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Smart Living
Students: Unlock Your God-given Potential
Jayson Grell FMIMay 13, 2013Research have shown that schools and school systems all across the world are consistently seeking ways of improving student achievement to respond to the growing public recognition of the importance ...
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Spotlight
A Review of a Tale of Slavery: The Musical
Ian JacksonMay 13, 2013Two weeks ago I was treated to a wonderful theatrical production written by the talented teen Gizelle Pierre-Toussaint and directed by Alwin Bully, Dominica's best and leading Caribbean artist for ...
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You and the Law
Our Constitution and the Judiciary – 4
Dr. William Para RiviereMay 13, 2013A convincing case can be made that judicial officers and Court officials in O.E.C.S. countries are exposed to the influence of their political directorates, directly and indirectly, by some of ...
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Editorials
MWAD is not the Only Problem
May 13, 2013Last week Wesley Gibbings, the president of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), at a function to observe World Press Freedom Day 2013, advised the Dominica Media Workers Association ...
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Letters
Misdemeanours of elected officials
May 13, 2013As allegations continue to mount about our parliamentary representatives, it is useful to step back and ask what general guidelines we should use in evaluating these accusations.
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In Retrospect
The Politics of Criminal Justice
Dr. Emanuel FinnMay 6, 2013Politics is the process by which resources are distributed or allocated. Politics is who gets what, when, and how. Political considerations are necessary but sometimes become a problematic part of ...
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Smart Living
The Power of Reading and Reading Well
Jayson Grell FMIMay 6, 2013*"My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read." - Abraham Lincoln*
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Spotlight
A Review of NDT's "Desired Will"
Ian JacksonMay 6, 2013Desired Will is the 32nd theatrical production of a group that spans some three decades and is the longest serving theatre group in Dominica. So much for the saying, "Nothing ...
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You and the Law
Act of God
Dr. William Para RiviereMay 6, 2013It is a defence to an action for negligence that the damage to the Claimant was caused by an "act of God". It is for the person raising that defence, ...
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Fine PointOn the Untimely Passing of Umpire Hildreth Johnson
Phillip AlleyneMay 6, 2013Members of the Dominica Cricket Umpires' Association were saddened at the news of the untimely death of Hildreth Johnson, a former police officer and insurance agent who served the association ...
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Our Caribbean
The Case for Compensating the Caribbean
Sir Ron SandersMay 6, 2013In 1838, British slave owners in the English-Speaking Caribbean received £11.6 (US$17.8) billion in today's value as compensation for the emancipation of their "property" – 655,780 human beings of African ...
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In RetrospectThe Jubilee Cross in La Plaine Village Square
Dr. Emanuel FinnApril 29, 2013The south eastern rural agricultural community of La Plaine which nestles between Morne Gorverneur and the rugged Windward Atlantic coast (Au Vent) is filled with shock and sadness. A fatal ...
