. Such ...
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Letters
The Next Revolution
July 1, 2014I write at the risk of facing the wrath of the powerful and mighty, but I must write because I'd rather face scorn at the present, than be frowned upon ...
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Editorials
Preparing an election budget during a recession must be difficult
July 1, 2014Don't envy Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. In the next few weeks he has the unenviable task of presenting a budget for fiscal year 2014/ 2015 that would make him feel ...
