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Editorials
Trade Unions: Are They Dead?
April 22, 2013The death and burial last week of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should have reminded most of us of the turbulent Seventies when trade unions literally ruled the world. ...
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Letters
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit's Excellent Representation at FCCA Meeting
April 22, 2013A very prestigious delegation of tourism officials led by the dynamic and visionary leader of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, visited the Florida Caribbean Conference Association and the Executive Committee ...
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In Retrospect
A Computer Class and Library on Wheels
Dr. Emanuel FinnApril 15, 2013Growing in La Plaine in the 70s the one most essential thing we were missing was a school library. We also did not have electricity and the entire village only ...
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Health Wealth
Teflon
Dr. Janet TaylorApril 15, 2013Recently I was shopping for non –stick skillets and found most store personnel were unaware of the toxicity issues. Most cooks are familiar with non-stick pans through the name TEFLON. ...
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Smart Living
Our Ability to Create a Brighter Tomorrow
Jayson Grell FMIApril 15, 2013Our students are tomorrow's leaders and the qualities of our students will also determine their future and carrier paths. Very soon, the exam tension is going to culminate into written ...
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Spotlight
Popularity is not necessarily a good thing
Ian JacksonApril 15, 2013Most artists, particularly performing artists, may find that it is not necessarily a good thing to be popular. While they immerse themselves in their glory as stars that persons idolize ...
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Fine Point
Celebrating 100 Years of Competitive Cricket – 1913 to 2013
Phillip AlleyneApril 15, 2013This year, 2013, marks the centenary of Dominica's participation in competitive cricket involving the Leeward and Windward Islands. In 1913, Dominica, then a colony in the Leeward Islands group, participated ...
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CommentariesA War with Korea Must be Avoided
April 15, 2013A few days ago I referred to the great challenges humankind is facing today. Intelligent life has been on our planet for around 200,000 years, unless some new discoveries show ...
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Commentaries
"Terrorists?" "Al-qaida?" What next?
April 15, 2013Just as I was about to quit the kitchen, seeking refuge from the consuming heat, and leave the cooking of a new Dominica to Mr. Anthony Astaphan and his disciples, ...
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Editorials
High Blood Pressure Increases the Already High Cost of Health ...
April 15, 2013If hypertension was a real, hot-blooded human serial killer that you may have watched on Dexter, the Showtime television programme, or read about in a James Patterson novel, the average ...
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Letters
Should Priests Take Politics to the Pulpit?
April 15, 2013While priests are expected to take stands on nonpartisan political issues, the Vatican draws a sharp line on how politically involved its priests can become.
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In RetrospectUWP should avoid fighting against itself and the future
Dr. Emanuel FinnApril 8, 2013In spite of Mr. Peter Wickham's (one of Skerrit's 'advisors') shallow survey showing the DLP winning the next elections, the Dominica United Workers Party (UWP) may have a fighting chance ...
